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FOR ALL THAT IT was the neighbouring country, there was quite a lot of preparation to be done for us to go to Miran. Miran—which took up most of the main continent on Ceren—had always been a strange place, setting itself up under the illusion of seclusion, with the idea that it could control who entered the country based on political opinions they held. Its history was extensive and violent.
Some time ago, it had spent most of a century sliding into a cruel dictatorship, which held traditional values above all else. Through most of history, the nation had been the main competitor for Asto: Asto’s nemesis, its main rival. It had been ridiculed in gamra, and had been the subject of books and books full of detailed economic sanctions.
Miran had turned quiet in recent times. It had fallen
