Kanton

Demographics

Major: Human, half-elf, dwarf.
Minor: Dragonborn, Tabaxi, Orc, half-orc

Government

There is no formal government in Kanton so there is no mayor or elections for public service.
There are officials employed by The Family who perform the civic duties required to run such a town. Company credit is a thing. There are no taxes for workers who live in the town under the employ of The Family, but there are heavy duties for those who move in and run their own businesses in Kanton and most who attempt it end up selling out to The Family. Renting buildings, homes and land has become another big part of the Kandie family income.

Defences

A small standing malitia and private police force.

Industry & Trade

The town's main exports are warm weather seasonal crops, quarried stone and marble, tin and coal.

Infrastructure

What started as a few houses for the plantation workers has grown into a neat and well funded large town. Kandie and his heirs built schools, doctors surgeries, a town hall and other amenities.
Being at the source of the river kez allows the export of its trade items easily via rafts to towns such as Grun,Treh and even coastal trade hubs such as Sekhmet and Coosta.

History

Centuries ago an elf left his homeland and elven ancestry to settle among humans, being not particularly well liked or affluent among his peers, but a billy big knobs among humans whose capitalist notions intrigued him. Less high minded than most elves, he was very much corrupted by human pursuits of greed and lust and had a couple of human wives over the remaining decades of his life, being old by elven standards when he left to build a fortune among humans. He had many descendants who spread themselves out over the continent, one of note being Edith’s great grandfather Elon Kandie, who settled on a modest piece of land just North of the split mountains. With his inheritance, which despite being split among so many half siblings was still a princely sum, he built a plantation. Shrewd and intelligent, he grew his business over his life, creating a small empire of agriculture and mining to which future generations have only added. They have extensive farmland, mines to the south and two quarries opened in the last century as industry in the cities began to require sand and other such materials for manufacturing purposes.
Fast forward say two hundred years and the town of Kanton is a bustling little hub. On a river and not far from major roads, what started as a few houses for the plantation workers has grown into a neat and well funded large town. Kandie and his heirs built schools, doctors surgeries, a town hall and other amenities. There is no mayor or elections for public service, but there are officials employed by The Family who perform the civic duties required to run such a town. Company credit is a thing. There are no taxes for workers who live in the town under the employ of The Family, but there are heavy duties for those who move in and run their own businesses in Kanton and most who attempt it end up selling out to The Family. Renting buildings, homes and land has become another big part of the Kandie family income. Kanton has a small standing militia.

Geography

Mountains to the south give an early evening shade an allow

Population

5000