Therefore, the consumption of wool textile products naturally concentrates in cities.
And the majority of Paratu cities are controlled by their internal Guild Alliances.
Hence, within the Republic of Paratu, there does not exist a uniform and free market for wool textile products; instead, there are hundreds of mutually exclusive, independent kingdoms controlled by local merchants, each city having its own.
In these independent kingdoms, any "nation" with wool textile production capabilities imposes heavy taxes on external wool, or even outright bans it;
As for those "nations" without weaving workshops, the distribution rights are legally monopolized by local wool merchants, and outsiders are not allowed even to open a shop.
This is also why the Navarre Commerce's storefront in Maplestone City is quite inconspicuous, so much so that Winters initially thought he had gone to the wrong place during his first visit.
