The Shatterlands
The Shatterlands are the farthest-west country on the map of the known World. A haphazard collection of straights, lakes, rivers, mountains, valleys, marshes, wetlands, swamps, and forests, the Shatterlands are a largely uninhabited collection of fairly inhospitable biomes arranged almost as if trying to be unwelcoming to most known civilizations. For this reason, there are very few settlements here; most who come here come escaping their old lives, but still needing a place to live.
As such, there is no formal ruler, and most towns will likely have their own laws, guards, and militia; This has led to numerous minor city-states, though they barely qualify outside the largest town and capital-by-definition, Shatter's Deep. In fact, Shatter's deep only has any political sway over the disparate settlements due mainly to it being the main port of trade, and having a substantially large (for the country) military force.
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