Virginia Land.

The Blue Ridge Mountains may not be as high as some mountains, but they were sufficient to prevent the European settlers in the 18th century from crossing the American continent and curtailed Native Americans travel locations. Virginia land amongst the foothills was not really suitable for cultivating so they became the sites of recreational activities such as skiing and mountain biking. This is also good walking country, with the Appalachian Trail following the ridges along the blue mountains. The Virginia land is shaped by the flow of its many rivers and the passage these have cut through the landscape. Due to the topography of the Virginia Land, rivers may flow from north to south, east to west, or even change direction according to the lie of the land.

To the west of the blue ridge the Shenandoah River flows northeast from Massanutten Mountain to the Potomac River. Where the Shenandoah River divides, the north fork of the river flows to the northwest of the Nassanutten Mountain and the south fork flows between the Blue Ridge and the Massanutten Mountain. Separated by the mountain in between, the two forks of the Shenandoah River meander along until the rejoin at Front Royal where the Massanutten Mountain's northeastern tip emerges. Meanwhile, the source of the James River is located in Highland County from where it drops 1,000 metres to Hampton Roads. To the south-east, however, the Nansemond River flows through Suffolk, one of the cities set in the south of Virginia land. This river only drops around 20 metres from where it rises to its mouth at Hampton Roads where it empties into the James River.

While these different rivers and mountain ranges shape the topography of Virginia land, the differences are still inherent in the people today, from something as simple as a preference for iced tea with or without sugar to the West End of Richmond where you simply have to belong to the right family to be considered part of the social elite, to Northern Virginia which, according to local Virginians, is not part of the real Virginia land, despite Arlington having become part of Virginia land over two hundred years' ago.