Geography: The Emerald Kingdom is the largest and most dominant of all the Seven Kingdoms, and always has been. It is also the most affluent and the most cosmopolitan of all the Kingdoms. Every single Human Guild has a major base somewhere in the Emerald Kingdom, and most of the Nephilim Factions have large presences - now all forcibly secret - among the �sians. The Emerald Kingdom is also very varied when it comes to the landscape; almost all types of landscape can be found there, from the jungles of Sredn�, to the mountain ranges of Chin, to the desert expanse of Mong�lia. Across all of this can be found hundreds of cities and thousands of towns, but none so spectacular as Tsheng-haii, the largest city in the World. Legend speaks of Tsheng-haii once being the seat of power for W�den, the King of the Gods, and it is rare for any �sian to try to dissuade such rumours. The Great Arch, which gives the Emerald Kingdom its banner, is a sight that can define a lifetime. It marks the main entrance to Tsheng-haii, and has stood there since before memory or written record. Tsheng-haii itself is a marvel to behold, estimated to be the work of more than forty centuries of design and labour, and still the development of the city continues, overseen by a council called The Tsheng-haii Project.
Tsheng-haii also boasts the great Arena, in which the World's only legally sanctioned combat-based sports fought by both Humans and Nephilim (sometimes against each other) was once hosted. The Arena was built in 1941 at the behest of King Malthos Astonwane, II, the father of the current ruler.
Being the largest and most cosmopolitan of all the Kingdoms, law in the Emerald Kingdom is very tight, and the �sian Militia is able to deal with crime swiftly and efficiently. Even so, compared to the Woodland Kingdom, crime and evil is rife in the Emerald Kingdom, but then again, compared to the Dark Kingdom, the �sians are law-abiding and peaceful; it's all relative.
To the north of the Kingdom lies Sredn�, a large jungle expanse, in which the tribal Sredn�ns live. They are mostly undisturbed by the rest of the �sians, although recently King Malthos, III has been encroaching urban territories into the jungles.
Politics: Some say that the six unmarked metal discs that hang beneath the Great Arch represent the remaining six Kingdoms, and that the structure is a symbol of defiance, clearly showing the dominance of the Emerald Kingdom and the inferiority of the others. Such conjecture normally comes only from troublemakers, but it does set the precedent for the Emerald Kingdom. Regardless of whether they admit it or not, the �sians consider themselves as superior to natives of the other Kingdoms, and this attitude has on many occasions almost led to conflict, and even threatened a new era of Kingdom Wars. It was the Emerald Kingdom that was the last and most difficult to reach an agreement with when the Prophets of Wisdom brought peace, and many of the other Kingdoms - particularly the Golden Kingdom, which lost out slightly on some territory as a result of the peace, resent the power and affluence, and above all else the arrogance, of the Emerald Kingdom. Still, things seem to remain balanced for the most part, and peace continues.
Such peace is however now threatened, with the recent murders of Prince C�ffer, heir to the throne, General Lin, Commander of the �sian Militia, and Queen Mai-Fi, all at the hands of a new movement calling itself the Nephilim Supremacy Front, has caused a declaration of war against all Nephilim who choose to remain in the Emerald Kingdom, sanctioning Humans to kill any on sight. Such extreme measures is bound to plunge the Kingdom into truly terrible conflict.
