These lands have been invaded by self replicating machines coming up from Aengmor and the Broken Lands. They have extended their borders pretty much as far as they can go. The machines only power source is radiance from the CoS, although they may be trying to develop a way to reproduce the artifact. Several isolated communities of humans, demi-humans, and humanoids can be found living throughout these regions, but they survive by keeping a very low profile. All of Darokin's fertile land now goes untilled, as does much of the Shires.
Oenkmarian society is very structures and orderly.
The Nithian lore and magic that the Oenkmarians have uncovered has aided them greatly in defending their lands from the machines. Rockhome - The area that the dwarves occupy is greatly reduced. The machines from the Machine Lands have taken over much of Western Rockhome, and if it weren't for the Oenkmarian humanoids, the machines might very well have taken the rest of the country. Rockhome dwarves manufacture the best weapons in the KW, and the Oenkmarians do a lot of trading with them. The Caverns of Western Rockhome have become quite dangerous in recent years.