Tabbacland

It is said that all the roads lead to Tabbacland, the largest, richest city of the republic, but there are many other interesting places to visit beyond that city’s high, white walls. Numerous towns, both large and small, can be found across the Vorbergland Region, most acting as centers of trade or manufacture. A growing number of these flourishing centers of commerce also hold the status of ‘free towns’ each with their own parliamentary electives. It stands proudly at the end of the bay, and is easily the wealthiest city and the defacto capitol of the republic. This ensures it is always expanding and renewing, with fresh, wide-eyed hopefuls arriving daily, and more commissions for new bridges, buildings, and engineering marvels presented weekly to the city’s parliment than most cities consider in a year. Today, Tabbacland is a city of steam-powered bridges, mismatched islands, enormous tenements, and seemingly endless hordes of people: one cannot traverse its crooked streets without becoming intimately familiar with complete strangers. Because it draws merchants and diplomats from across Mythris, it is also surprisingly cosmopolitan; not only do folk of all ranks, species, creeds, and backgrounds rub shoulders freely, but even wizards are a common sight, rarely receiving more hostility than a wary glance or muttered blessing.   Always surprising outsiders, a populous Elf quarter thrives near Portside, a deep-water harbor and shipyard. The old alliance between the Republic and Dwarfs of Khaz Morgris has stood since the first settlers arrived in what we be known as the Republic of Idland. This ensures many Dwarf clans can also reside there in tight-knit communities, some having toiled on the city’s stonework for generations, though naturally their stubborn natures preclude them from ever calling Tabbacland home. There is even a healthy Halfling population, with most earning their money serving fine food and better ales in hostels and inns, many of which are guarded by the city’s sizeable professional guard population. Even odder creatures also call the city home, with none more fantastic than those found in the Grand Zoo of the Republic, which boasts monsters and animals.