"As the earliest power to rely on the Sun Dynasty, Glittering City has been a major town on the frontier for centuries and has always been very well-endowed in terms of resources.
At the peak of the Sun Dynasty... which was the decades just before its downfall, Glittering City was comparable in population, size, and economy to an ordinary small duchy, and its territories were almost equivalent to a province. In most cases, several full-fledged Mage Groups and special task forces from the Victorious Glory Knight Order were stationed in the city.
Moreover, the person in charge of Glittering City, namely its City Lord, held a status in the dynasty that was even comparable to those First Class Governors working in the administrative center, Andesil.
