The Sharal Autonomous Region. Just the name was quite self-explanatory. It wasn't an actual country, but rather just an "autonomous region". In fact, this place had been completely isolated diplomatically within the Northlands for quite a long period of time.
In this mystical world which had a feudal generation, human domain lords and nobles were a type of status, as well as a bloodline, inheritance and responsibility. Of course, they also represented a type of power.