Translacunia

Translacunia is a geographic, cultural and historical region that encompasses the land east of the Great Lakes which marks the transition between Messenia and Inner Joriscia. The name derives from the Sabamic sentence meaning "across the lake(s)" (from the original Sabamic cultural area), by opposition to Cislacunia, the land on "this side of the lake(s)". Translacunia is a transitional region in geographic, cultural, and political terms.

Translacunia forms the transition between Messenia and the Joriscian Great Steppe. While the immediate eastern shores of the Great Lakes were often locked into sprawling marshlands, due to their low elevation relative to the lakes' surfaces, the rest of the region shifts from temperate savannas to further scattered savannas and finally grasslands as one travels eastward. The hills of the Betoz ridge (north of Lower Tavda), parts of the Sarantaporos basin, and the Raspila hills (a south-western projection of the Ougle Massif) form the boundary between Translacunia and the steppe. A narrower definition excludes New Elmiesia, considering land west of the Betoz ridge to be part of Translacunia.