Rota Valley
The Rota Valley is a region in the western portions of Lubyak, historically part of the Kingdom of Rotana. The Rota Valley is currently well known for being the largest industrial and urban area in the Dominion of the Lubyak, and responsible for nearly a fifth of Lubyakan GDP, mostly in the form of manufactured products, but also in terms of management and other service sector industries that support the manufacturing sector.
Geography
The Rota Valley is bounded on the eastern and western sides by the Tovakyan and Rotanov Mountain ranges respectively. The defining feature of the area is the Rota River, which flows west from its source in the Rotanov Mountains to Tovakya Lake and eventually emptying into the Gulf of Lubya. To the north and south are the Bay of Toman and Gulf of Lubyak respectively. The water ways of the Rota Valley are generally quite navigable, providing an instant highway for the transport of resources and products from factories to export depots.The Rota Valley is hardly an actual valley, being quite flat overall. However, many areas close to the edge of the twin mountain ranges are quite hilly. As a natural flood plain, the Rota Valley is quite fertile, and until the beginning of industrialisation in the mid-19th century and the opening of the Two Rivers region to agriculture it was a major bread basket of the continent as a whole.
The mountains bordering the Valley are rich in many natural resources, and mining has been an ongoing feature of the area since the initial settlement of the area. Resources produced include not only iron, copper, coal, and other common resources, but rich deposits of rare earth metals as well. The easy accessibility of natural resources is part of the reason for the rapid development of the region. Prior to industrialisation, many areas of the Rota Valley--especially in the hilly western and eastern areas--were heavily forested, but economic development has resulted in the almost complete extermination of these forest and their habitats.