With all the talk about wissenland being poor and Emmanuelle being the current absentee countess of it I got to thinking of the provinces proximity to the southern mountains. I got to thinking about this especially considering our own world's geological world wide phenomena, and living in the Canadian province of Alberta, I've got to ask does wissenland have all hell for a basement? If so would the college of engineers in Nuln have an interest in sending out Steam engines and steam powerplants to drill for that devilish commodity to fuel their machinery of war. If so, seperation and an absentee countess who disregards the inhabitants, may be encouraged from the Wissenlander's side. Especially if they aren't seeing what they perceive as their fair share of the rewards from their own resources. Suddenly in my own mind there are all kinds of story arcs involving entrepeneurial engineer college graduates, combining forces with merchant prince venture capitalists, mercenary captain security professionals, oh my oh my what fun. Especially when the sleepy snob herself realizes the error of her assumption of the poverty and dullness of her province after it tries to seperate from her, while the engineers guild silly tinkerers that they are sob, cry, and beg her not to let them. This is not even counting the Emperor himself becoming interested in the goings on of wissenland, and demands his cut of the pie.