Vy Mirvë (Mirvermish; lit. "the north"; pronounced: VEE MEER-vay; /ˈviː ˈmiɹve/) is the westernmost country of the world, located on the Great Continent and borders Kahrim to the east. The country of the Dwarves, Vy Mirvë is a thelassocracy—a type of government whose power is based on the amount of sea they have conquered through trade and conquest. However, Vy Mirvë lost its luster as the grandest empire upon the Human invention of the airship. Following suit, the economy and importance of Dwarven goods and sentiments began to decline as other nations began to adopt a faster, more convenieng trade system via airship, ending the Age of the Dwarves. The end of the age sparked a large immigration of Dwarves who sought out better lives beyond the tundra of Vy Mirvë. Dwarves became the largely