Echevaria

Echevaria is a duchy and a member state of the Helvandrian League located in the north-central Taefemach. Its lands straddle the lower Helvander and are situated entirely within the flat, fertile river bottomland of the Helvanderûn. The section of the Helvander running through Echevaria is very sinuous and meandering; the name of Echevaria itself is derived from an old Tuvai name for this stretch of river and the surrounding area, meaning “the land of the twisting waters.” 
Echevaria is also home to an unusually large population of Chabaari people, who dwell along the meanders of the river. A few live in permanent settlements on the riverbanks, but most inhabit water-villages with stilted houses rising from the shallows, or live on the river itself in their boats or floating huts. These Chabaari are in high demand as guides for river boats traversing this part of the Helvander, since the meandering course is wide, shallow, and slow with ever-shifting sandbars on which an unwary steersman can easily run aground.
Echevaria is ruled by duchesses practicing mother-to-daughter succession in the Sarino'atma mode. The duchess’s court and residence are in the walled town of XXXXXXX, which is also the most important river-port on the lower Helvander between Lamasar and Temsevar. Like many of the major cities of the League, it has absorbed a large number of refugees from the recently-concluded Great Orcish Wars, causing various sorts of tension and unrest in the area.