Gensou Island

Gensou Island (幻想島 gensoushima, "Island of Illusion") is a very mysterious island at the very north of the Asiapelago. It is small for it's geographic size, but it is bigger than it looks, holding over two million population in total. It is known for holding an extremely mysterious yet dangerous class of creatures known as Yokai that come in many shapes and sizes ranging from looking practically the same as a regular penguin, to resembling actual monsters. They live almost exclusively within Gensou Island.

History
Gensou Island has a long history line. The old gap youkai explained The forming of Gensou Island, but the rest was explained by Kyuu Holden.

The forming of Gensou Island
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Over a thousand years ago, only youkai lived on the island. As it was conjoined to Japaland back then, a group of penguins wanted to prove their strength so they can be honoured by their emperor. The group travelled to the island. A whole colony followed these penguins and the youkai got angered by this. The old gap youkai separated Gensou from Japaland and formed Gensou Island. It was placed very south, away from Japaland, which explains why there are four seasons. Nowadays, penguins live with these youkai in near-harmony.

Beginning of International Trade
April 3, 1487

Gensou Island, though only in contact with Japaland for so long, was shocked at the appearance of strange looking ships that appeared at the shoreline of the island one day. The ships turned out to be Lisboaguese merchant Galleons that were carrying the famous explorer, Quim da Algarve. Quim's fleet of merchant ships decided to sail into The Other River to the outskirts of Penguin Village, where they made contact with the natives. Quim met with the Island's ruler and established official foreign relations between the then Japalandese controlled island of Gensou. Quim stayed on the island for about a week, while several of the merchant ships began to circle the island so the cartographers could make an accurate map of the island. The Lisboaguese traders managed to trade their compasses, telescopes, and gold jewelry in exchange for Gensou Island silk, tea, and jade statues. A few months after Quim's departure, several more Lisboaguese ships had arrived to trade. A year later, the Zhouese and the Castillans decided to also become involved in trade with the island as well. He was lucky that he didn't get eaten by one of the Youkai.

The Tsuchinoko Incident
January, 24th, 2016

K.A.G.U.Y.A was just walking through a forest, and saw a Tsuchinoko. The Tsuchinoko was provoked and tried to spew venom to her, but missed. Chiruno and Shiki Eiki, and others like Xgopen and Kamochi Onoduka went to go see this Tsuchinoko, and the little, yet big snake was a fearless puppy. It stood up, and jumped at Xgopen and fell, and everybody attacked it, but turned into dirt, and went underneath the ground. Without knowing, its slithered into the shoulder Onoduka, and screamed, and soon, it turned to dirt, and was never seen again. The five never want to talk about this incident, again.

Places

 * Penguin Village - A village where penguins can peacefully live in without any youkai eating them.
 * Penguin Village Market - A bustling market located in the center of Penguin Village. Every Sunday, merchants from mostly Castilla, Lisboagal, and Zhou come to trade with locals, as well as local farmers who come to sell their food to the citizens.
 * Cowrei Shrine - The shrine which Raymoo Cowrei lives in, it does not have that many followers, but it indeed has some visitors.
 * McFrogson Shrine - The shrine which Froggy Frog McFrogson, Snakey Snake McSnakeson and Saynaee SnakeFrog live in. Snakeson technically owns the shrine because she had beaten Frogson in a battle to own the shrine. The McFrogson Shrine resides ontop of Youkai Mountain.
 * Red River - A long river which Kamochi rides her boat in to bring them to the small island in which is in the river called Higan.
 * Higan - A small island surrounded by the Red River. Shiki Eiki judges spirits to bring them to their afterlife.
 * Youkai Mountain - The largest mountain in Gensou Island. It's residents are mainly Tengu.
 * Lake of Mist - The only lake in Gensou Island, residing with many fairies.
 * Forest of the Lost - A dark forest filled with many mushrooms and magicians.
 * Scarlet Demon Mansion - The red mansion home to some youkai, and a penguin maid.
 * Netherworld - A paradise for ghosts after they die. If they are chosen to go there, then they stay there forever. Yuyukoi Goru is the dead princess of the Netherworld and Yoymuu is the gardener.
 * Bamboo Forest - The other forest which is full of bamboo. Like the Forest of the Lost, people tend to get lost in the forest, but are escorted through the forest with the help of Fujitsu no Moko.
 * Eintei - The mansion of K.A.G.U.Y.A & Erin Tsuba. Many Rabbits reside here.
 * "The Other River" - A nameless river which is below the Youkai Mountain and Jenbu Ravine. One can see the occational Castillan or Lisboaguese Galleon or Zhouese Junk owned by Foreign merchants docked by the riverbanks near Penguin Village.
 * Jenbu Ravine - The home of the Kappas. If you walk into Jenbi Ravine, you would most likely find several Kappa working on mechs and robotic utilities.
 * Utility Shop - Nothing very special; just a shop with electronics.

Geography
Gensou Island is a very small island, but when entering the island, it looks extremely huge. It is not because of servers, but by manipulating time and space, according to Inusakuya. Gensou Islands has very few river systems, the longest is the Red River. It reaches from the left of the island to the right of the island to Higan.

Inhabitants
There are A LOT of residents in Gensou Island.

International Relations
Gensou's relations had not made any contact with any country other than Japan prior to 1487.

Gensou's relations with other nations:


 * Japaland - Horrible. Since separating from Japaland, Gensou Island never wants to be involved with them again, unless it involves Anime. Several Anime Penguins from Japaland really want to live on Gensou, though.
 * In fact, there are so many anime penguins who want to live there that they make merchandise, anime and they also cosplay as them.


 * United States of Antarctica - Unknown. USA has heard of this island and they want to conquer it. Too bad they don't know about Old Hag Yukarin.


 * Snowzerland - Bad. Snowzerland knows about Xgopen, whom is living on Gensou currently. They plan to capture her and become a reliable source for nuclear weapons.


 * Ruscoe Federation - Bad. Rusca also wants Xgopen.


 * Amataria - Decent. After the events of Break In Dimensions, Amigopen found out the similarities of the universe and the island, so he worships them now.


 * Malesia -


 * Margate - Decent They are good trading partners


 * UnitedTerra -


 * Puffle'and - Good. Puffle'and was the first nation to recognize Gensou Island's independence from Japaland. They are actively involved in trade.


 * Calada -


 * Castilla - Decent. Castilla and Gensou Island are trading partners and several Castillan merchants visit it occasionally.


 * Zhou - Good. They are allies since they both hate Japaland. Like the Castillans, the Zhouese send merchants to trade with the Gensou Islanders. One of the youkai, China, originally came from Zhou.


 * Lisboagal - Decent. Lisboagal was one of the first nations to trade with the island in 1487. They have been trading with them ever since, especially so they could rival with the Castillan merchants.


 * Batavia -


 * Frankterre -


 * Polaris SAD -

Culture
Penguins and yokai alike live in near-harmony on the island. Well, at least within the Capital and a couple of major towns. Anywhere outside of those places is basically an uncontested battleground between both yokai and magic users alike who live for the thrill of battle. Although its normally an undisputed rule to not injure eachother to the point of fatality, quite a lot of yokai don't follow this rule.

Cuisine
The Gensou cuisine sometimes varies in different regions; it mainly consists of traditional Japalandese food. Ever since Gensou Island had first started trading with other nations, their doors have opened up to a much higher variety of cuisine from all over the Ninja Archipelago and Asiapelago for residents to eat.

This doesn't stop Gensou residents from making their own type of cuisine though. Walking through the streets of villages, especially the capital, one will find many street vendors selling unique delicacies. However, a lot of the food is not really to the average penguin's taste.

Clothing
The average Gensou resident wears a kimono.