Great Golden Arc
The Great Golden Arc is a major maritime trade route traditionally defined as beginning at the Straits of Korath, between the Sunnar Ocean and the Messenic Sea, around the northern coast of Lestria through the Pehkmet Passage to the Strait of Calcar, between the Medius Sea and the Prothenian Ocean. From classical history to the present, the Great Golden Arc forms an important part of the World's commercial and transportation network, linking Outer Joriscia with Lestria, Petty Lestria, Messenia, and Ascesia. The name was popularized in the West by Lacrean bīrōk merchants in the 16th century, referencing both the route's distinctive arc around Lestria and the wealth associated with it.
Control of and access to the Great Golden Arc is today, as it was historically, contested between many of the Great and secondary powers of the civilised world. A number of interordinate efforts were made to mitigate these conflicts through the establishment of supraordinate bodies intended to regulate access through the route, such as the Korath Straits Authority (under the effective control of Azophine and Terophatic representatives) and the Freta Mano Commission (which monitors and regulates access through the Strait of Calcar). A number of interordinate agreements also governs conduct through the Great Golden Arc, most notably the Settlements of 1838, the Feijerpoort Conventions, and most recently the Kethpor Accords.