A Corrupt Democracy Centered in Shady Sands. It was founded by Aradesh who died fighting raiders in shady sands. After a short conflict with Raiders, Merchants whom were rich enough got high control over the Government Despite being Massive with a Big Military too Go with the Size and a lot of Tech The Merchants or "Water Barons" Had almost complete control on the Economy which was backed by a flimsy gold reserve so without the Reserve the Economy would collapse entirely