Jilican

Jilican is a Kingdom built on Industry and manufacturing. Every significant technological marvel, (aside from the blade, allegedly) has originated within Jilican's borders. Might through machinery is the King's motto and he lives by it to the best of his ability. Rifles, Printing Presses, Steam Engines, and other sorts of devices are all manufactured within its borders, the workforce capable of assembling them available nowhere else. Much to the embitterment of Jilican, they are forced to trade these marvels to Sepharim's independent merchants in exchange for other things not available on their continent, Sepharim in turn trading these things to all other nations for a substantially large profit. Despite being the most technologically advanced, Jilican is largely viewed as completely backwards. For instance, they're still operating with feudalism. Only now largely with factories instead of farm estates. They partake in the slave trade of the Barren Wastes only sparingly, the feudal workforce accomplishing things well enough as it stands. Jilican's strength lies in its technology, as there are still a few marvels they have yet to share with everyone else.