A County That Exceeds a Province

In the sixth year of the Holy Grace era, Creek County's tax revenues over the past three years have exceeded those of the entire Western Province. King Leon Astera, furious, is certain that County Governor Sebastian Creek has been extorting his people. He sets out incognito with his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Aldwin Grey, to catch him red-handed. But when they arrive, they find smooth stone roads, neat brick houses, and not a single beggar in sight. Even stranger, the Governor (one of the "tra