Kordava, officially is the capital city of Zingara. Its port connects it to the Western Ocean, but is fed by twin rivers from the north called The Thunder River and the Black River. These two rivers serve as the unofficial border between the untamed Pictlands and the Aquilonian frontier.

The royal palace of Kordava has a floor of polished crystal, and it boasts the thriving maritime economy that the city is known for. It is through Kordava's port that the famous "Road of Kings" is said to begin, as it winds its way to all the other realms of Hyboria, sharing silks, spices, precious stones, weapons of steel and even slaves from the Barachan Isles pirates.

Given the wealth that Kordava generates for the capital, Zingara is still a kingdom beset by hardship. Its nobles are greedy land owners that guard their resources and wealth savagely while the people who actually work the land for them hunting, farming and mining the vast wealth and supplies are left to suffer. Huge plantations force countless slaves and indentured servants to work laboriously while their masters bask in wealth and comfort thinking only of their petty vendettas and rivalries while trying how best to encourage their king to embark on wars of expansion to bolster their own coffers.

Kordava also has a very tolerant approach when it comes to piracy, particularly from the neighbors across the sea on the Barachan Isles, as it is in fact an unspoken agreement with these pirates that a fair share of trade is exchanged, as they deliver to Kordava vast amounts of plunder including slaves to work the fields and toil in the mines.

Outwardly, despite possessing greater ships, more of them and better nautical tacticians, the Kordavan admiralty has yet to bring piracy to heel.

Nestled within the polished refinery of its buildings and the lavish lifestyle of its court, Kordava houses a secret, underground den of thieves in a district the locals refer to only as "The Pit". It is an area avoided by civilized men, and one treads not lightly this area. Only the desperate and the dangerous make their footfalls in The Pit.