Ah yes, from one of those foreign countries that don't exist. Not that Eragon was the least bit interested, of course.

That's the biggest thing that bothers me. I literally put as an explanation that Galbatorix is an isolationist and that the desert creates huge barriers to trade when I was trying to...find an explanation. But also, it gives me a funny mental image of all the other countries saying "Oh, there's that bunch of crazies. Do not go there."