Redwater is often poetically referred to as the “Crossroads of the Occident”. Of course, for much of its history, it was less a crossroads and more a sort of spigot which poured the wealth of the Restored Empire into the coffers of Kyokanese and Beiguese merchant factors, trading company officers, and crooked colonial administrators.

Fortunately, in these enlightened times, the kingdoms of the Restored Empire are qual partners in the great enterprise of world commerce, and giant financial services corporations and trade banks from East and West alike come together in Redwater to keep money earned in their respective colonies in the Global South out of the hands of their home governments’ tax collectors.

Many streets, neighborhoods, and other landmarks in Redwater have “Occident” or “Occidental” in their name. Presumably, the Kyokanese administrators of Redwater took this step in case the two thirds of Redwater residents of Western descent forget which hemisphere they’re living in.