I have a quick question about how one would parse the following:

> だが、別段そこに『キングダム』の要となる物が置かれているというわけではない。

I'm a little confused by what "置かれている" is supposed to mean here and how one
would parse it into a sentence.

The best I can come up with is "However, it's not like the 'kingdom' was
something essential to that place." I haven't included "置かれている" in that
attempt though, I can't see how this word fits in?

For context this line comes from an introduction in a story, it's describing a
mysterious place hidden in the shadows of 『キングダム』where powerful men secretly
gather.
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Parsing "置かれている" in this sentence?
The sentence is more deeply nested than you think. Treat `『キングダム』の要となる物` as
one set which serves as the subject of 置かれている.

> 別段［そこに｛『キングダム』の要となる物｝が置かれている］というわけではない。

  * 『キングダム』の要となる物  
a thing that serves as the cornerstone of _The Kingdom_

  * そこに『キングダム』の要となる物が置かれている  
a thing that serves as the cornerstone of _The Kingdom_ is placed there

  * そこに『キングダム』の要となる物が置かれているというわけではない。  
It is not that a thing that serves as the cornerstone of _The Kingdom_ is
placed there.

別段 is an adverb meaning "(not) particularly".
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I was advised to put my answer in here.So, My translation and break things
down.

But:だが, 別段ない: not in particular, というわけ: it is the case, 置かれている: is assembled,
そこに『キングダム』の要となる物がある: There is something for the foundation of "Kingdom" in
there. Now, I put them together. But, it is not the case in particular that
there is something which is assembled for the foundation of "Kingdom".
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