Enchanted Vale (Fairy Glen)

The forests of the Enchanted Vale are dark and seem strange to visitors, but they host a prestigious science university in one of their cities and are heavily visited.

There are many reasons for visitors to love the Enchanted Vale - the mushrooms that can give even non-residents pretty wings on their backs, the unique rocks found here, the unique plants, the fact most locations try to ensure that visitors can access good food.  The scenery is perhaps odd, but beautiful, and reminiscent of fantasy stories.  Perhaps the only thing that gives anyone pause is that the citizens of the Vale are generally... not particularly friendly on the surface.  The Enchanted Vale once encompassed the Grand Flora Exchange, but that was before one of the Vale's prior rulers lost in a war with the first ruler of the Exchange.  Some individuals in the Vale hold grudges against the Grand Flora Exchange for this, although most find such history irrelevant to their lives now.

Unlike their nearest neighbor, the Grand Flora Exchange, the nation has adopted technologies of all sorts more readily.  While they do tend to care about blending it into their environment as well, residents of the Enchanted Vale tend to be proud of their nation's expertise in scientific fields and eager to avoid 'falling behind'.

They primarily export ores and stones to other regions, as well as fairy mushrooms at exorbitant prices, but the true economic driver of the nation is their research centers.