No, it's one of the realms in the newly-merged United Realms. Close to the sea - the majority of the industry is shipping and trade.
That's understandable, there's a lot of snow outside. So we're pulled into this loop from our homes (still unsure as to why but there's been a lot of speculation involving space-time things) and can't leave until we're nudged back out again, by whatever fluctuations in...energy, I assume? Each week we're in a new place, or there's something different about the Derleth campus. And then it all begins fresh the following week.