Highridge

"'This Hold is under the rule of House Liekasten, the Lord Superiors of Aerisguard.' -"Highridge is not the most fertile of lands, neither is it rich in natural resources. And yet it is the wealthiest of all of the other Holds in Kongqûer. While Highridge may lack in what most other rich lands may have, it has one attribute that has allowed it to become the power it is now; the Senerhine River. A great snaking body of water that veins the Hold, the Senerhine River provides for protection and transportation throughout the near entirety of Kongqûer, which has allowed the Lord Superiors of Highridge to implement the world's first banking system, one that still exists as of now as it is the center of worldwide trade. It has been so effective that the Empire officially absorbed it as a government agency, controlled by the Liekastens of Highridge. Thanks to Highridge's strategic location and control over the Kongqûerian National Treasury, the entirety of its people live better off than most others in the Empire.