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=== Blucca Marshes === 

	The Blucca Marshes extend for about 3,350 square miles, bordered by western banks of the Hilîff River and the shores of Lake Cadîvanser in southern Zacta Ponensus. The perpetually saturated soil is of little use for the farming that usually characterizes this province, but the seasonal flooding of the Hilîff makes the area suitable for cultivating rice paddies. Even so, the region is considered to be more of a hindrance, as it obstructs easy overland travel between the northern part of the province and the mining and Thuderite factory cities in the Ponostîria mountains. The main highway that penetrates the marshes is surrounded by dikes and raised on a high causeway, and requires frequent maintenance to keep it open. 

	In 1016, the Blucca Marshes was the site of a disastrous confrontation between armies when a host from Somuza crossed the Ponostîria Mts. and invaded Zacta Ponensus. Arqi troops hastily crossed the Hilîff, but their heavy baggage train was mired in the marshes, delaying their advance. As a result, the Somuzans trapped the Arqi and inflicted over 90% casualties on them. Fortunately for Arqualan, the Somuzans losses were high enough to stall their advance, and reinforcements from Zeliat and allied Clestrîca, led by the heroic general Subico Galbo Brewi, invaded Somuza, drawing the invaders back across the mountains where they were destroyed in short order.