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* Rakios in ''EienNoAselia.'' The king is probably the least sympathetic character in the game after Soma, but Lesteena is nice. [[spoiler:And just before she moves to assassinate him to save the country, someone else does it for her.]]

* The land of Osten Ard in ''MemorySorrowAndThorn'' has several political regions based on various {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s, but the most typical of this trope is Erkynland, modeled strongly on Medieval England and home of TheHero, Simon. It rose to domination of Osten Ard on the strength of King Prester John's prowess in battle and remains there through the present time of the story. In contrast with the typical use of the trope, the majority of human nations in Osten Ard are mundane, but they are built on a land steeped in magical powers that humans only vaguely comprehend.

* MercedesLackey's ''TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' are, well... fractured fairy-tales in exactly that setting, with enough variety built in that there will always be a beautiful princess, a tyrannical king, a scheming chancellor, etc. available whenever The Tradition requires one.

* Barrayar in the VorkosiganSaga calls itself an empire. However, it is only composed of three planets, and it is in many ways closer to this then to being an empire. It has a fairly compact government and is only a medium-sized state by galactic standards, lacking the sprawl characteristic of both TheEmpire and TheFederation, as well as the spectacular tyrannies of many variations of TheEmpire. Moreover while it has a SecretPolice and a DeadlyDecadentCourt, both of these are rather toned down and are far less sinister than many variations of this trope; at least they are since Aral's Regency.
* The Kingdom of Delain in Creator/StephenKing's ''TheEyesOfTheDragon''. The undetected cancer in its body is the evil ageless magician Flagg, whose machinations through the centuries have caused repeated disaster and turmoil in what might otherwise have been a peaceful land.

* StarWarsTheOldRepublic the planet of Alderaan which has been called the soul of TheRepublic.

** The Sanc Kingdom in ''GundamWing'' (princess: Relena Peacecraft).
** ''GundamSEED'' has Orb Union (princess: Cagalli Yula Athha).

** ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has Azadistan (princess: Marina Ismail), a ''very'' thinly veiled {{Expy}} of Iran, which was TheKingdom in RealLife until fairly recently. Azadistan is a deconstruction, since [[spoiler: it's really anything but peaceful or homogenous. 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.]]

** One two-part episode came with all the trimmings, including an EvilChancellor trying to usurp TheGoodKIng, as well as a PrincessClassic for Ash and his friends to protect.
** ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'' takes place at an ancient castle ruled by TheHighQueen. The kingdom's backstory tells of how a [[KnightInShiningArmor brave knight]] [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed his life]] to stop a war.

* As far as kingdoms to rescue, there's [[KingdomOfLoathing one called 'Loathing']] that could use an adventurer or two. No official princesses, though. There's a rebellious one that hangs around, but she's not said to be part of the actual political hierarchy.

* Fanelia and, to a lesser extent, Asturia in ''VisionOfEscaflowne''. No princesses in Fanelia, sadly, but much of the action of the series involved the king fighting off TheEmpire so he can take the throne. Asturia is a pawn of TheEmpire under the old king, but has a plethora of princesses, and as soon as one gets married and a clear line of succession is restored, they pull a HeelFaceTurn. Despite being a Duchy, Freid might almost count, although things don't turn out too well for them; the new ruler [[spoiler:is not the heir by blood right]] and they wind up conquered by and ultimately cooperating with TheEmpire.
* The Kingdom of Tristain in ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima''. To be fair, most of the other nations in the setting are kingdoms as well, but Tristain is ''[[TheKingdom The]]'' [[TheKingdom Kingdom]].

* Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In this story Shinji and Asuka travel to the Empire of Avalon, a state that spans a chunk of TheMultiverse, ruled by a -real nice- family of gods. King Daniel and Queen Rayana are benevolent, well-meaning and pretty amicable, and they genuinely try to help people and made good for their subjects. It is also mentioned several times that Avalon has many enemies that are constantly threatening its borders.

* Altea in ''GoLion'' (princess: Fala).

* The Kingdom of Boron in the [[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]] qualifies, though its government is technically a constitutional monarchy akin to modern-day Great Britain (i.e. Queen Atreus is a figurehead for an elected government). They're portrayed as good guys, are constantly under threat from the [[ProudWarriorRace Split]] [[TheEmpire Dynasty]][[note]]though the Boron alliance with the [[HumansByAnyOtherName Argon]] [[TheFederation Federation]] keeps them at bay somewhat[[/note]], and have the smallest territory of the Commonwealth races. They've also got a few unique pieces of AppliedPhlebotinum, such as ion weapons.

* The setting of much of the DisneyAnimatedCanon, especially ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' and ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''. Subverted in Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs because of [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Queen]]. [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]] is technically a Sultanate, but it has elements of The Kingdom as well, especially once that little EvilVizier problem was taken care of.

* In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, there's the Hapes Consortium, an alliance of several dozen worlds ruled by a hereditary monarchy. Also, since it's a matriarchal society, the ruler is always a queen.

* Windbloom from ''{{Mai-Otome}}''.

* In the story "The Eternal Champion" by 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.

* Almost every kingdom in a ''FinalFantasy'' game ever. The only real exception is Alexandria in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', during Queen Brahne's reign.

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* The Danish OlsenBanden movies tend to take place in such a version of Denmark, with the titular gang of bumbling sympathetic petty criminals often foiling the plans of [[TheEmpire villainous international capitalists]], thereby saving the entire country.

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* As far as kingdoms to rescue, there's [[KingdomOfLoathing one called 'Loathing']] that could use an adventurer or two. No official princesses, though. There's a rebellious one that hangs around, but she's not said to be part of the actual political hierarchy.
* The Kingdoms within the British/Restored Empire from ''DecadesOfDarkness'' fits this trope more or less.
* The City of Axiflos in ''OpenBlue'' is a neutral city-state that was forced to defend itself from larger neighbors whoo 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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* Arendelle, inspired by Norway, from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' falls under this category. Queen Elsa accidentally thrusts Arendelle into an "Eternal Winter". [[spoiler: At the end, she manages to unthaw the Kingdom.]]

* The setting of much of the DisneyAnimatedCanon, especially ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' and ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''. Subverted in Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs because of [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Queen]]. [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]] is technically a Sultanate, but it has elements of The Kingdom as well, especially once that little EvilVizier problem was taken care of.

* The Kingdom of Aldis in ''BlueRose'' is an excellent example of this -- it's got all the trappings of a medieval fantasy kingdom, but magic and MagiTek are sufficiently advanced and widespread that it's at least as nice a place to live as a modern first-world country, with excellent medicine, sanitation and communications. They've even got legal and accepted same-sex marriage.

* Film/TheKingdom2007 - a post 9/11 action movie starring Creator/JamieFoxx
** Or the film IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull
** Or the film KingdomOfHeaven
* Comicbook/TheKingdomDC - a comic book series sequel to Comicbook/KingdomCome
* Literature/KeysToTheKingdom - a YA book series by Creator/GarthNix
* Manga/{{Kingdom}} - a manga series set in China
* Roleplay/{{Kingdom}} - an on-going collaborative RPG/storytelling effort
* Franchise/KingdomHearts - a video game francise

* Naboo in ''StarWars'' (Queen: Amidala/Padme), which portrays this despite being a ''planet''. {{Planetville}} in action, folks. The Naboo monarch is elected by popular vote, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything and serves terms of four years.]]

* In ''{{Scanners}}'', the MegaCorp [=ConSec=] fills this role, recruiting the heroic [[TheDrifter drifter]] Cameron Vale to neutralize the diabolical saboteur who has sworn a vendetta against them. Making them a weapons corporation is part of the film's [[GreyAndGrayMorality elaborate plot]] to make us not really care about the stakes; the movie aims less for mere entertainment and more for making you uncomfortable.

* The Kingdom of Delain in Creator/StephenKing's ''TheEyesOfTheDragon''. The undetected cancer in its body is the evil ageless magician Flagg, whose machinations through the centuries have caused repeated disaster and turmoil in what might otherwise have been a peaceful land.

* The 2009 NBC series ''Series/{{Kings}}'' featured the Kingdom of Gilboa, a modern-day monarchy ruled over by King Silas Benjamin, with the ShiningCity of Shiloh as its crown jewel. It is at war (but vying for peace) with the neighboring country of Gath.

* The Kingdom of Delain in Creator/StephenKing's ''TheEyesOfTheDragon'' is beset by an evil ageless magician, Flagg, whose machinations through the centuries have caused repeated disaster and turmoil in what might otherwise have been a peaceful land.

* The 2009 NBC series ''Series/{{Kings}}'' featured the Kingdom of Gilboa, a modern-day monarchy ruled over by King Silas Benjamin, with the ShiningCity of Shiloh as its crown jewel. It is at war (but vying for peace) with the neighboring country of Gath.