Rowan

Rowan
Rowan dubs itself the land of progress,, and is as chock-full of both innovations and pride as that title implies. Rowan cities are packed with craftsmen, artists, inventors, and the like, especially in the metropolis of Progress.

Progress is the largest city in the world and the location of Rowan Engineering Corporation (RECorp), a colossal business encompassing dozens of factories and laboratories. Many innovations in mass production, engine technology, and firearms production were the work of RECorp.

Progress does have an underside, though. Organized crime and not-so-organized crime flourish in the sprawling urban mass. There are districts of the city where walking the streets at night is almost certain to result in an unsavory encounter.

Outside of Rowan’s cities, the landscape is mostly rolling hills of grassland, crisscrossed with the occasional railroad. Rowan has the most extensive railroad network in the world, even extending a short way into the Waste. The grasslands mean plenty of farmland, but there is little in the way of lumber, ore, or oil. Instead, Rowan must trade manufactured goods to Othella and Lavvac for raw materials in return. Many manufacturers and ambitious individuals have turned their eye to the Waste, which is believed to have vast deposits of oil.

Rowan is populated primarily by Humans and dwarves.