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The world's(Gaia's) largest continent contains the majority of Gaia's most powerful countries, which is because in Northric's center is the Wasteland. A vast expanse of land and mountains devoid of life. There is neither a plant nor a river that flows inside of it, so it is incapable of harboring life. But that is the exact reason why it is surrounded by various nations. The Wasteland is full of precious, untouched resources waiting to be mined; it is a treasure trove for those who dare. Although not just anyone can enter the Wasteland,

It is a place with no mana circulating, which means creatures who enter will only have to rely on their vessel's mana capacity to survive inside as they cannot regenerate lost mana. Food is also scarce, if not impossible to come by, as there are no animals or even beasts that lurk around. Buildings erected within the Wasteland slowly corrode to the same ashen gray surroundings in a short time. Due to that, the Wasteland is often explored by 《Adventurers》 who can store large amounts of mana in their vessels and thus survive inside the Wasteland. Oh, and have I mentioned? The air within is also toxic. Once inhaled, it will slowly melt the insides of a creature. A person coating themselves with mana effectively filters out the toxic air, and they will be able to survive inside, but once they run out of mana, their time is limited.

Rigondrion Kingdom

One of the major nations in Gaia, despite not being powerful militarily, Rigondrion still holds a powerful seat in politics on the world stage. This is due to the reason that their nation is the birthplace of the first known hero, which is also their first king, Eleazar The Peasant, alongside his friend and fellow ruler, Quila.

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But other than their history, Rigondrion also has the world's best magic item industry, this is once again due to their nation being the birthplace of the first known hero. They had the advantage in magical knowledge and was able to make use of it to dominate the world economy and magic item trade. That is why despite being militarily weak, most of their neighboring countries is in their pockets.

Arenara Kingdom

One of the few nations in Northric that is not under Rigondrion's influence. They're a militaristic and imperialistic country, as seen with their control over the Keia City-state. The only reason they have yet to expand westward is due to the Forest of The Forgotten. It is a thick, lush forest containing various animals and beasts alike. It's also an interest in rumors that a dragon resides in the heart of the forest. And because of that, Arenara has yet to make moves on other countries on the other side of the forest.

Although Arenara is not on par with Rigondrion in terms of magic capabilities, they are still tremendously more powerful than them. This is because Arenara utilizes lesser demons in their attacks. They capture lesser demons and release them on enemy territories to wreck havoc, once the enemy has received enough damage, Arenara's anti-demon troop steps in for clean-up procedures. This is how they have expanded so far.

Acacia

Although owning a territory slightly larger than Rigondrion. Acacia is not by any means a powerful country or even a major player on the world stage. This is due to the fact that their country is divided by the Acacian mountain range which is speculated to be the spine of a long gone ancient dragon. The mountain range seems to sap life around it, thus Acacian cities had sprung up along the coastline instead.

There is not much going on in Acacia, although they are also under Rigondrion's influence. They hold not much important for them other than their ports that they use for international trade.

Forest of The Forgotten

The home of the elves. Although not a nation because elves tend to form tribes instead. However that is only on the surface, deeper inside the forest, hidden with magic is the Elven Kingdom. In the heart of it, the Dragon of Beginnings slumber

Wasteland

Nothing lives here, everything in this area on the continent is nothing but ash gray. There has been no one in Northric's history that was able to go deep inside the Wasteland due to them not having enough mana to deal with the toxic air, except for the Grand Mage Randolf. He has seen the epicenter of nothingness.