East Riverland
East Riverland is a large region, mostly full of swamps and other wetlands, with extensive agriculture everywhere that isn't wetland. The East has a lower population density than its western neighbor and is the second least populated region after the Great Plains. Riverland used to be one large province, but following the Riverland Rebellion, the region was split in half to limit the power of the province. As a result, while there are two provinces, they share identical cultures. Of the two provinces, the East is and always was the poorer and less developed half of the old province and lacked major cities. The infrastructure is poor, and in many cases river traffic is more important than roads. Many small villages are only connected to outside world by thin elevated boardwalks inaccessible to caravans or anything larger than a pony.