a civilization based around donghaiwei (perhaps based somewhat on ancient china ie. Relatively advanced society, organized, scientific)
See this:
http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Morek#The_Manifestation_of_MorekIn the Donghaiwei area, it is pretty established RP that the natives were violent folks and the Easterners brought civilization to the place.
The chinese references are exists (Huanghai has silk description in its page description).
