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Economic development occurs as the product of conscious efforts and plans to increase earnings and wealth, necessary attention to solving problems or removal obstacles to increase the probability of survival, innovations formulated after advances in knowledge, and individual discoveries in pursuit of better outcomes.

At the time of the Restoration War, rapid growth was happening in the Duchy of Ravenwood, the Free Cities, Port Liberty, and the city-state of Paradise and its region on the Southern Continent.

The University of Khartras pioneered a short course of study focused on estate management and intended for the future stewards of noble households or manors. Most of the southern universities quickly added similar programs. Such programs graduated useful officers for households; they also attracted healthy fees for the teachers and the universities.