Gate Pass  The Free Citystate of Gate Pass lies in a rocky
mountain pass that runs east to west between Ragesia and
Shahalesti. Sheer cliffs mark its northern and southern borders,
and fortifications built up over centuries have made the city
highly defensible, allowing it to avoid being annexed by either
of the nations that surround it.  Though the city’s borders to
north and south are tightly limited — less than a mile wide at
the widest point — the mountain pass is nearly twenty miles
long, giving the city a lot of room to grow eastward and
westward. The older districts of the city lie in the center of
the pass, with different eras of development sprawling out
gradually in both directions.  Additionally, various small farms
and ranches dot the mountains around the city proper, though
these people are generally hostile to foreigners and relatively
well-armed. Gate Pass has only been conquered once, and its
citizens managed to drive out the invaders and regain their
freedom, so many of the farmers and ranche