Given Cape Kraken’s (referring to the entire peninsula – everything west of the Neck swamps, south of the Fever river mouth and north of the Cape of Eagles) geographic location as well as the immense amount of lumber it possesses (Lord Jason Mallister calls it the Wetwood), why is the entire region so under developed? TY

Under-developed compared to what? It’s inhabited, it’s got a castle at Flint’s Finger, etc. If I had to guess, I’d say that Cape Kraken probably doesn’t have very good soil, since the presence of the Flint Cliffs and the name of House Flint suggests that there earth is rocky and rather poor in topsoil. 

And the wetwood seems to be part of the Neck proper, from context, as opposed to part of the Cape.