Fullmetal Alchemist World
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Fullmetal Alchemist takes place on Earth starting in the early 1900's in a country called Amestris. Many different countries border this state and each is slightly different than the rest. Below is a world map and brief descriptions of the countries.
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Amestris
Amestris is the country where almost everything happens. The government is a military dictatorship, with King Bradley at the top. A parliament does exist although it has absolutely no power what so ever. The military has divided the country into four administrative regions with a region headquarter. The capital is called Central city and Central HQ is the hub of all military actions.
Almost all alchemist research done in Amestris, unlike other countries, is entirely devoted to war and destruction. Currently Amestris is having border skirmishes with Creata and Areugo but large scale war might be a future possibility.
Creata, Drachma and Areugo
Creata lies to the west and Areugo to the south. Not much is known about these countries other than the fact that they have border skirmishes quite frequently with the Amestrian Military. Drachma lies to the north and is separated from Amestris by the Briggs mountain range. Drachma has signed a non-aggression pact with Amestris but who knows how long that will last?
Ishbal
Ishbal is the FMA world's equivalent to the middle east. The people who live there, called Ishvalans, worship their god Ishuvaru and had a strict code forbidding alchemy.
A war broke out between Ishval and Amestris and ended up having all of the Ishvalan people displaced and refugees and the country of Ishval becoming annexed my Amestris.
The Great Desert and Xing
The great desert is an enormous desert that separated Ishval from Xing. In the middle of the desert lies the ruins of the city of Xerxes vanished in a single night when the people of the city tried to gain the philsopher's stone. There used to be a rail line from Ishval across the desert to Xing but the sands covered it up and rendederd it unusable.
Xing is the FMA equivalent of Asia, and their form of government is a monarchy with an emperor(king) on the throne. Despite this form of governement the country is still divided into many different clans. Each clan is help together only by the emperor and without him the entire country would crumble into chaos. Xing's major use of alchemy is medicinal and some even call is Pharmacy in lieu of this trait.
