Provinces of the Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom has gotten too vast to be ruled entirely from Pride. That is why, ever since the time of Maw the Red hundreds of years ago, it was divided into separate regions, each of which rules with a degree of autonomy.
Each of these regions are under the governance of a noble cat family – in very broad geographical terms, the lynxes rule the north from Clowder, the tigers rule the south from Streaks, the leopards rule the north-west from Cluster, and the Cheetahs rule the east from Leap. Of course, things are never as clear cut as that, and certain regions are smaller, larger, richer, poorer, or have control over certain important resources or southern colonies.
As King Lav sought to consolidate his rule and realign the political setup, he moved the capital from the centrally placed Blackbark to the southern city of Pride, closer (in terms of roads and trade) to both Streaks and Leap, which in term made them a much stronger force than the (notoriously rebellious) northern regions.
For the cheetahs, this still holds true, as they have been placated not only with increased trade but also with the administration of the immensely profitable southern colonies. For the tigers, however, Lav’s greatest allies during the Lav Rebellion, this is less and less true. Nicholas the tiger has grown restless and is ever more vocal about the need for substantial change in the way the Kingdom operates.
This map shows the major cities of the Kingdom and the rough lines indicate the domain of each noble family (the yellow line encapsules areas under the direct domain of the crown):
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