The Mousri Mountains in Southwest Pasiana are the tallest in the country.  Slender, fast-rushing rivers drain the Mosri ranges through quickening canyons stuffed with laurel, firs and rhododendron, as well as expanses of alpine meadow. 

One finds limestone out-croppings and many caves, springs and ponds in the uplands of the Kirivishuro Hills.  Dairy farming dominates  the low hills in northern Pasiana.  In terms of total agricultural output Pasiana ranks second among all the states.  The steep-sloped Kalituno hills are densely forested with both temperate and subtropical species, the former tending on southward facing slopes, the former on northward.  The black soil of the coastal plains and low hills yields a cornucopia of corn, wheat, soy, apples and other temperate climate fruits, and vegetables.   The ample rainfall pours all year around.  The mild climate is so agriculturally accommodating that virtually any crop can be raised somewhere in Pasiana.

In 1972, a sizeable portion of Pasiana was formally detached and organized into the Mosra Wilderness Zone. This zone was organized to include the highest of the Mosra Mountains, including Mt. Kalt, the highest peak in all Bergonia at 17,517 feet in altitude. Kalt is unusual because its peak is so sharp, like a pinnacle, with extremely steep slopes just below the summit.  It is very difficult to climb and stands as one of the world's greatest mountaineering challenges.  Kalt has several companions; six other mountains have peaks over 14,000 feet high.  One of these, Camoro (14,517 ft high), is an active volcano, perhaps the tallest volcano on Earth.  These intimidating peaks are, at least in legend, home to the Firebird, the great mythical bird of ancient myth.  The legends ascribe to the Firebird a wingspan of more than forty feet.  It is blue-gray in color, like a heron, and otherwise resembles in form and shape an eagle.  As the name suggests, it exhales fire.  It is a terror, for every once in a while it flies from the mountains over the land in search of food.  It may swoop down upon villages and seize up animals or men. In the Lacori Myth, which stands at the center of ancient Bergonian religion, Lacori goes forth to tame the Firebird at the insistence of the beautiful maid, Kithi, who by now has tired of his affections and hopes that the Firebird will kill and eat him.  When he appears riding on the back of the Firebird, she is forced by her own oath to marry him. The Firebird ends up becoming his ally and helper. The Firebird is also associated with Pevu, one of the Nine Gods worshipped in eastern Bergonia before the ascendancy of the Shufrantei faith.  Pevu is the one among the nine associated with mountains, sovereignty and judgment.

Cordeau, a French explorer who became intimately familiar with Pasiana in the mid 1500s, wrote, "I challenge any man to show me land more comely. The sun shines upon the land with heaven's own grace, and rain falls amply enough that the forests and fields shine green throughout the year. The soil is the deepest black, richer than any in France, and flowers bloom wild every month of the year."  His opinion has over the years found confirmation from thousands of other travelers.  Native Bergonians also concede that Pasiana glows with a special beauty all its own.  To Bergonian sensibilities the Pasianan history of bloodshed takes on a special aspect of pathos-- how could a place of such natural charm turn into such a battleground?  After all, the traditional Bergonian view assumes that beauty, either in nature or in art, first soothes the emotions and then uplifts the soul.  Pasianans tell how in the beginning God assembled the fathers of all the tribes to divvy up the lands of the earth. One by one they stepped forward and took a country, until the entire world was divided.  When God was turning to leave he saw one last man left, the Pasan, hanging shyly back.  "Why didn't you step forward when I called?" God asked. "Because I was afraid, in awe of you," the Pasan answered.  "Well, there's no place left to give to you, so you will have to share my estate with me."  And that's how the Pasans got the most beautiful land in the world.  If you travel to Costa Rica you might hear a similar story.

In southeast BV is the mountainous zhubo called Sholilo. This is the largest coal producing district in the nation. The area is thoroughly rural. The Minidun inhabitants live cramped in valleys and hollows near the mines, and railroad lines carry the coal out to the rest of the country. This zhubo has been compared to West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, although the mountains lie in straight tall ranges very unlike the low gnarled coal-producing hills of Appalachia, and abut the towering Mousri mountains.  Timbering and coal mining badly scarred this country in the 1800s and early 1900s.  The people living here mostly speak the Dura dialect of Minidun, but they speak it with an odd drawling accent very similar to the Prus, and also use a lot of words occurring in the Prus dialect as well as in Pasan.

In ancient times many Bergonians believed that demons and spirits haunted this land, and that many of the mythological tales of the gods on earth occurred here. In a sense it was regarded as both a holy land, because the ancient Gods walked there, and a cursed land, because a very powerful residual spirit had concentrated there—a "vortex of evil," that was the stuff of legend, and throughout most of the Pre-Columbian period this remained a forested region.  Even in Tanic times many people were afraid of this land.

The western island, Avalon, was once predominantly French.  The fine port city of Jaimeville, founded by the French in the 1600s is located on Avalon's far western end.  This is an island of dairy farms and fishing villages.  Jaimeville is the capital, a heart-breakingly beautiful little port city of stone houses, red tile roofs and brick streets, divided into a small French neighborhood, an English neighborhood, a Minidun neighborhood, and a "tourist neighborhood."  The tourists come here in droves, and boats take them by the thousands to see the whales and porpoises.   

The largest city on the eastern island, Borive, is Rantan, situated on a fine circular bay, formed by two narrow peninsulas extending like arms eastward from the main island, and thus a fine port.  Rantan in the 1800s was the center of Calpia's whaling industry.  After Bergonia acquired these islands in 1937 the Bergonian Navy has become a huge presence.  The Bay of Rantan is now the location of a large naval harbor, part of the huge Soricar naval and military base, which also includes an important airstrip, training ground and listening post.  The base stretches along the north side of the island, while descendants from Minidun and French settlers raise dairy cattle on the south side.  Rantan, of course, serves the base in all its various needs.  As a way to strengthen Calpia's economy and culture, the military located its major technical college here, along with the nation's Naval Academy, so Rantan has become a very diverse city, tending to reflect the demographics of the military, which in turn reflect the demographics of the whole nation.  Because the military continues to use French as its primary operational language, French is the dominant language in Rantan, though Minidun and English are widely understood.  This military city is not suited for tourists, who will find almost half the island and a third of the city itself off limits.

Along the Zein River, on the upper, western end of Zeinran, is the city of Chambolet. This city is holy to the Miradi religion. This is where the prophet Krathnami lived and preached. After his mission across the land, Krathnami settled near a village called Chambolet. He met with his disciples at a small monastery called Ser-Alei, the Place of the Willows. After he died and his religions grew, Ser-Alei expanded into a huge university of prayer, devotion and learning. It has served as the center of the Miradi faith even unto the present day. Ser-Alei attracts thousands of pilgrims every year, and of course every four years comes the grand ritual festival of Iritlema, where thousands of Miradi priests and priestesses convene to chant prayers.  The University within Ser-Alei has remained open throughout all the centuries except for forty-three difficult years during the plague years.  During the Tanic era a protracted war involving almost all the nations of Bergonia raged on for decades until finally the priests of Chambolet brokered a peace in 1254.  Appropriately, the people of the time called it the "Peace of the Priests" and thereafter the nations of Bergonia used Ser-Alei as sort of a United Nations where their ambassadors could meet and discuss issues of common concern.

Varsca has always been traditionally regarded as Ceiolai's "little sister," and the two cities even up to the present day are similar in appearance and architecture.  Varscans have always looked to Ceiolai as the leader, and Ceiolaians have always respected Varsca as a dependable ally in all things.  To the west and southwest of old Varsca is a new city, founded in the late 1800s, a manufacturing center where now steel, alloys and motor vehicles are produced.  In fact West Varsca is the auto capital of Bergonia. The Zein River is navigable downstream from Varsca, so Varsca has become a big river port, and whatever Zeinran produces floats down the river on barges to the great port city of Glen for overseas export.  Varsca is also a significant rail terminus, to which rail lines from throughout the Ifuno, particularly Sefaieri, run, bringing loads of coal, ore, grain, beef and finished goods.