Oluistaan
Oluistaan is a fictional coastal archipelago used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to illustrate a maritime economy and regional culture. It is described as a chain of rugged islands in the northern seas of the imagined continent of Valenara, with sheltered inlets, deep harbors, and regular ferry links between islands.
The terrain combines steep cliffs, pine forests, and low marshlands near larger harbors. The climate is temperate
Society is organized around a bicameral assembly that represents eight major guilds and a council of island
Oluistaan traces its origins to early port settlements that gradually unified under a common legal framework
Notable places include Brinehold, a natural harbor; Iron Cove, site of traditional glassworks; and Lumis, a lighthouse