Rian

Rian is a small northern province with a reputation for its libraries and places of learning. It is traditionally home to the best wizards, alchemists, and crafters. It is run by Prince Marcus of Rian, who mostly keeps the province out of politics and its wares out of his brothers' military forces--he is so insistent on this that the alchemists and wizards sponsored by the school are often made to swear fealty to him. Rian mostly exports expensive products made with extremely skilled labor and mostly imports food and the raw materials for its costly projects.