Godan is a coastal town in southeast Tear that lies on the Bay of Remara across from Mayene.
Elayne reflects that Godan was allowed to thrive so that the Tairens could have a strong presence overlooking Mayene. Tairen lords can control the size of every village and town in Tear through means of a building tax that allows them to strongly discourage the construction of any new buildings. Godan appears to have been exempt from such taxes for the purposes of its strategic importance for controlling Mayene.