Located near the center of the city for which it is named, the Nanjing University is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the Four Great Schools of Syrunn.
It has been a pioneer in many fields in Ri Yan, such as literature, art, history, philosophy, religion, astronomy, alchemy, engineering, and business studies.
A fair amount of Ri Yanese royalty and nobility attend the university, but it has also produced a great many of Ri Yan's most prominent thinkers, writers, and poets throughout the ages.
The university accepts people of all ages and stations, but most usually only upper-class people can afford tuition.
The university's library, sometimes referred to as the Da Du Shu Guan, or "Great Library" in Common, is one of the oldest in Syrunn. It houses hundreds of thousands of books, manuscripts, and scrolls from all over the world, written throughout the ages, many of which are rare and priceless artifacts.
It is currently the largest and most extensive library on Syrunn.

A famous temple located far north of Nanjing in an isolated area of Ri Yan.
It houses the well known Pagoda Forest, however, it is most well known for the martial monks that tend the temple.
Practitioners of Shaolin Kung Fu, the fearsome fighting prowess of the monks are legendary around the world. Although, it should be noted that there are also scholarly or clerical monks residing within the temple as well as the martial monks.
Many come here in the hopes studying under the martial monks or to challenge them in battle. Not surprisingly, the monks turn away the majority of these people.

A long river that begins in the north, flowing past the Shaolin Monastery, curving southeast, then curving southwest, forming a sort of half circle. It empties into the Yôsei Sea, near Nanjing.
A fertile area, it is used as farmland, with a number of larger towns and cities along the river itself, which is used for trade and transport.

A small island in the Yôsei Sea, the island itself is not under direct Ri Yan rule.
Surrounded by jagged rocks and whirlpools, it is very difficult to get to, thus making it a perfect refuge for pirates and outlaws, who gather there from Ri Yan, Hagakarin, Avalas, and even Märmosia.
Aside from a tiny forest, the city of Jâgds and its port make up the whole of the island. A city of pirates, smugglers, outlaws, assassins, rouge ninja, and thieves, it is a dirty, dark, and dangerous place to live. However, for the right place one can find just about anything they seek: from a rare and valuable item or someone who can get said item to someone who can make one's enemies disappear quickly and quietly.