Python can't assign value to a string based on values of two integers

I'm trying to make a text based game using Python and I'm trying to add a travel system to the game

I'm using three variables for travel two integers for locations (a & b) and a string to tell the player the location(locationstr)

the code assigns values to a and b by input and supposed to give a value to locationstr based on values of a and b but even though a and b changes locationstr does not

here is the code

#Variables
day = 0
health = 100
healcheck = 0
food = 100
foodcheck = 0
#location = 0
travelcheck = 0
trvlchkr2 = 0
#new travel system variables
a = 3
b = 3

#Location definitions
"""if (location == 0):
    locationstr = "Center"
elif (location == 1):
    locationstr = "Northwest"
elif (location == 2):
    locationstr = "North"
elif (location == 3):
    locationstr = "Northeast"
elif (location == 4):
    locationstr = "East"
elif (location == 5):
    locationstr = "Southeast"
elif (location == 6):
    locationstr = "South"
elif (location == 7):
    locationstr = "Southwest"
elif (location == 8):
    locationstr = "West"""
#New Location definitions
if (a == 1 and b == 1):
 locationstr = "the Northwestern corner of the Wilds"
elif(a == 1 and b == 2):
 locationstr = "the Western border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 1 and b == 3):
 locationstr = "the Western border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 1 and b == 4):
 locationstr = "the Western border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 1 and b == 5):
 locationstr = "the Southwestern corner of the Wilds"
elif(a == 2 and b == 1):
 locationstr ="the Northern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 3 and b == 1):
 locationstr ="the Northern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 4 and b == 1):
 locationstr ="the Northern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 5 and b == 1):
 locationstr ="the Northeastern corner of the Wilds"
elif(a == 5 and b == 2):
 locationstr = "the Eastern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 5 and b == 3):
 locationstr = "the Eastern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 5 and b == 4):
 locationstr = "the Eastern border of the Wilds"
elif(a == 5 and b == 5):
 locationstr = "the Southeastern corner of th Wilds"
elif (a == 2 and b == 5):
 locationstr = "the Southern border of the Wilds"
elif (a == 3 and b == 5):
 locationstr = "the Southern border of the Wilds"
elif (a == 4 and b == 5):
 locationstr = "the Southern border of the Wilds"
elif (a == 3 and b == 3):
 locationstr = "the Center of the Wilds"
elif (a == 2 and b == 2):
 locationstr = "the Northwestern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 2 and b == 3):
 locationstr = "the Western plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 2 and b == 4):
 locationstr = "the Southwestern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 3 and b == 2):
 locationstr = "the Northern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 4 and b == 2):
 locationstr = "the Northeastern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 4 and b == 3):
 locationstr = "the Eastern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 4 and b == 4):
 locationstr = "the Southeastern plains of the Wilds"
elif (a == 3 and b == 4):
 locationstr = "the Southern plains of the Wilds"



#Game
print("DAY", day)
print("Health", health, "/100")
print("Food", food, "/100")
print("You are currently in", locationstr)
print("Debug: a", a)
print("Debug: b", b)
while (day < 31):
    #Choices
 if (health < 100 and healcheck < 1):
     print("Looks like you got hurt")
     print("Do you want to heal yourself?")
     print("(H)eal")
 if (food < 100 and foodcheck < 1):
     print("Looks like you are hungry")
     print("Do you want to eat something")
     print("(E)at")
 if (travelcheck < 1):
     print("Do you want to travel somewhere?")
     print("(T)ravel")
 else:
     print("It looks like there is nothing left to do today")
 print("Do you want to end the day?")
 print("(Y)es")
 print("(N)o")
 #Choice input
 x = input("What is your choice?")
 if (x == "Y" or x == "y"):
     #Ending the day
  print("You decided to end the day")
  day = day + 1
  health = health - 10
  food = food - 10
  healcheck = 0
  foodcheck = 0
  travelcheck = 0
  print("################################################################################################")
  print("DAY", day)
  print("Health", health, "/100")
  print("Food", food, "/100")
  print("You are currently in", locationstr)
  print("Debug: a", a)
  print("Debug: b", b)
 elif (x == "N" or x == "n"):
  print("################################################################################################")
  print("You decided to not end the day")
 elif ((x == "H" or x == "h") and healcheck < 1):
  print("################################################################################################")
  print("You decided to heal yourself")
  health = health + 10
  healcheck = 1
  print("Health", health, "/100")
 elif ((x == "E" or x == "e") and foodcheck < 1):
  print("################################################################################################")
  print ("You decided to eat something")
  food = food + 10
  foodcheck = 1
  print("Food", food, "/100")
 elif ((x == "T" or x == "t") and travelcheck < 1):
     #Travel system
      print("################################################################################################")
      print("You decided to travel somewhere")
      print("Where to travel?")
      print("(1) Northwest")
      print("(2) North")
      print("(3) Northeast")
      print("(4) East")
      print("(5) Southeast")
      print("(6) South")
      print("(7) Southwest")
      print("(8) West")
      print("(9) Cancel")
      trvlchkr2 = 1
      ti = input("What is your choice?")
      if(ti == "1" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
       #location = 1
       a = a - 1
       b = b -1
       trvlchkr2 = 0
       travelcheck = 1
       print("################################################################################################")
       print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif (ti == "2" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 2
          b = b -1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif (ti == "3" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 3
          a = a + 1
          b = b - 1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "4" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 4
          a = a + 1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "5" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
       #location = 5
       a = a + 1
       b = b + 1
       trvlchkr2 = 0
       travelcheck = 1
       print("################################################################################################")
       print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "6" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 6
          b = b +1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "7" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 7
          a = a - 1
          b = b + 1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "8" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
          #location = 8
          a = a - 1
          trvlchkr2 = 0
          travelcheck = 1
          print("################################################################################################")
          print("You traveled to", locationstr)
      elif(ti == "9" and trvlchkr2 == 1):
         trvlchkr2 = 0
         print("################################################################################################")
         print("You decided traveling was a bad idea")
      else:
         print("################################################################################################")
         print(ti, "is not a valid choice")
 else:
  print(x, "is not a valid choice")
  #Game Overs
 if (health == 0):
  print("################################################################################################")
  print("You Died!")
  print("Death Cause: Poor Health")
  exit()
 if (food == 0):
     print("################################################################################################")
     print("You Died!")
     print("Death Cause: Hunger")
     exit()
print("################################################################################################")
print("GAME OVER")

Note: I used an old travel system by two variables(location and locatşonstr) it was working but it wasn't efficient so i decided to change the travel system