Thirteen Kingdoms Alliance

The Thirteen Kingdoms Alliance was an alliance that united several kingdoms. This way they were able to find strength in numbers and maintain their existence on the continent.

Between the Soaring Sky Empire and the Vermillion Bird Empire, there existed a zone where the influences of both empires could not reach. Within this area there were many kingdoms that consisted of just one city.

A kingdom consisting of just one city meant that each small kingdom had only one city, but they had control over the surrounding countryside. It didn’t mean that the kingdoms consisted of just the city alone.

These kingdoms living in this crevice had both their advantages and disadvantages:

The advantage was that because of the complicated power politics in the area nobody would attack them. They were always safe and could derive some benefits from being caught in the middle.

The disadvantage was they were hemmed in within the crevice and would never experience progress, at least in terms of territory. Regardless of whether it was a hundred years or a thousand years, nothing would change.