Ri Shi

Ri Shi is the First Kingdom of Aemali, and its citizens are believed to be the first settlers of the continent. Most of the farming villages and towns are located in the coasts and rivers, and its capital courses through the largest portion of the river. They have the most territory over the Holy Peak.

Cities, Towns, and Villages
There are several known locations in Ri Shi, among are the following:

Lin Zhao
The capital of the country. Its notable locations is the half-tavern half-brothel Mysterious Traveler, the General Store Peng Lai, the Slumbering Beast Inn, Huang Long's Smithy Services, the Sky Rune Trading Post, and the Sun Dragon Guild. Their go-to street food is baozi, or meat-filled buns, cooked on the sides of coal-filled pots.

Xiu Feng
The sister state of Lin Zhao, located on the coasts. This is also where their Docking Tower for airships is located. Their specialty dish are cold noodle dishes, mostly topped with seafood.

Long Kai
The industrial city located nearer to the Holy Peak. As it is full of working men, the specialty dish of this city-state is mapo doufu, or spicy tofu.

Wan Xi
This is the biggest farming village in the country. Being such, its specialty dish are vegetable stir-fry dishes.

Government
Their government works as a constitutional monarchy. The royalty works in the most traditional way, meaning if the current emperor is not fit to rule according to their most trusted royal physicians, they will be superseded by the eldest son from the most favored consort. The emperors do not have empresses, but have a harem based off on their military ranking and which the one who chooses the consort favor.

Their current emperor is the High Emperor Zhao Wei II, which the emperor highly prefers over due to his talent for charisma. The country's current Prime Minister is Lang Fong, and the current High General is his sister, Fu Rong. Women in high positions of the government are quite common, however they should never outshine the High Emperor himself.

Allies
Ri Shi is in neutral terms with their neighboring kingdoms, as their are debating on land area for the Holy Peak. However, they are quite in good terms with the countries outside of the continent due to their talent in trade.

Wildlife
Ri Shi, having a diverse ecosystem, has diverse fauna and flora as well. Below are some of the known beasts that roam around the continent:
 * Fox Hounds - good for pets, bad for plants
 * Salamandora - ember-spitting lizards
 * Frost Bunnies - a snow variation of rabites
 * Snappers - commonly found in coasts, 4 feet long snapper fish
 * Zhulong - giant sea serpents, commonly hunted around for their meat during hunting season
 * Firebees - insects with bulbous bottoms that light up in the night, commonly seen around flowering bushes