Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Headquarters
"As you can all see, these cities—along with their surrounding towns and villages—have already shown interest in joining the Southern Hope over the Southern Royalty," the Field Marshal said, gesturing to the illusionary map of the Southern Region spread across the oval table.
Across its surface, red-shaded territories marked their choice, each red dot signaling a settlement that had already thrown its lot in with the Southern Hope. It was basically the entire southern stretch of the Southern Region.
There were two main reasons for this. First, proximity—it was simply easier for my people to spread my influence there. Second, those regions had received far less aid and development over the past few decades compared to the rest of the Southern Region, despite paying nearly eleven percent more in taxes than the rest of the Southern Region.
