Altarea

Altarea is the most populous nation in the St. Cecilia Archipelago. Located in the north-west of the region, it is the cultural centre of the area and home to by far its largest settlement, Louisville.

Altarea has a population of approximately 275,000 people, over 80% of which live on the southern shore of the island in the capital Louisville. The terrain of the country is volcanic, with the dominating Mount Singan-Kataka in the centre, standing around 925m above sea level.

Climate
Altarea features a tropical rainforest climate under the Köppen climate classification. The area does experience noticeably wetter and drier periods during the year, but it does not have a true dry season month where monthly precipitation falls below 60 millimetres (2.4 in). Temperatures are slightly warmer during January and February where average temperatures hover around 25 °C (77 °F) than June and July where the average temperatures is roughly 21 °C (70 °F). Altarea sees a little more than 1,700 millimetres (67 in) of precipitation annually.

In the mountainous areas in the centre of the island, temperatures are much lower (usually around 10 °C less than in the coastal regions).