Chernarus - DayZ

The Republic of Chernarus (Chernarussian: Republika Černarus, Russian: Республика Чернорусь), more commonly known as Chernarus, is an Eastern European post-Soviet republic, somewhere near the Caucasus.

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Chernarus is bordered by the Russian Federation to the north along the Black Mountains, Takistan to the west and sea to the south and east.

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The capital, Novigrad, is situated on the coast of the Burnaya river delta in the south-west of the country, a short distance from the Takistani border.

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The Burnaya and Svetlaya rivers form the core of modern Chernarus, giving rise to major cities such as Kirovograd and Belozersk.

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Other major settlements can be found along the length of the nation's coast, such as Primorsk, Miroslavl' and Chernogorsk. Several islands in the sea fall under the sovereignty of Chernarus, most notably the islands of Utes, Moschnyi and Lyutyi.

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Chernarus has been inhabited from at least the 5th Century, with Slavic peoples settling the area sometime around the 11th Century.

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Various dukedoms controlled the region until the nation was united in the 13th Century by Taras Kozub.

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Chernarus joined the Russian Empire in 1631, and only regained its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. In 2009, a civil war would erupt in the predominantly ethnically Russian province of South Zagoria, instigated by the Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star who sought to unify with Russia.

Livonia - DayZ

Livonia, also known as Inflanty in Polish, is a fictional landlocked country located in the Baltic region of Eastern Europe where Polish is the official language.

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It shares borders with Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia to the west, Lithuania to the north, Belarus to the southeast, and Poland to the southwest.

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The country is divided into three sub-divisions, with the Andrzejów division being home to the capital city of Andrzejów as well as the abandoned Topolin-Nadbór region situated in the Biela Valley, which has been taken over by infected.

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Livonia, also known as German Livland, is located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, to the south of Lithuania.

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Originally, the name Livonia referred to the area inhabited by the Livs, a Finno-Ugric people whose settlements were centered on the mouths of the Western Dvina and Guaja rivers.

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Over time, the name came to encompass nearly all of modern-day Latvia and Estonia.

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Livonia was an area of economic and political expansion by mainly Danes and Germans at the start of the 12th century.

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The region hosted multiple crusades over the course of centuries until a Polish republic and a re-established democratic Lithuania were proclaimed in 1918.

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However, their independence celebrations were short-lived as World War II was looming.

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When the war began, Nazi Germany invaded Poland-Lithuania and turned their attention to the Soviet Union (USSR).

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After years of war, the Soviet Union pushed back the Germans, leading to a costly defeat.

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The Soviet Union then took control of the Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth and created a satellite state during the beginning of the Cold War.

Sakhal - DayZ

Sakhal is a remote volcanic archipelago in Russia's far east.

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Being a snow biome, survival in Sakhal is much more dangerous than Chernarus and Livonia, and warm clothing and any means to thaw the frozen food found throughout the island is mandatory.

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Luckily, being an archipelago, survivors have plenty of places to catch fish.

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Set on a snow-covered archipelago called Sakhal, spanning an impressive 83km² (not including ice sheets), featuring a breath-taking winter wilderness teeming with new challenges and opportunities for survival.

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Brace yourself for a truly immersive adventure where the environment itself is as much your adversary as the infected and other survivors.