Folio on Skadia

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An-Dunnah writes about Skadians with a mixture of respect and genuine curiosity: the customs of that harsh, distant land are nothing like his home country of Ahjat...

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Skadia is a land of vastness and contrast. Here impregnable mountains give place to dense woods, which in turn, if you travel South-East, gradually recede into grasslands and steppes...

The country is dotted with many cities, although only seven of them, the largest and the most prosperous ones, deserve a special mention: Vezhina, Bela Brama, Nizhgrad, Veledz, Stroma, Brazhav, and Tur. They are the reason why Skadia is also known as Semigradye, "Seven Cities"...

Another thing that distinguishes Semigradye is that it's not ruled by a high monarch - and when compared to the rest of the Continent, the country's nobility only holds a tiny fraction of their customary power. Instead, each Skadian city raises its own army, mints its own coin, and makes governmental decisions during veches, popular assemblies held by affluent townsmen.

Nevertheless, when faced with a major threat - and Skadian enemies are numerous - the cities elect an Elder Prince, who leads the united army and makes countrywide decisions until the crisis is averted...