The North was primarily temperate rainforests in the southern parts of the hemisphere and Sarmatic mixed forests and taiga filled with mountains and winter and snowfall was common about five or six of the twelve months of the year due to the environment still having aftershocks of a 10,000 year long nuclear winter and was where Pohjola, the capital city of the Ylijumalat government, was located. The Northern Hemisphere was well known for it's plentiful river and lakeside villages with saunas as well as hot springs and its mountain cities. Many cities were famous for having large cherry blossom tree gardens.