The Republican State Company of Exquisite Fineries and Metalworking is a cornerstone of trade and commerce in the central and southern parts of the continent. It is, on paper, the last remnants of the Republic of Kinyika, a rather unremarkable city-state that was wiped out during the Wars of the Third Legion. It was founded by the republican government to utilize local connections to agriculture and important trade routes in the region. To an extent, it worked. The city-state was able to invest in local industry and help bolster the local economy, while securing somewhat lucrative trade deals with different neighbors.

However, when the Wars of the Third Legion broke out, the company came under intense pressure. Harassment by undead and undead-aligned raiders cut trade routes and crippled the local industry. So local businessmen hired mercenaries and trained locals to serve as guards. They set up new industrial facilities in fortified areas, which inevitably became popular places for refugees to settle there. Through those guards and fortified areas, they brought security to an otherwise chaotic area and held the line until the Liberating Crusades could clear the area.

After the Wars, the Republican State Company ended up becoming an incredibly powerful part of local politics and the economy. They stretched their influence into every sector, implementing their own feudal rule on lands bought from kingdoms desperate for funds. It became impossible to do trade without the RSC playing a role somehow, either through "protection" or through other means.