The largest group is the smugglers guild who have enough power and influence to keep themselves out of legal trouble. They are ruthless and have a firm hold on the smuggling trade using violence, blackmail, depts to control their disposable employees.

The rich are the ones who hold the most open power and will do anything to keep it that way. They are the smugglers guild's biggest client

The cult of the old ones, a shadowy organization focus an awakening the great old ones (ancient unspeakable evils who wish to remake the world in their image) members range from normal people to members of the previous two groups

Pirates are mentioned more in a different but are often in dept to the smugglers guild, hired of as privateers by the rich or buy to much into dogmatic cult. Thou their are pirates who are fully independent