The Striped Continent; or, Where Does Zecora Come From Again? · 5:46pm Apr 29th, 2016
Here's something I wrote a few months ago, and posted in the World Building group. Decided to share it here, too, in the hopes that it will sooner or later be Jossed by a proper zebra episode, and it would be nice if more people saw it before that. 
Onwards to Zebrica, then!
Physical Geography:
The continent of Zebrica is shaped like a big wedge, wider in the north and tapering towards its southern end, that's been tilted to the right. The eastern coast is relatively flat, with broad, open savannas and low, rolling hills. As you move west, the land rises, and there is a broad interior rainforest, where eastern winds bring water. There are numerous plateaus and broken mountain chains here. Further west, the land rises into a great north-south mountain chain that plunges into the South Celestial Ocean, with only a narrow strip of land on the western coast of Zebrica. In the north, the tilt is less noticeable, and the Zebrica proper melds smoothly into the desert lands of Dromedaria and Saddle Arabia.
Inhabitants:
The Equestrian name "Zebrica" comes naturally from the zebras, who are the most famous inhabitants of the entire continent. This is not mere equine chauvinism, as some have claimed. The zebras live along the eastern coasts and on many of the islands in the Zebrican Ocean, and are likely the most civilized and definitely the most cosmopolitan of the continent's many peoples. The great cities of Neighrobi, Mareputo and Zebrabwe, as well as the spice isles of Zanzebrar, are bustling hubs of trade and learning, and zebra sailors ply the coasts of Zebrica and further east to Hind and Qilin.
Nomadic antelopes travel the great broad savannas in great herd-caravans, moving with the seasons and living off the land. They have trade relations with both the okapi of the central rain forests and the coastal zebras, but preferring to maintain their independence of both the okapi mage-priests and the zebra queens and merchant princes. Giraffes wander through the same lands, but unlike the antelopes they live in small family groups or even alone, trusting their gentle reputation, giant size and great speed to shield them from trouble. They occasionally hire out as construction workers, taking advantage of their great height.
The already-mentioned okapi live in the central rain forests. They are shy and elusive, with magic that lets them stay unnoticed and hide from prying eyes. Their society is said to be ruled by mage-priests dwelling on the most inaccessible plateaus rising from the jungle, who are claimed to know a lot of arcane lore and to wield mighty magics. Equestrian mages, Dromedarian sorcerers and zebra shamans alike have been repeatedly frustrated in their attempts to learn more, and freak winds and sudden storms discourage even the best fliers from approaching these cloud-shrouded heights.
The western mountains are home to dragons, who are the same the world over: greedy, arrogant and territorial, rich in both ancient wisdom and jewels. If anything, they are even more stand-offish than the dragons near Equestria, no doubt because of the prying habits of their western neighbors. Rumors claim that the Great Dragon Queen dwells here in the heart of a slumbering volcano, her hoard beyond the dreams of avarice and containing some of the most fabulous gems in the whole world.
The west coast is populated by a motley mix of people from all across Zebrica and beyond: zebra mariners and kelp-farmers, camel traders and crafters, griffons claiming descent from an ancient mercenary company driven south from Saddle Arabia, ponies and donkeys and mules, and more. Treasure-seekers of all sort abound here, looking for the great pearls found in the sea, panning for gold or diamonds in the rivers flowing from the mountains, or even hoping to find an unguarded dragon hoard to raid.
Very neat bit of world-building. Thank you for it.