Expanding on how far the City-States have come in five years (read: fallen):
Ul'dah, in particular, is teeming with bright and shiny infrastructure built on the broken backs of hundreds of homeless refugees that work for nearly nothing and are practically slaves. Despite the low cost and expendable workforce (read: die on a daily basis), many refugees are still jobless and litter Pearl Street (once known as the "rich" part of Ul'dah) or live in hovels outside the city gates. One of which is aptly named Lost Hope.
EDIT: Oh yes, the Sultana and the Flame General are the only people with (barely) any real political power who stand up for these people and promote the good of all.
On the other hand, just about everyone else just lines their pockets with coins bathed in the blood of the starving, homeless workforce (slaves).
Ul'dah, in particular, is teeming with bright and shiny infrastructure built on the broken backs of hundreds of homeless refugees that work for nearly nothing and are practically slaves. Despite the low cost and expendable workforce (read: die on a daily basis), many refugees are still jobless and litter Pearl Street (once known as the "rich" part of Ul'dah) or live in hovels outside the city gates. One of which is aptly named Lost Hope.
EDIT: Oh yes, the Sultana and the Flame General are the only people with (barely) any real political power who stand up for these people and promote the good of all.
On the other hand, just about everyone else just lines their pockets with coins bathed in the blood of the starving, homeless workforce (slaves).
