If you discount the overseas islands, the continental terrain looks like an obese cross.
The Laine Empire is located at the center of the cross, with the ends being the Silvermoon Tribunal. When arranged vertically, it is the Emerald Dream Forest, the Laine Empire, the Golden Kingdom, Alchemy City, and the Silvermoon Tribunal. Horizontally, it is the Kingdom of Impure Hymns of Tiflin, the Laine Empire, and the Orc mountain kingdom.
Laine borders four nations, and three of them are of different races, with the remaining Emerald Dream Forest having a different faith as well; so, to say that they are surrounded by enemies on all sides isn't an exaggeration. Yet, Laine somehow managed to oppress the people in these four regions to the point of breathlessness with its national strength.
