The capital city of Thessaloniki is Orfeos. Volcanos and mountain ranges, glaciers and lava and rain forests and islands ruled by great merchant houses, each with an individual fleet and a president or a prince. Shadow Thessaloniki is 'ruled' by two elected representatives from a council of presidents and princes (never a princess), and these two representatives are obliged to marry and provide diplomatic services and may veto and/or make certain decisions regarding each merchant house's forces throughout the Golden Circle. They are not allowed to have their own standing army. This is where most coffee in the Golden Circle comes from (in spite of Kashfa's moves to export).