Trading-Hills Capital was situated in the middle of Haliviana. The reason for this was that it was once the middle point of every route between kingdoms.
The roads that connected these three kingdoms are quite interesting to look at from a birds-eye perspective. It's like the transparency of a tetrahedron. Its center, the capital and its three sides, the kingdoms.
The straight lines between kingdoms are deemed unreliable routes for travelers and merchants alike. In contrast, the ones that had to reach the middle point first is much safer.
The outer area of this tetrahedron is filled with beasts living in their own ecology.
There are almost few to none isolated villages that could be seen there. Except if they had a hidden expert, at least at Rank Cee, protecting them, they wouldn't risk themselves to live there.