Witchdom of Monteneria

Monteneria was a collection of autonomous princedoms and city-states, untill 35 years ago, when  Shekinah raised her Tower from the bare ground near the city of Zemalut and proclaimed herself Witch-Queen of Monteneria. Proclaiming her allegiance to the Cult of the Hidden Goddess, Shekinah III (who some believe to be the very same person as Shekinah I and Shekinah II, coming back to her old dominion from time to time) has transformed Monteneria in a centralized refuge for her fellow cultists and a hub for pure research, both abstract and practical, without any restrain. Since then, Monteneria is also a de facto self-ruling branch of the World Coven. In no other place like this are warlock and witches so high in the social pyramid, but all have to submit to the Witch-Queen and her hand-picked inner circle, who have showed to prefer a tighter grasp on lower covens than the World Coven and their Imperatrix.
In the last 35 years, nobles have largely been stripped of their political power and autonomy, but Shekinah III has respected their other privileges and applies no taxation on their lands, which remain largely untouched. In Zemalut the Witch-Queen holds court with both her magi, her advisers and the nobles, and she attempt to encourage and promote the most loyal members of them to higher positions of power. Periodically, the Witch-Queen's agent survey the land in search for magically gifted children, who are then sent in Akademos of Zemalut to be teached how to develop and control their powers. The Akademos is both a university and a school for magic. The Akademos welcomes any researcher and scholar from all walks and roads, who are granted a safe environment for their studies and research, and it is specifically at the forefront in the field of conjuration.