The Empire The Empire is all that many of its citizens know. Bordered by seas to the West and south, the Northern tribes and to the East the Free Baronies, most of the Empire looks inward to the capital if they look beyond their local town at all. Only  a relative few adventurous or mercantile folk cross over from or to foreign lands. The centre of the Empire is called the regulated territories. This large area has a closely connected political system and laws are uniformly enforced. Roads and river docks are maintained by the state to a consistently high standard. Citizens in these areas have the right to appeal sentences and even verdicts right up to the high courts in the capital although the process is costly and may require connections. Consumers also have the right to make complaints for unfair or dishonest trade and although responses will vary they will usually be taken seriously. Officials will be reluctant to engage in corruption as penalites are real. There are no “free comm