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by harimau777 877 days ago
It seems to me that the difference is that public land and national parks are more or less devoid of people while countryside is a combination of nature and people. There's lots of nature to explore but it's full of ancient cemeteries, small communities, farms, hills with various legends attached to them, etc.

To me there has to be the people to give the nature significance. Otherwise it's not so much exploration as it is just a massive camping trip.