[JohnPaulB]

The mnoren built Cidri and decorated it. The mnoren had large parcels of land (continents) that they let (rented) to certain entrepreneurs (landlords) who brought in and populated these lands. Their leasees were races who staked out claims to apartments (nation sized areas). Often neighbors would spread their junk into the common area or make too much noise and feuds would develop.

Certain gods bought the mineral rights (ability to generate followers), but could not get exclusive rights to these areas. And feuds would develop.

Eventually, the mnoren stopped charging rent for the property or maintaining it and the landlords lost control of the lands as squatters came in. And feuds would develop.

So some 2500 years later, we have a ramshackle state of affairs.