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) caveats: I am not much of a "cartographer" meaning that I know nearly nothing about climatology or geology or things like that. I tend to bend space and time (and mountains and rivers) to what the story in my head is telling me. I would say that there needs to be room for everyone's personal interest. There should be vast cities and trackless deserts and flying machines and dragons. I know none of this is all that helpful but I think making the definitions as broad as possible will help create the most interesting world.
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