The Snake Race, which according to the Jingjiu Dynasty was already exterminated, is actually alive and well—they're even running smuggling operations on Jingjiu Dynasty's territory.
The Long-toothed Elephant Race too, though not yet recovered to their peak strength of a hundred thousand, have managed to recuperate and are certainly not, as claimed in the realm, a race that's been driven to extinction.
In fact, the entire Barbarian Territory is nothing like what's described within the Dynasty, with tribes fighting daily and the land plunged into misery and chaos. On the contrary, except for the regions near the Bamboo Path, the interior has actually regained its former subsistence, and the infighting among tribes has rarely been seen since over a decade ago.
