Zingra and the Southern Crownlands

Named for the legendary kingdom of the Corona, Zingra is a deepwater port on the Coronal Sea, and the administrative centre of the Southern Crownlands. This subdivision of the Free Coast extends from the coast to the Azeranzeri border, and south almost to the neighbouring port of Belcoza. Well-protected from the Empire, Zingra maintains a strong navy against pirates, and sponsors an order of slayers who specialise in stalking the toxic ruins of Hannah, the Ophionic city whose rulers unleashed unspeakable horrors rather than allowing the Freecoasters to sieze it.
The Southern Crownlands are good farm country, enjoying warm sun and regular rain year round. There are also mines in the southern slopes of the Coronal Highlands, and the merchants of Zingra are known for their wealth and the quality of their metalwork.
Given this wealth, the strength of the Zingran fleet and the esoteric excellence of the University of the Free Coast - also in Zingra - many Zingrans and other Southern Crownlanders consider themselves natural leaders of the Free Coast. The other administrative districts, however, view their northern kin as rather spoiled, and suspiciously aristocratic. Its population are descendents of refugees, like all Freecoasters, but very few new refugees have been welcomed to the Crownlands in recent years. Partly, this is simply a matter of geography, but also of policy; the citizen's assembly of Zingra considers their economy to be at risk should the district welcome additional citizens with no existing role.

Type

Geopolitical, Province