Hokkan

Hokkan (北甲国; Houkan Koku) is a country in The Universe of the Four Gods. This country is guarded with the beast god Genbu. Its capital city is Touran. The first priestess, Takiko Okuda, traveled this area. The geography, costumes, and culture of Hokkan are influenced by the lands of North-Western China and especially by the Mongol Empire. Hokkan is the northernmost of the four countries in the world of the Book and by far the largest. It has a population of approximately one million people, most of whom are nomadic herders, as seen by the huge population of livestock they raise. Comparatively speaking, it covers an area three times larger than the southern country of Konan. The terrain varies greatly, with mountains in central and northern Hokkan, sweeping plains to the south, lush forests to the south-east, and barren deserts to the West, but the earth is rich with natural resources.