However, there are also deer, buffalo, dragons and griffons. One race dominates the region above all: Ponies. The area of southern Equus is vast, and there is a huge variety of climate and terrain, ranging from the cold marshes of the north to the hot deserts of the south. The Equestrian South is marked by deserts, jungles, and badlands, and is lacking in development. Without Nova Griffonia's support, they will likely collapse. Meanwhile their small autonomous territory, the Griffon Frontier, is far too busy dealing with bandits and worse. Now the independent griffons must determine their role on the world stage and learn to live by themselves. South of them is the industrialized griffon colony of Nova Griffonia, left stranded as their colonial overlords in the east have utterly collapsed. On the northeastern shores, the venerable Kingdom of Pingland is facing a succession crisis as their old king is at death's door. Polar bears are used to being divided, so only time will tell if the newborn nation can survive for long. Further north, there are the Polar Bear Communities which were founded only some years before. A brutal war followed, but neither side was able to overcome the other so a temporary peace treaty was signed. The yaks were until recently united in the isolationist kingdom of Yakyakistan, but as Equestrian influence continued to grow in the region, the more conservative yaks of the Jaki-Clan rebelled. The changelings are the most formidable race in the north, living under the strong leadership of Queen Chrysalis. Legends also say how ponies once lived here, back when the climate was warmer, but now only ruins remain after all the ponies migrated south. Changelings, yaks, polar bears and penguins have adapted to the cold temperatures, yet more recently waves of griffon settlers arrived in the region. The frigid and mountainous north of Equus is an inhospitable landscape, but hardy races have lived there for a long time.
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