At one point home to the invader's capital. The region has a diverse topography and climate, but generally the winters are cold and the summers are hot and humid.
For thousands of years the region was home to Algonquian Lenape, the Iroquoian Susquehannock, Petun, and many more wonderful and interesting cultures we'll never know about. Throughout the 17th century brutal plagues and rampaging murderers, particularly the Dutch and English, destroyed much the natural ecosystem and people.