Saicrova is a city of people who are good at surviving by being useful to whoever is biggest. That has produced a specific culture of pragmatic, cosmopolitan, a little cynical, and deeply skilled at reading power. Merchants who trade with Torchio and Meherin simultaneously. Refugees who brought skills and desperation in equal measure. A ruling class that has stayed in power by never picking a side too hard.
Trade and Wealth
Saicrova has an exclusive trade agreement for importing quality weapons from a country up north the Ethylian sea. Both Torchio and Meherin effectively have to trade with Saicrova to access weapons needed for their military needs. Saicrova secures those shipping lanes.
Ruling and Power
Saicrova is rulled by 3 families that form a council. These positions are hereditary. Until recently, there were 5 families, but one day the remaining 3 said they are now in power, and all members of the other two effectively disappeared and were never again mentioned.