Kingdoms Explainer

The four Kingdoms represent four distinct geo-political regions of the USA:

The Dwarf Kingdom = the North West

The Elf Kingdom = The West Coast, the Mid-West, and the North East Coast

The Troll Kingdom = The South, and South-west

The Orc Kingdom = Parts of Detroit and Chicago



This is not to say that this is the only way you could slice the USA up into regions with distinct political identies, nor is it to say that all the inhabitants of these regions share the dominant ideology.

But for the sake of simplicity, we are going to exaggerate: painting the actually diverse populations of these regions as much more uniform, and reflecting the political and social extremes rather than the norms. Because satire gets really dull if you have to spend a whole lot of time saying "some of the people who live here are mad, but most of them are really quite normal in many ways."





 Data Sources for Defining Stereotypes The characteristics of the Species are deliberately stereotypical. Which is not to say that there isn't a little bit of truth behind it all...

Political Identity...


Self-identified Ideaology by States (Gallup)

Presidential Electoral Map 2000



Presidential Electoral Map 2004



Presidential Electoral Map 2008



Presidential Electoral Map 2012





Well Being...


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