The Grand Zuersti Empire is the oldest empire in the world. Led by the "Old Dwarves" the empire conquered lands throughout their continent and neighboring continents. However, with time the empire's reach was severely weakened by growing forces and rising superpowers throughout the world. With their grip on the world slowly slipping and the collapse of the world economies the "Old dwarves" shifted their focus from global conquest to simply protecting their borders and planning their attacks on the enemies on their own continent.

The Grand Zuersti Empire consists of over thirty nation-states, most of which are steeped deeply in dwarven tradition, even the human settlements. The handful of settlements that are more human-centric in cultural standards are all located along the western coast of the continent. The settlements aree mostly small in size, but there is one large city named Rikestall. Rikestall is the home to one of the world's largest and most powerful naval fleets in the world. Rikestall's navy, The Rikestallan Armada, gave The Grand Zuersti Empire more than just influence in the faraway lands they invaded, they gave the empire the ownership of the three seas of the Cantonmire Ocean'; The Rikestall Sea, The Quiest Sea, and The Ironrot Sea. The Rikestallan Armada's commitment to The Dwarven Crown of Goldrhime solidified a strong relationship between the humans along the western coast and the dwarves of the empire. Something untrue of the relationship between the dwarves and the humans of the northern region of the empire. The humans that would later formulate an agreement with the noble refugees from The Ambian Empire and their connections with The Matriarch to create an uprising in the empire too strong to put down due to the empire being overstretched by their obligations across the globe.