Ganaz (world region)
- This article is about the region of Freedonia, declared under the FRDS. For the lake of the same name, see Lake Ganaz.
Ganaz is a declared Region in the south of Freedonia. It borders the Old South, Inner Southwest and Southern Gateway Regions, being located at the southern tip of the Land Disc. The nexus hub South (Lime) Hub 3 is located within the region. The Ganaz Region has 5 declared Localities.
The Regional abbreviation for Ganaz is GZ. The Region is named for Lake Ganaz.
Localities
| Locality | Settlements |
|---|---|
| Lake Ganaz | Takadokia, LilTown, LoleTown, Southwest Haven |
| Vizima | Vizima |
| Verico | Republic of Verico, Rosenburg |
| West Lake | Liberantem, Trumpton |
| East Ganaz | HS-105 |
Geography
The region of Ganaz is mostly water, owing to its central and namesake Lake Ganaz. It has many small, scattered islands, most of which inhabited; however, there are a few (usually smaller) islands which have little to no builds on them. The edges of the lake are steep cliffs, owing to the circumstances of its generation.
History
See Lake Ganaz for more info.
Lake Ganaz, taking up most of the area of the region of Ganaz, has the hallmarks of insular terrain generated between Beta 1.8 and Release 1.0. The terrain immediately surrounding the lake, however, resembles pre-Beta 1.8 terrain, considering the smaller bodies of water and the sea level being a block higher.
This is theorized to have come from The Nothing, where several areas within Freedonia mysteriously disappeared, causing a rollback to said regions. A July 2011 live map archive shows what would become Lake Ganaz in a similar state, being entirely void. It is unknown if this area previously had pre-Beta 1.8 terrain generated, or if it was never loaded terrain that was beyond the world border that was only generated when a map expansion happened; the latter explanation is more likely, seeing as the map archive showing Lake Ganaz in this state is dated to over a month after The Nothing. Whatever the case, this caused Lake Ganaz's borders to be steep cliffs, where older and newer chunks clash.
Research suggests that the Qarn Al Katra apartment complex is the first build in the region, predating the warp city of Vizima by half a year. However, there is a chance that LilTown may have been built before the apartment complex, but due to it lacking any sort of documentation online it cannot be definitely stated. What is certain is that Ryujin Castle popped up around a month after Qarn Al Katra, followed by Vizima in 2012.
It took 7 years for more settlements to pop up in the region. The next major settlement in the region was Verico in May 2019, followed by Takadokia a few months later in September. The first town to get a nexus link in the region was Takadokia on April 9th, 2020, followed by Verico on June 4th. Rosenburg was first mentioned on May 31st, 2020, meaning it would've been founded around this time.