OK, so I've placed Diamond Lake into my homebrew in a nation that is a little arabian-esque (excuse the cliched genre reference, but it's unavoidable). The town and the Free City fit best in this nation for my campaign. I mean, the nation is basically a republic, headed-up by a roundtable of merchant-aristocrats.
The only thing is, I haven't really played out much of my past campaigns in this nation. Only a few brief visits to one city. I was just wonderin' if anyone had any advice for running AoW in this kind of setting. Like, what could help set the tone and atmosphere? Or, what would i most likely overlook and forget?
Much thanx in advance.