Like most of the states on the western side of the N/A Mountains, Simeon was for the majority history neglected, sparsely populated, and for most of Kania's history, one of the poorest states in the country. However, the mining industry saved the state economy from crumbling, and the later introduction of the sevice-based economy made the state a major banking center in Kania. The state has traditionally been home to the few influential white Kanians that have been able to claw their way to notoriety in black-dominated Kania. This is especially important given the state's large racially mixed population, from whom the leader of the Liberal Party, Yvonne Bernadotte was drawn.