1. Where it sits
44° to 45° N, an archipelago in the middle of the Sea of the Choir — the inland sea that cuts the continent east to west. Small islands, a lagoon, four hundred and twelve bridges.
The two facts of position that decide everything. First, it sits in the middle of the only inland sea on the continent: all traffic between the northern half and the southern one, and between the centre and the coast, crosses water that Velinia patrols. Second, it has no territory. Ten million people on islands and a thin coastal strip. The smallest land base and the largest logistical lever.
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