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=== Verdant Sea ===
The Verdant Sea is ruled by a feudal system, with dukes, reigning over individual islands, answering to a king.{{book ref|tress|57}}{{book ref|tress|1}} The king controls all ships that sail between the islands, and can press them into service as needed for his own purposes.{{book ref|tress|9}} He has several groups that can enforce his will; those include both the standing army and the marshalls who keep the peace, as well as the tax collectors and inspectors who control the coming and going of ships and cargo.{{book ref|tress|2}}{{book ref|tress|6}} Additionally, the king is rumoured to have a team of assassins and special agents known as the [[King's Mask]]s. However, it is unclear whether they are real or made up as propaganda.{{book ref|tress|30}}
Pirates act as an important part to the economy, taking it from the wealthy who hoard money that they gather from the people, and inject it back into the system. Due to this, they exist in a sort of quasi-legal state.{{book ref|tress|17}}
The Verdant Sea feuds with the Midnight Sea; as all trade to the other side of the planet must go through Midnight, the Sorceress has imposed high tariffs. The king eventually refused to pay them and began to prepare for war until [[Tress]] and her crew banished the sorceress.{{book ref|tress|23}}
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