Dedication
This goes out to people who understand that living circumstances have to consider unexpected variables that pop up out of nowhere. Anything can happen and therefore most folks try planning for the future. Look for the resources that're lurking in the most unexpected places. That can shift lives and health to a better place.
Introduction
There are countless worlds of cultivation, isekaied, and dominion of feral monsters designed to decimate the human population. However, what if there was another type of planet where that wasn't the case? Such is the status of one such planetary system of fifteen planets.
Existing in that universe is the planet Grimoire, in which there are ten mega continents and five large continents. Not to mention countless other smaller uninhabitable continents due to lack of access to such necessities of potable water, differentiation of resources, and utter lack of sustainability when it comes to any lifeforms whatsoever.
What connects all of them? Over a thousand islands and peninsulas that link all the continents in an ever-shifting chain that continuously breaks from the mainland and then reconnects through massive earthquakes, floods, or devastating storms forthcoming throughout the year.
There are more than just humans that live on this planet. Multiple dimensions coexist relatively peacefully as well through interconnecting portals in various cities, kingdoms, and empires. It is the portals that form the main mode of transportation between various continents that allow for commerce and safe travel when the storms are creating havoc on the seas.
Therefore, it is not really known how many other populations of creatures or humans reside in pockets of republics or simply live in wilderness and trade only when necessity forces the individuals out of their comfort zone.
The main focus will be on Barat, the smallest of the ten mega continents. It has a flourishing republic that is still unnoticed by larger empires and kingdoms that rule the majority of land on Barat. However, the Republic of Shantu which is concealed within one of the densest pockets of forest covering Barat, has a total of ten states within it, and Percival being the largest by far, has a fair number of denizens existing within it.