Cliffacre
Cliffacre is a large city in the Richlands on the Appleflow River. As the name implies, the part of the city is built on a cliff that overlooks the river and part of the city is built on the low ground along the river. Cliffacre is surrounded by farms of various sorts.
Demographics
The population of Cliffacre is mostly halflings with a large minority of dwarves, most of which are refugees from the fallen Kazad-Katun. There is a moderately sized gnomish community in Cliffacre that are immigrants from the Kingdom of Altix. The small minority of humans are mostly refugees or descendants of refugees from the fallen Kingdom of Sarnoria with some of ethnicities.
Government
The city of Cliffacre is ruled by a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected by the populace and serves a term of two years. The city council has five members each of which serves and is elected by a district. The council members also serve two year term.
The city council brings up issues to vote on such as tax rates, regulations, and laws. If a majority of the council members vote for an issue, it passes to the mayor who can veto the issue and send it back down to the council.
Industry & Trade
Cliffacre's main industry, like most halfling cities, is agriculture. The dwarves, primarily from Clan Goodbrew and refugees from the Brass Ogre Mountains in Cliffacre also run a thriving blacksmithing industry.
Infrastructure
Much of Cliffacre's infrastructure is along the Appleflow River. There are a couple of watermills along the water that mill the various grains that the farms produce. There are also dock on the river which riverboats that transport people up and down the river use. Cliffacre also has a boatyard on the river that makes fishing boats and river boats.
On the eponymous cliffs, there are a few windmills
Geography
Cliffacre was built along a river and on and around a large rock hill.
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