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Its fertile lands span an area of 10,321 square li A traditional Chinese unit of distance; here used to approximate European measurements. The population numbers 1,994,850. It governs twenty-three small districts original: 部落 (buluo), literally 'tribes,' used here to mean administrative districts. The local products include woolen cloth and ramie original: 苎麻 (zhuma), a plant fiber used to make textile fabrics.
Galicia original: 牙里西阿 (Yalixia), a 19th-century phonetic rendering of Galicia, then a province of the Austrian Empire is bounded by Russia to the east, Moravia original: 磨那威阿 (Monawia) to the west, Hungary to the south, and Poland and Russia to the north
In these districts, the soil is sparse and sandy, yet the mountainous areas are all fertile. The total area covers 33,179 square li. The population is 4,385,606. It governs thirty-five small districts. To manage public affairs, they have established four ranks of officials: Nobles original: 那步爾 (nabuer), a phonetic rendering of 'Nobles', Knights original: 奈士 (naishi), a phonetic rendering of 'Knights', Governors original: 可崩治 (kebengzhi), a phonetic rendering of 'Governor', and City Officials original: 西底士 (xidishi), a phonetic rendering of 'Cities'. The people follow Protestantism original: 波羅特士頓教 (Poluoteshidun jiao). The land produces salt, grain, honey, sugar, and timber.