Haidan - tea, fishing, ship building
former Sakuran conquest, nicknamed the Sea Urchin, threatened by dragons, mixed culture
Kouriki Katanaga - vain, oppressive, obsessed


Baozang "Fortune Town" - trade hub, grain, silk, platinum
gateway to the world, sits at the top of a valley, entrepeneurial
Lei Xuefeng - mirthful, ambitious, risk-taking, persuasive


Kylin - dyes, opium, silk, silver
giant clams, secluded, threatened by Moghun, mountain town
Huang Shuren - paranoid, penitent, reclusive


Yuchung "Jade City" - papyrus, grain, tea, salt, live stock
luxurious, arts and music, seat of power in the north, powerful infantry, innovative, open to the west
Xuan Yating - gluttonous, greedy, manipulative


Mingxia - incense, ivory, silk, flax, live stock
farming and livestock, secretly trades with Sakura, elephants, caught between northern and southern powers, diplomatic, guerilla fighters
Zhou Guanyu - noble minded, protective, haunted


Mingyun "City of Destiny" - perfume, grain, magic center, wine, silk, textiles, gold, religious center
seat of power in the south, regal, oldest original culture, powerful navy, tradition and history, home of Xiandai emperors
Qian Yazhu - conservative, cruel, resistant to change


Huandao - silk, textiles, stone, silver, grain
farming colony from Mingyun, threatened by orcs and goblins and moghun, sturdy soldiers, heavily controlled by Mingyun, frontier spirit, self-reliant, allies of dwarves, ally of Baihe "White Crane"
Wen Zhenya - fearful, tradition-minded, sullen


Baihe "White Crane" - trade hub, ship building, clay, pottery, silk, textiles
naval colony from Mingyung, threatened by moghun, ally of Huandao, feeling distinct from rest of Xiandai, local dialect, open to outsiders
Mao Ruogang - curious, clever, independent