A rather obscure piece of trivia is that even though the nobles of Giant Stone City are decaying and incompetent, the city—with its semblance of order—still counts as a land of grace for the southern part of River Valley Province and the northern part of Brocade River Province's Wasteland.
For two hundred years, survivors have been migrating toward Giant Stone City continuously, and even after the collapse of its buildings, this inertia has persisted.
Because the influx of people far exceeded the industrial capacity of Giant Stone City to absorb them, and due to the city walls' inherent limitations that prevented housing too many survivors, an entry tax was imposed, varying between one to two silver coins.
Workers with jobs would not leave the city casually, and Scavengers who toiled in the Wasteland wouldn't enter the city without cause, while the militiamen stationed at the city gates could earn an additional income.
It was a win-win-win situation.
