During the first stage of the mission, ' The White Tiger', where Rico must meet Ken Pang. Panau uses Panauan dollars as exchange, evidenced by a radio transmission after the mission Three Kings.

Just Cause 2 has a dynamic day and night cycle, which covers 24 in-game hours in 1 real life hour and dramatically affects the appearance of the landscape, resulting in some very picturesque sunsets. Each climate zone has its own unique weather system with dense snowfalls creating picture postcard peaks and tropical thunderstorms lighting up the night sky. From ski resorts to submarine bases, towns, and villages to a huge capital city, Panau is an island rich in variety. Stretching out 1035.55 km 2 (400 square miles), the island is packed with dense jungle, arctic peaks, arid deserts, and sun-bleached beaches, each populated with a variety of settlements in which to cause chaos. They all start at one point on the globe - Panau. It has the routes of the Nuclear missiles from the last mission. The globe that hangs from the U1 ceiling, as seen in Just Cause 2 Multiplayer. Many urban centers in the game take certain cues from the visual style of Singapore. The location is implied to be somewhere in the region of the Malay Peninsula.

Although the Dutch, Portuguese, and British were mentioned by Odd Ahlgren in the Panau Mini-Doc, they only controlled smaller islands around Panau, some of which are part of modern Panau. The Panauan islands were controlled by the Spanish during the Age of Exploration.

It is a fictional island nation in the Gulf of Thailand, more so in the region of the Malay Peninsula. South-East Asia's best kept secret.' - Maria Kane describing Panau to Rico at the beginning of the game's first cut-scene in the Welcome to Panau Agency mission. Info summary ' Here we are, Panau Islands.

7.4 Division of activity, population, and natural resources.

4 Government departments, projects, and other supported organizations.

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