Kara-Tur is a continent on the world of Toril in the Forgotten Realms. It is east of Faerûn and seperated by steppes and the Great Wall of Stone. Kara-Tur ia an analog for East Asia. There are numerous nations in Kara-Tur, each based on a particular East Asian culture: * Shou Lung (China) * T'u Lung (Southern China; analog of various historical dissident states in China) * Wa (Japan) * Kozakura (Japan/Ryukyu Islands) * Tabot (Tibet) * Koryo (Korea) * Ra-Khati (Nepal) * Bawa (Philippines) * Horse-Plains (Mongolia) * Malatra (Indochina)