Location from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The greatest city of Slaver's Bay — a pyramid-crowned metropolis that Daenerys Targaryen conquered, freed, and tried to rule, discovering that breaking chains is simpler than building a just society.
Meereen was Daenerys's crucible — the place where she learned that conquest and governance are entirely different skills. She broke the slave masters, crucified the Great Masters, and freed a quarter million slaves, only to discover that the economy she'd shattered had no replacement and the people she'd freed had no infrastructure. The Sons of the Harpy — masked insurgents funded by the old ruling class — murdered her soldiers in the streets. The fighting pits reopened as a concession to local culture. Drogon fled to the wild. The city is beautiful in the way that any place built on the backs of slaves can be beautiful — the pyramids are architectural marvels that required generations of forced labor. Daenerys's rule here was a preview of every challenge she'd face in Westeros: the tension between revolutionary ideals and political reality, the cost of mercy, and the question of whether a dragon queen can be anything other than a conqueror.
Massive stepped pyramids of polished brick rise above thick walls, the Great Pyramid towering over all with its bronze harpy torn down and replaced with Targaryen banners. The streets are wide and paved, lined with fighting pits and pleasure houses. Beyond the walls, olive groves and the brown Skahazadhan river stretch toward the desert.
Also known as: Meereen, the Great City, Queen's city