Editing Monster Girl Encyclopedia world (section)

===Physical geography===
:''Refer to: [[Zipangu]], [[Dragonia]], [[Mist Continent]], and [[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_I#Monsters_of_the_Sea|Monsters of the Sea]]''
As the world is a construction of the gods rather than nature, even its shape isn't known for certain. It could be a flat earth; it could be a geocentric universe; all we know for sure is that it is not a "planet" as we would understand it. In any case, many fantastic and varied lands are described in the world by the Wandering Scholar and especially [[Saphirette Spherica]], although details on ''where'' they all are in relation to each other is very sparse. The Scholar started his journey in [[the Order]] lands, which occupy a continental landmass and contain the majority of the world's human population. The Order is a religion and a culture rather than a single nation; former territories since lost to the monsters include [[Lescatie]] and possibly [[Polove]] <ref>See ''World Guide 2''; Elemental Handbook; Pure Elementals: Saphirette never makes absolutely clear whether Polove was actually an Order state or an unaligned one.</ref>, once a sickly, resource-free land of no strategic geographical value whatsoever. Also outside the Order's control are the increasingly common monster-friendly human nations, plus the forest territories of the [[Elf|elves]] and the underground nations of the [[Dwarf|dwarves]]. Also in the main continent, the [[Desert region]] is a hot waste of sand and pyramids, the graveyard of a once-great civilization - although [[khepri|new rulers]] and [[pharaoh|old ones]] may be trying to rebuild lost glories.

Far to the east of this continent lies a comparatively tiny archipelago country called [[Zipangu]], which means "Kingdom of Fire" in the native language <ref>''MGE-1''; Zipangu; Zipangu, Kingdom of the Sun</ref>. It is a land of kimonos, shrine maidens, ninjas, and [[wikipedia:sake|sake]]. Some of this island nation constitutes [[Mamono_Realm#Bright_Green_Mamono_Realm|bright green Mamono Realm]], where monsters and uncorrupted humans live close by; if not quite in harmony, then at least not with the one-sided antagonism that characterizes relationships on various Order lands. The Wandering Scholar reports that a nation from his continent has attempted to invade Zipangu at least once before, but the effort was defeated by a combination of human-monster military co-operation, and [[kunoichi]] espionage ravishing the enemy leadership into submission <ref>[[Zipangu#A_Utopia_of_Human_and_Monsters|''MGE-1'', Zipangu; A Utopia of Human and Monsters]]</ref>.

Described as lying "''to the north of Zipangu''" <ref>[[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_I#Afterword|''MGE-1''; Afterword]]</ref>, the [[Mist Continent]] is a candidate for that invader nation. Populated by [[Ren Xiongmao|panda-girls]] and [[Hinezumi|kung-fu mice]], it's an exotic place that the [[Wandering Scholar]] is eager to visit. The other known continent is [[Dragonia]], which is ruled by [[dragon]]s since the era of the former mamono lords. There exist yet another continent mentioned in passing in the [[Spell Succubize]] article of ''[[Monster Girl Encyclopedia World Guide III: Sabbath Grimoire]]''.

Also described in some detail is not another land but [[Monster_Girl_Encyclopedia_I#Monsters_of_the_Sea|the sea itself]]; now offering more than a cold, wet death after Poseidon defected to the side of the Mamono Lord. [[Sea Bishop]]s travel the waves granting men the power to breathe underwater, and once down in the ethereal glow of the mid-layer, you can sex up an eager [[mermaid]] or [[Sea Slime|sea slime]]. Just don't swim too deep; there are ancient secrets lurking in the [[Monsters of chaos|abyssal night]]. A notable part of the ocean is Asuramis Sea, where lie the archipelago nation Court Alf.