Thread:Bizippo/@comment-24448826-20180602075712/@comment-24448826-20180701104928

As written by the Professor Markus Hohlenberg of the Oxenfurt Academy's Department of Geography:


 * The Empire of Nilfgaard was until recently scarcely, in fact almost never depicted on our maps. Alas, the ignorance of humans and nonhumans knows no bounds, not even those geographical. So, it's high time to painstakingly fill this gap.
 * First of all, we need to start by saying that what we call Nilfgaard is not it at all. That name belongs only to the Empire's capital, the eternal and beautiful city on river Alba - as well as its immediate surrounding. What's more, the right to call themselves Nilfgaardians have only those who come from these parts. The state itself is called simply Empire or, to be more precise, Imperium. What's interesting is that so efficiently functioning state doesn't consist only of provinces, palatinates, and dependant kingdoms but also, in legal terms at least, a city-state like – to mention just for the example – Novigrad. To put it simply Nilfgaardians (the proper ones) patiently and slowly subjected country after country to their city and didn't even notice how large part of the Continent they conquered.
 * Since the Peace of Cintra, the Empire spans from the Yaruga river in the north all the way down to southern parts of the continent, where only a short distance separates it from bizarre lands inhabited by black people and striped horses.
 * To the west Nilfgaardian border is defined by the coastline of the Great Sea, to the east lies Tir Tochair mountain range as well as desolate wildernesses and barren grounds.