Bohemia
Defining Characteristics
Physical
Bohemia broadly occupies the south-eastern peninsula of the continent and is the most easterly of the Western Provinces. Its north-western frontier is the border it shares with Eden; to the north-east it is bounded by the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada, beyond which lies the realm of the unicorns. Bohemia shares no land border with Avon but, almost anywhere on its western coast, one is never more than a short ferry crossing from the Island of Avalon.
Social
If Calmarendi had ever had an Arts and Crafts Movement, Bohemia would have been its spiritual home. Socially and culturally, it is the most liberal of the six provinces. The contrast with the conservatism of its neighbour, Eden, is a stark one and an enduring source of friction between the two provinces. Such is the enmity shown by Eden’s current Princess, Alexandria, towards her Bohemian counterpart that Hana is a virtual persona non grata in the Edenese capital. But Hana is a Wanderer, she bears no ill-will in return; she comes and goes as she pleases without concern.
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