Papylon

Papylon is a country located on Treigard within the Ayufantasia universe. It is known for having the highest Swarmling population in the entire universe, and is considered the Holy Land for the worship of the Papylon Pantheon.

Its financial capital is St. Chrysalis City, where its political capital is Papylon Castle.

Residents of Papylon are known as Papylonians, and many of them speak The Universal Language.

Geography
Papylon is close to Treigard's equator and has a tropical climate. The country has a southern coastline with a steep cliff that meets with the Ashen Sea. Above the cliffs are a series of badlands with little vegetation. The western part of the country is very forested, and the rest are mostly flat plains.

Political Status
Papylon is a monarchical country, currently governed by Empress Natalia Papylon. The current heir, Prince Cole Papylon, is prepared to succeed the throne when the time comes.

Religion
Papylon is known to be a pious state, being both the founder and Holy Land of Muzenism, the worship of the Papylon Pantheon. Few other religions have any noticeable influence in the country.

Commerce
The National Currency of Papylon is the Periwi, typically represented by gold and silver coins with images of flowers engraved into them. In shorthand, a Periwi is denoted as 1PW. 1000PW is colloquially referred to as 1kPW, and 1000kPW as 1MPW.

Papylon typically exports textiles, perfumes, magic powders and confectionery. One of its largest industries is in apparel for winged races.

Population
Papylon has a total population of about 4 million. While most of the population is composed of Swarmlings, other races also live comfortably here. Iespix, humans, veyads and dragonkin make up the remaining intelligent population.

Flora & Fauna
Wildflowers and insects make up a large proportion of the wilderness of Papylon, while many decorative flowers are grown agriculturally. Mushrooms can be found in abundance in some areas, especially the western woods.

Not a huge variety of non-intelligent animal life can be found, and the few birds that do nest in Papylon are often completely repelled from urban areas.

Monsters occasionally attack travelers between towns, but are usually confined to undeveloped areas. Many of these monsters are derived from insects, mushrooms and flowers.

Traditions
Papylon celebrates certain days of the Treigardian Calendar:
 * Spring 22 - Independence Day
 * Summer 45 - Aumos Solstice
 * Winter 45 - Agmos Solstice

Afterlife
Papylon's Celestia is the Sugar Celestia. Its Netherworld is the Crystal Netherworld.

Trivia

 * Papylon's name is derived from papillon, the French word for "butterfly", and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.