Espoir Island Explorer's Guide
This setting is similar to Sentōru no Nayami (A Centaur's Life) world, with the range of species including Humans, Elementals, Kemonomimi, Centaurs and a few more notable additions.
Where it is, How to get there and what's it like?
Now, the first rule of exploring an area is actually getting there in the first place, and this is rather simple. The island's central co-ordinates are 38°53'34.9"N 46°13'45.5"W and you can get there in two key ways: Plane or Boat.
Now, Planes are always recommended for getting there for tourism reasons, given that they're MUCH quicker, and less expensive. They also help you scout out the island a little more. However, due to a lack of large land-based airports, you will most likely see the usage of Large Commercial Seaplanes or Amphibious Aircraft, which will usually take you and roughly 250 other people to Zuhausehafen's Dock Four.
Boats, on the other hand, will take you to Docks One, Two and Three of Zuhausehafen, depending on what the ship you're using is for, with Docks One and Two are for Industrial and Commercial shipping, and Dock Three being for anything else, namely cruises and small boats owned by the locals.
Once there, you will see that individual cars are pretty rare, whereas Buses, Trains and Trams are a near constant sight. This is thanks to a tax decrease whenever someone owns a public transport card of some kind and not a car.
The climate of the Island can easily be described as being pretty similar to Washington DC's, with the average temperature ranging from 23°C (73.4°F) in the summer to -7.5°C (18.5°F) in the winter. Weather will also follow the norms, often with weather ranging from mostly sunny to snowing. The general biome of the island is a mix of mountains and forests, with a singular volcano that was once present and formed the land-mass being long extinct.