The Southern Trading Alliance

The Southern Trading Alliance is a political and economic union of autonomous city states in the south-eastern desert region of Eris.

When Imperial Daencer forces were recalled to aid the defence of more vital provinces during the golden split, large independence movements of their own formed within the desert cities.

Although the south-eastern regions consisted of some of the oldest and most stable provinces in Imperial Daencer, the withdrawal of Imperial troops was widely regarded as abandonment. Crime increased exponentially and trade was decimated as the harsh and dangerous desert routes were overrun by bandits and looters taking advantage of the lack of peacekeeping forces. This led to the creation of many local city militias who undertook the jobs previously done by the Imperial garrisons. These local forces would go on to form the armies that comprise the forces of the states within the Southern Trading Alliance.

At the start of the Golden Split, the provinces making up the Southern Trading Alliance supplied the Imperial Army with many of its finest men, along with undertaking huge production efforts to aid the war. As a result, the south east can be considered perhaps the most loyal of Daencer's imperial holdings.