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* The Kingdoms within the British/Restored Empire from ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'' fits this trope more or less.
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* ''WebAnimation/TheBearShow'' (for the most part) takes place in Bearland, which Mario, John Cena, and the rest visit a lot. But it is always in danger, like banks getting robbed, people getting kidnapped, etc.
-->'''Mario:''' Why do people always get kidnapped behind our backs!?\\
'''John Cena:''' Because villains are [[DirtyCoward wusses]].\\
'''Mario:''' Well, you are right about that.
%%* The Kingdoms within the British/Restored Empire from ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'' fits this trope more orless.less.
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Eret's rule has generally been kind to the Greater Dream SMP, turning Dream's one-man dictatorship into this trope. It helps that Eret is TheGoodKing compared to Dream's BigBad status.
-->'''Mario:''' Why do people always get kidnapped behind our backs!?\\
'''John Cena:''' Because villains are [[DirtyCoward wusses]].\\
'''Mario:''' Well, you are right about that.
%%* The Kingdoms within the British/Restored Empire from ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'' fits this trope more or
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Eret's rule has generally been kind to the Greater Dream SMP, turning Dream's one-man dictatorship into this trope. It helps that Eret is TheGoodKing compared to Dream's BigBad status.
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* ''WebAnimation/TheBearShow'' (For the most part) takes place in Bearland which Mario, John Cena, and the rest visit a lot. But it is always in danger, like banks getting robbed, people getting kidnapped, etc.
--> '''Mario:''' Why do people always get kidnapped behind our backs!?
--> '''John Cena:''' Because Villains are [[DirtyCoward Wusses.]]
--> '''Mario:''' Well you are right about that.
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Eret's rule has been kind to the Greater Dream SMP, turning Dream's one-man dictatorship into this trope. It helps that Eret is TheGoodKing compared to Dream's BigBad status.
--> '''Mario:''' Why do people always get kidnapped behind our backs!?
--> '''John Cena:''' Because Villains are [[DirtyCoward Wusses.]]
--> '''Mario:''' Well you are right about that.
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Eret's rule has been kind to the Greater Dream SMP, turning Dream's one-man dictatorship into this trope. It helps that Eret is TheGoodKing compared to Dream's BigBad status.
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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Eret's rule has been kind to the Greater Dream SMP, turning Dream's one-man dictatorship into this trope. It helps that Eret is TheGoodKing compared to Dream's BigBad status.
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* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': This is the story of the Kingdom of Callow, nestled between the [[TheFederation Principate of Procer]] and the [[TheEmpire Dread Empire of Praes]]. Like its neighbors, it plays with its national trope and deconstructs it in multiple ways:
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain on society. It nurses deep grudges against its neighbors as a cultural coping mechanism, blinding it to any chances to learn from them or build lasting peace. When Catherine Foundling is given an opportunity to change that story, she takes it: by becoming TheSquire to the BlackKnight, a VillainProtagonist enforcing the twenty-year-long Praesi occupation and the peaceful stability it provides.
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain on society. It nurses deep grudges against its neighbors as a cultural coping mechanism, blinding it to any chances to learn from them or build lasting peace. When Catherine Foundling is given an opportunity to change that story, she takes it: by becoming TheSquire to the BlackKnight, a VillainProtagonist enforcing the twenty-year-long Praesi occupation and the peaceful stability it provides.
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* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': This is the story of the Kingdom of Callow, nestled between the [[TheFederation Principate of Procer]] and the [[TheEmpire Dread Empire of Praes]].Praes]], down to being known for its knights, plucky orphan heroes, and frequently being ruled by Good Kings/Queens. Like its neighbors, it plays with its national trope and deconstructs it in multiple ways:
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only true strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere near as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain onsociety.society, and Callow’s rights for the common people pale to those of Procer. It nurses deep grudges against its neighbors as a cultural coping mechanism, blinding it to any chances to learn from them or build lasting peace. When plucky orphan Catherine Foundling is given an opportunity to change that story, she takes it: by becoming TheSquire to the BlackKnight, BlackKnight of Praes, a VillainProtagonist enforcing the twenty-year-long Praesi occupation and the peaceful stability it provides.
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only true strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere near as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain on
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** Cat eventually realizes [[spoiler: she needs to step down when the war is done, [[DeconReconSwitch finding someone better to rule the kingdom in peacetime]]: she's a talented warlord, but she knows that she lacks the skills, the noble support, and the story to govern Callow constructively long-term. She ends up grooming her friend and teammate Vivienne as her successor--a noble-born, Callowan former hero who soon proves her worth as Cat's successor, finding solutions she can't while avoiding the isolationist pitfalls of royals past. They even gain a GoodPrincessEvilQueen motif when Vivienne earns the Name of Princess, albeit a much more cordial one than usual.]]
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** Cat eventually realizes [[spoiler: she needs to step down when the war is done, [[DeconReconSwitch finding someone better to rule the kingdom in peacetime]]: she's a talented warlord, but she knows that she lacks the skills, the noble support, and the story to govern Callow constructively long-term. She ends up grooming her friend and teammate Vivienne as her successor--a noble-born, Callowan former hero who soon proves her worth as Cat's successor, finding solutions she can't while avoiding the isolationist pitfalls of royals past. They even gain a an implied GoodPrincessEvilQueen motif when Vivienne earns the Name of Princess, albeit a much more cordial one than usual.]]
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' and ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'': This is the aesthetic of Demacia, a kingdom known for pleasant lands, Gondor-white architecture made from magic-absorbing petricite, and its well-trained, knight-like Dauntless Vanguard. Its champions tend to be colored white and/or gold, many wearing shining armor, it has an imperial foil in [[TheEmpire Noxus]], and in ''[=LoR=]'' the Demacia region plays by summoning armies of strong units and fighting its foes honorably. It does, however, play with the trope:
** While far less expansive than Noxus, it is hardly a tiny, powerless damsel in distress. As learned in ''Literature/GarenFirstShield'', Demacia guards several other kingdoms that act as its protectorates and buffer states, bringing in elements of TheFederation as well.
** The kingdom also has a dark side in its [[AntiMagicalFaction persecution of mages]], imprisoning and torturing them unless they agree to hunt their own kind as Mageseekers. The champion Sylas is a mage and former Mageseeker who escaped prison, and ''VideoGame/TheMageseeker'' tells the story of him and his rebellion.
** While far less expansive than Noxus, it is hardly a tiny, powerless damsel in distress. As learned in ''Literature/GarenFirstShield'', Demacia guards several other kingdoms that act as its protectorates and buffer states, bringing in elements of TheFederation as well.
** The kingdom also has a dark side in its [[AntiMagicalFaction persecution of mages]], imprisoning and torturing them unless they agree to hunt their own kind as Mageseekers. The champion Sylas is a mage and former Mageseeker who escaped prison, and ''VideoGame/TheMageseeker'' tells the story of him and his rebellion.
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* The Tower in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Ruled by King Jahad, it gets by pretty well, however, there is a reason why the heroes are StickingItToTheMan: The inner section of the Tower is a giant [[TheThunderdome Thunderdome]]. Being tested on each floor, people are trying to reach the top to fulfill their greatest wishes, often harming each other. Usually, thousands of people give up, get injured, fall into despair or die for every person that reaches the top. Rules of power conservation tend to tear apart families and the [[BlueBlood Ten Great Families]] aren't really nice to their relatives. The Kingdom is [[SubvertedTrope not a very nice place to live in anymore]] and people want to change that.
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%% The Zahard/Jahad Empire never really had a pretense of being Good, hewing closer to TheEmpire or HegemonicEmpire than a subversion of this trope. The Zahard Empire’s rule is never shown as a net benefit to the Tower—just because Zahard is a king doesn’t make his kingdom a Good Kingdom.* The Tower in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Ruled by King Jahad, it gets by pretty well, however, there is a reason why the heroes are StickingItToTheMan: The inner section of the Tower is a giant [[TheThunderdome Thunderdome]]. Being tested on each floor, people are trying to reach the top to fulfill their greatest wishes, often harming each other. Usually, thousands of people give up, get injured, fall into despair or die for every person that reaches the top. Rules of power conservation tend to tear apart families and the [[BlueBlood Ten Great Families]] aren't really nice to their relatives. The Kingdom is [[SubvertedTrope not a very nice place to live in anymore]] and people want to change that.
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* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': This is the story of the Kingdom of Callow, nestled between the [[TheFederation Principate of Procer]] and the [[TheEmpire Dread Empire of Praes]]. Like its neighbors, it plays with its national trope and deconstructs it in multiple ways:
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain on society. It nurses deep grudges against its neighbors as a cultural coping mechanism, blinding it to any chances to learn from them or build lasting peace. When Catherine Foundling is given an opportunity to change that story, she takes it: by becoming TheSquire to the BlackKnight, a VillainProtagonist enforcing the twenty-year-long Praesi occupation and the peaceful stability it provides.
** However, the first alternative Cat finds--[[spoiler:ruling over Callow as its charismatic warlord and villainous Black Queen after leveraging her leadership in putting out military fires across Callow]]--also proves untenable. [[spoiler: She gets Callow the power it needs to sit at the table with Procer and Praes, but without legitimacy beyond her streak of military victories it can't actually be respected at that table. Cat also realizes that even if the nobility aren't a great institution, they're still an institution--and both Cat and Black kneecapping a wellspring of diplomatic talent and learning hobbled Callow's ability to actually establish legitimacy.]]
** Cat eventually realizes [[spoiler: she needs to step down when the war is done, [[DeconReconSwitch finding someone better to rule the kingdom in peacetime]]: she's a talented warlord, but she knows that she lacks the skills, the noble support, and the story to govern Callow constructively long-term. She ends up grooming her friend and teammate Vivienne as her successor--a noble-born, Callowan former hero who soon proves her worth as Cat's successor, finding solutions she can't while avoiding the isolationist pitfalls of royals past. They even gain a GoodPrincessEvilQueen motif when Vivienne earns the Name of Princess, albeit a much more cordial one than usual.]]
** At the start of the story, Callow is a backwater defined by being an unwilling stomping ground for larger powers, whether Praesi invasions or Proceran crusades. It is dirt poor from constant warfare and its only strategic resources are food and horses. Its nobles, while nowhere as bad as the [[DecadentCourt Praesi Highborn]], are still a drain on society. It nurses deep grudges against its neighbors as a cultural coping mechanism, blinding it to any chances to learn from them or build lasting peace. When Catherine Foundling is given an opportunity to change that story, she takes it: by becoming TheSquire to the BlackKnight, a VillainProtagonist enforcing the twenty-year-long Praesi occupation and the peaceful stability it provides.
** However, the first alternative Cat finds--[[spoiler:ruling over Callow as its charismatic warlord and villainous Black Queen after leveraging her leadership in putting out military fires across Callow]]--also proves untenable. [[spoiler: She gets Callow the power it needs to sit at the table with Procer and Praes, but without legitimacy beyond her streak of military victories it can't actually be respected at that table. Cat also realizes that even if the nobility aren't a great institution, they're still an institution--and both Cat and Black kneecapping a wellspring of diplomatic talent and learning hobbled Callow's ability to actually establish legitimacy.]]
** Cat eventually realizes [[spoiler: she needs to step down when the war is done, [[DeconReconSwitch finding someone better to rule the kingdom in peacetime]]: she's a talented warlord, but she knows that she lacks the skills, the noble support, and the story to govern Callow constructively long-term. She ends up grooming her friend and teammate Vivienne as her successor--a noble-born, Callowan former hero who soon proves her worth as Cat's successor, finding solutions she can't while avoiding the isolationist pitfalls of royals past. They even gain a GoodPrincessEvilQueen motif when Vivienne earns the Name of Princess, albeit a much more cordial one than usual.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'' has the Pocket Kingdom, a land inhabited by adorable animals, though Ava, its monarch, [[PrincessesRule is a princess rather than a queen]] (and, once again, would technically make it a principality). It’s heavily implied that Eva planned to ruin the kingdom once she rises to power though.
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* Valdemar from ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' is a benevolent kingdom established through peaceful and voluntary absorption of its neighbors, with apparent near-equality of genders and a guiding principle that "There Is No One True Way." Their monarchy is upheld by an order of Heralds with divinely-sent Companions to preserve its peace and goodness and deal with scheming nobles and asshole commoners alike. That said, ''Closer to Home'' features an InternalDeconstruction of the trope. Even when working as intended, the aristocracy of the Good Kingdom is still an aristocracy, inherently built on class and gender stratification that often traps women into the role of wife or victim, and the law against forced marriage is so weak that even the Monarch (who is himself a Herald and thus incorruptible) sometimes forces people into marriage by royal decree.
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The Kingdom is the DamselInDistress of nations, almost always being the one to fall under a witch's curse or be invaded by TheEmpire. Usually the standard setting for {{Fairy Tale}}s, and when it's not, will often look as if it came out of a fairy tale anyway, even if it's in a sci-fi setting. If a kingdom ''is'' doing something evil, the king has most likely been deposed, or {{brainwashed}}, or replaced with an [[FakeKing evil duplicate]], or hasn't been paying enough attention to the EvilChancellor's extra-curricular activities with the troops. Remember, [[FisherKing a kingdom is only pure if the "true" monarch is in charge]]. TheEvilPrince is not a "true" monarch, nor is the PuppetKing, or [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the queen]] if she is cruel. Yet TheHighQueen will be serene and wise.
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The Good Kingdom is the DamselInDistress of nations, almost always being the one to fall under a witch's curse or be invaded by TheEmpire. Usually the standard setting for {{Fairy Tale}}s, and when it's not, will often look as if it came out of a fairy tale anyway, even if it's in a sci-fi setting. If a kingdom ''is'' doing something evil, the king has most likely been deposed, or {{brainwashed}}, or replaced with an [[FakeKing evil duplicate]], or hasn't been paying enough attention to the EvilChancellor's extra-curricular activities with the troops. Remember, [[FisherKing a kingdom is only pure if the "true" monarch is in charge]]. TheEvilPrince is not a "true" monarch, nor is the PuppetKing, or [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the queen]] if she is cruel. Yet TheHighQueen will be serene and wise.
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* Most real-world kingdoms and small countries see themselves as The Kingdom, especially the governments themselves. Most constitutional monarchies see themselves this way, especially the ones in Europe and the Commonwealth. This is especially true since the two main powers of the Cold War were far bigger federal unions, the USA and the USSR.
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* Most real-world kingdoms and small countries see themselves as The Good Kingdom, especially the governments themselves. Most constitutional monarchies see themselves this way, especially the ones in Europe and the Commonwealth. This is especially true since the two main powers of the Cold War were far bigger federal unions, the USA and the USSR.
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Often [[MicroMonarchy very small]], sometimes just a single city-state or a BrightCastle with a few outlying villages, but it often has wealth or power beyond its size, usually large natural deposits of precious metals or GreenRocks, sometimes as a result of some form of AppliedPhlebotinum. (May be somewhat larger in a FeudalFuture.) Often containing large stretches of the GhibliHills and {{Arcadia}}, punctuated by the ShiningCity.
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Often [[MicroMonarchy very small]], sometimes just a single city-state or a BrightCastle with a few outlying villages, but it often has wealth or power beyond its size, usually because of large natural deposits of precious metals or GreenRocks, sometimes as a result of some form of AppliedPhlebotinum. (May be somewhat larger in a FeudalFuture.) Often containing large stretches of the GhibliHills and {{Arcadia}}, punctuated by the ShiningCity.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the city-state (and former kingdom) of Ankh-Morpork. Despite being a CityOfAdventure and frequently a geographical DistressedDamsel, it is ruled by the Patrician [[ManipulativeBastard Havelock Vetinari]], since the line of kings ended ...[[TheCaligula messily]], and as they assert in ''Guards! Guards!'', you'd be hard-pressed to find an eligible virgin amid its masses, let alone a [[PrincessClassic pretty princess]]. However, it ''does'' have a wise, just, and benevolent FisherKing who keeps the peace, saves the city, and shapes it to his will. [[SubvertedTrope He'd just much rather you thought of him as]] [[RightfulKingReturns that nice policeman Captain Carrot]].
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the city-state (and former kingdom) of Ankh-Morpork. Despite being a CityOfAdventure and frequently a geographical DistressedDamsel, DamselInDistress, it is ruled by the Patrician [[ManipulativeBastard Havelock Vetinari]], since the line of kings ended ...[[TheCaligula messily]], and as they assert in ''Guards! Guards!'', you'd be hard-pressed to find an eligible virgin amid its masses, let alone a [[PrincessClassic pretty princess]]. However, it ''does'' have a wise, just, and benevolent FisherKing who keeps the peace, saves the city, and shapes it to his will. [[SubvertedTrope He'd just much rather you thought of him as]] [[RightfulKingReturns that nice policeman Captain Carrot]].
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* The City of Axiflos in ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'' is a neutral city-state that was forced to defend itself from larger neighbors who tried to force it to join their sides. Suffice to say, it can't really be considered a DistressedDamsel, as centuries of defensive buildup has turned it into a StoneWall that not even the largest empires dare to invade nowadays. Such was its reputation that the [[TheFederation Axifloan Coalition]] was named after it.
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* The City of Axiflos in ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'' is a neutral city-state that was forced to defend itself from larger neighbors who tried to force it to join their sides. Suffice to say, it can't really be considered a DistressedDamsel, DamselInDistress, as centuries of defensive buildup has turned it into a StoneWall that not even the largest empires dare to invade nowadays. Such was its reputation that the [[TheFederation Axifloan Coalition]] was named after it.
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* In the story "The Eternal Champion" by Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Ekrose is summoned to help the human kingdom of Necranal, which is at war with the Eldren. At first, it is played straight, but as the story progresses, Ekrose finds this trope becoming subverted with the human kingdom, with FantasticRacism having a much larger role in the war than expected. It turns out to be played straight with the [[spoiler:Eldren]] kingdom.
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* In the story "The Eternal Champion" by Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Ekrose Erekose is summoned to help the human kingdom of Necranal, which is at war with the Eldren. At first, it is played straight, but as the story progresses, Ekrose Erekose finds this trope becoming subverted with the human kingdom, with FantasticRacism having a much larger role in the war than expected. It turns out to be played straight with the [[spoiler:Eldren]] kingdom.
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* Marvel is full of examples:
** Wakanda is an African absolute monarchy ruled by the Black Panther. It is one of the oldest nations on Earth and one of the most advanced.
** Dr.Doom's Latveria often fluctuates between this and an attempted Empire.
** Atlantis, ruled by Prince Namor.
** Attilan, the largest and oldest Inhuman settlement on Earth (and sometimes the moon) is ruled as an absolute monarchy.
** The Asgardians (as well as most other Earth-connected pantheons of gods) acts as an absolute monarchy ruled over by the most powerful god in the pantheon known as the sky father/mother.
** Elsewhere in the 10 (formally 9) realms there are the Frost Giants, Fire Demons, Dark Elves, Light Elves Dwarves and Angels also exist within monarchies. As do the dead who did not earn a place in Valhalla and are thus instead sent to Hel ruled over by the god queen Hella.
** Several of the primitive tribes and nations in the savage land are kingdoms.
** The Moleman is the king of Subterrania and rules over the moloid natives.
** Deadpool's ex-wife, Shiklah, is the queen of the underworld which turns out to be a subterranean kingdom of monsters and supernatural beings who have taken refuge under New York City.
** Wakanda is an African absolute monarchy ruled by the Black Panther. It is one of the oldest nations on Earth and one of the most advanced.
** Dr.Doom's Latveria often fluctuates between this and an attempted Empire.
** Atlantis, ruled by Prince Namor.
** Attilan, the largest and oldest Inhuman settlement on Earth (and sometimes the moon) is ruled as an absolute monarchy.
** The Asgardians (as well as most other Earth-connected pantheons of gods) acts as an absolute monarchy ruled over by the most powerful god in the pantheon known as the sky father/mother.
** Elsewhere in the 10 (formally 9) realms there are the Frost Giants, Fire Demons, Dark Elves, Light Elves Dwarves and Angels also exist within monarchies. As do the dead who did not earn a place in Valhalla and are thus instead sent to Hel ruled over by the god queen Hella.
** Several of the primitive tribes and nations in the savage land are kingdoms.
** The Moleman is the king of Subterrania and rules over the moloid natives.
** Deadpool's ex-wife, Shiklah, is the queen of the underworld which turns out to be a subterranean kingdom of monsters and supernatural beings who have taken refuge under New York City.
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** Wakanda is an [[DarkestAfrica African absolutemonarchy monarchy]] ruled by the Black Panther. ComicBook/BlackPanther. It is [[AdvancedAncientAcropolis one of the oldest nations on Earth and one of the most advanced.
advanced]].
**Dr.Doom's Latveria [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Doom]]'s [[{{Ruritania}} Latveria]] often [[DependingOnTheWriter fluctuates between between]] this and an attempted Empire.[[TheEmpire Empire]].
**Atlantis, {{Atlantis}}, ruled by Prince Namor.Namor/the ComicBook/SubMariner.
**Attilan, [[HiddenElfVillage Attilan]], the largest and oldest Inhuman [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] settlement on Earth (and sometimes the moon) moon), is ruled as an absolute monarchy.
** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor TheAsgardians Asgardians]] (as well as most other Earth-connected pantheons of gods) acts as an absolute monarchy ruled over by the most powerful god in the pantheon known as the sky father/mother.father/mother. Elsewhere in the 10 (formally 9) realms there are the Frost Giants, Fire Demons, Dark Elves, Light Elves Dwarves and Angels also exist within monarchies, as do the dead who did not earn a place in Valhalla and are thus instead sent to Hel ruled over by the god queen Hella.
** Elsewhere in the 10 (formally 9) realms there are the Frost Giants, Fire Demons, Dark Elves, Light Elves Dwarves and Angels also exist within monarchies. As do the dead who did not earn a place in Valhalla and are thus instead sent to Hel ruled over by the god queen Hella.
** Several of the primitive tribes and nations in [[LostWorld the savage land Savage Land]] are kingdoms.
** [[ComicBook/FantasticFour TheMoleman Mole Man]] is the king of Subterrania [[BeneathTheEarth Subterrania]] and rules over the [[MoleMen moloid natives.
natives]].
**Deadpool's ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s ex-wife, Shiklah, is the queen of the underworld which turns out to be a subterranean kingdom of monsters and supernatural beings who have taken refuge under New York City.
** Wakanda is an [[DarkestAfrica African absolute
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** Sky Island, a floating island populated by an Inhuman offshoot subspecies called Bird-People are ruled as a monarchy by the old golden age hero Red Raven.
** Each of the various Hell Lords and gods of death control their own realms of death as their own personal kingdom.
** And all of that is before you consider extraterrestrial kingdoms (such as the Kree and the Skrulls) extradimensional kingdoms (such as Annihilus's negative zone and the non-616 versions of many of the above)
%%* Atlantis from the DC Universe.
** Each of the various Hell Lords and gods of death control their own realms of death as their own personal kingdom.
** And all of that is before you consider extraterrestrial kingdoms (such as the Kree and the Skrulls) extradimensional kingdoms (such as Annihilus's negative zone and the non-616 versions of many of the above)
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** Sky Island, a floating island populated by an Inhuman offshoot subspecies called Bird-People Bird-People, are ruled as a monarchy by the old golden age [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero Red Raven.
** Each of the various [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils HellLords Lords]] and gods of death control their own realms of death as their own personal kingdom.
**And all All of that is before you consider extraterrestrial kingdoms (such as the Kree and the Skrulls) and extradimensional kingdoms (such as Annihilus's negative zone [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Annihilus]]' Negative Zone and the non-616 versions of many of the above)
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* Andor in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' fits this trope perfectly. Except for the bit about a [[TheHighQueen Queen]] in charge being a bad omen ...
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** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has Azadistan (princess: Marina Ismail), a ''very'' thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Iran, which was The Good Kingdom in RealLife until fairly recently. Azadistan is a deconstruction, since [[spoiler: it's really anything but peaceful or homogeneous. They conquered Kurdistan years ago, look down on Kurds or outsiders of really any type, are home to a boatload of religious extremists, and it's garnered the name [[FanNickname Povertistan]] for a reason. The country soon descends into civil war, with the idolized princess being quite ineffectual, and has to be saved by the Gundams.]]
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** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has Azadistan (princess: Marina Ismail), a ''very'' thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Iran, which was The Good Kingdom in RealLife until fairly recently. Azadistan is a deconstruction, since [[spoiler: it's really anything but peaceful or homogeneous. They conquered Kurdistan years ago, look down on Kurds or outsiders of really any type, are home to a boatload of religious extremists, and it's garnered the name [[FanNickname Povertistan]] for a reason.extremists. The country soon descends into civil war, with the idolized princess being quite ineffectual, and has to be saved by the Gundams.]]
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* Each installment of ''VideoGame/HeroOfTheKingdom'' takes place in one of these, although it's not made explicitly clear whether or not it's the same kingdom each time. We do see that it's always ruled by TheGoodKing, who is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and who lives in a BrightCastle with his son or daughter.
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* For many Brazilians, the Empire of Brazil under [[TheEmperor Dom Pedro II]]. It was a sad inversion of GoodRepublicEvilEmpire.
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* Of course, in actual fact a Kingdom formed itself by binding together smaller polities and expanded by conquering bigger polities. For a long time, the argument that justified the Kingdom, aside from "Divine Right of Kings" was that a large area of land cannot be effectively governed by the classic republican states on the order of Ancient Athens and Rome, or the medieval city-states such as in Italy or the Hanseatic League. UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution changed that by converting France from an absolute monarchy to a republic that was even more centralized and organized than UsefulNotes/LouisXIV ever dreamed of, and which under UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte became an Empire which was even more absolute and controlled by a single individual than any state before and after.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the city-state (and former kingdom) of Ankh-Morpork. Despite being a CityOfAdventure and frequently a geographical DistressedDamsel, it is ruled by the Patrician [[ManipulativeBastard Havelock Vetinari]], since the line of kings ended ...[[TheCaligula messily]], and as they assert in ''Guards! Guards!'', you'd be hard-pressed to find an eligible virgin amid its masses, let alone a [[PrincessClassic pretty princess]]. However, it ''does'' have a wise, just, and benevolent FisherKing who keeps the peace, saves the city and shapes it to his will. [[SubvertedTrope He'd just much rather you thought of him as]] [[RightfulKingReturns that nice policeman Captain Carrot]].
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the city-state (and former kingdom) of Ankh-Morpork. Despite being a CityOfAdventure and frequently a geographical DistressedDamsel, it is ruled by the Patrician [[ManipulativeBastard Havelock Vetinari]], since the line of kings ended ...[[TheCaligula messily]], and as they assert in ''Guards! Guards!'', you'd be hard-pressed to find an eligible virgin amid its masses, let alone a [[PrincessClassic pretty princess]]. However, it ''does'' have a wise, just, and benevolent FisherKing who keeps the peace, saves the city city, and shapes it to his will. [[SubvertedTrope He'd just much rather you thought of him as]] [[RightfulKingReturns that nice policeman Captain Carrot]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'': Kemerovo is a small Russian warlord nation ran by Rurik II, previously Major-General Nikolai Krylov of the now-defunct Red Army. Despite the king's delusions that he is the reincarnation of the ancient Varangian prince who unified Russia in the distant past, Rurik II is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who listens to his advisors, rules fairly, and develops his fledgling nation in a rational manner. Blending Slavic traditionalism and medieval aesthetics with Soviet progressivism (trade unions are still allowed to run within reason and workers are treated well), Kemerovo is one of the more moral unifiers in the ideological hellpit that is warlord Russia, up there with [[DisasterDemocracy Tomsk's]] [[GentlemanAndAScholar idealistic intelligentsia republic]], [[WideEyedIdealist Sablin's]] [[ChummyCommies genuine Soviet democracy in Buryatia]] and [[AllLovingHero Men's]] [[SaintlyChurch gentle and egalitarian Divine Mandate]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'': Kemerovo is a small Russian warlord nation ran run by Rurik II, previously Major-General Nikolai Krylov of the now-defunct Red Army. Despite the king's delusions that he is the reincarnation of the ancient Varangian prince who unified Russia in the distant past, Rurik II is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who listens to his advisors, rules fairly, and develops his fledgling nation in a rational manner. Blending Slavic traditionalism and medieval aesthetics with Soviet progressivism (trade unions are still allowed to run within reason and workers are treated well), Kemerovo is one of the more moral unifiers in the ideological hellpit that is warlord Russia, up there with [[DisasterDemocracy Tomsk's]] [[GentlemanAndAScholar idealistic intelligentsia republic]], [[WideEyedIdealist Sablin's]] [[ChummyCommies genuine Soviet democracy in Buryatia]] and [[AllLovingHero Men's]] [[SaintlyChurch gentle and egalitarian Divine Mandate]].
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* Wonderland of ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' seems to be this - people are happy, the world is advanced and while a queen rules, there's also a president. The only problems are occasional FantasticRacism (although discouraged by authorities) and the fact that the queen may actually be evil.
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* Wonderland of ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' seems to be this - people are happy, the world is advanced advanced, and while a queen rules, there's also a president. The only problems are occasional FantasticRacism (although discouraged by authorities) and the fact that the queen may actually be evil.
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* This article reads like a description of the kingdom of Hyrule (princess: Zelda) from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Hyrule seems to be working more like a [[TheFederation a loose confederacy]] than a centralized kingdom, but the general theme is the same.
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* This article reads like a description of the kingdom of Hyrule (princess: Zelda) from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Hyrule seems to be working more like a [[TheFederation a loose confederacy]] than a centralized kingdom, but the general theme is the same.
