Under normal circumstances, such a power could export a large quantity of fish and meat products every year. During the spring, summer, and autumn seasons in Tun Marsh, they could barely maintain themselves, but winter would lead to a deficit. The Lizard Queen would be forced to enter intermittent dragon slumber to reduce consumption and occasionally had to resort to creating food with spells to satisfy cravings.
Without significant external trade, and given the Lizard Queen's body type, which inevitably prevented her from flying far to raid, her accumulation of wealth was naturally quite pitiful.
This was also one of the reasons why they treated the news of Mickros bringing millions in wealth to them with such importance.
The first to speak was not the Lizard Queen, but her Court Minister, Spirit Soul Naga Alhasan, "What do you mean by showing us this? Do you propose that we go out and plunder beyond Tun Marsh? Exactly where is this footage from?"