Whaling

Whaling is a major industry of Merengia and whale oil is one of its chief exports. The Merengian city of Mahtmouth is generally recognized as the whaling capitol of the world.
The cetus whale spends the seasons of Summer and Sunfall in the Windward Sea off the boreal coast of the Headlands. The forty-eight days within those two seasons offer a short window for whaling vessels to go after that most lucrative prize: cetum, more commonly known as cetuswax. The candles and lanterns of the world burn brightly from the toils of the whaleman, and a ship full of wax will pay its crew handsomely upon returning to shore in Autumn.