Kingdoms of the Known World

Kingdoms of the Known World
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Date founded
May 1, 1966 (AS 1)
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Website
[SCA Geography http://sca.org/geography/]

The SCA is divided into administrative regions which it calls Kingdoms. Smaller branches within those kingdoms include Principalities, Regions, Baronies, and Provinces, and local chapters are known as Cantons, Ridings, Shires, Colleges, Strongholds, and Ports. Kingdoms, Principalities, and Baronies have ceremonial rulers who preside over activities and issue awards to individuals and groups. Colleges, Strongholds, and Ports are local chapters (like a shire) that are associated with an institution, such as a school, military base, or even a military ship at sea.The By-Laws and Corporate Policies of the SCA, Inc. Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. 2007. [1]

All SCA branches are organized in descending order as follows:

• Kingdom: area ruled by a King and Queen (typically covering several U.S. states or Canadian provinces, and can be as large as countries or collections of countries). Minimum members required 400.
  • Principality: area within a kingdom ruled by Prince and Princess (large area sometimes comprising entire states). Minimum members required 100.
  • Region: equivalent of principality without ceremonial representative
    • Barony: area administered by a Baron and/or Baroness, the ceremonial representative(s) of the Crown. Minimum members required 25.
      • Canton: local branch reporting through a barony (local chapter, which may be on the way to becoming a shire)
    • Province: equivalent of barony without ceremonial representative
      • Riding: local branch reporting through a province
    • Shire: local branch reporting directly to a kingdom or principality. Minimum members required 5.
    • College: institutional branch based at a school, research facility, etc. (may be a part of a larger local group or report directly to a principality or kingdom)
    • Stronghold: institutional branch based at a military installation (may be a part of a larger local group or report directly to a principality or kingdom)
    • Port: institutional branch based at a military installation in situations where groups of members will be detached for long periods, as with ships at sea (may be a part of a larger local group or report directly to a principality or kingdom)

List of Kingdoms

Kingdom	Founded (AS)	Founded (Year)	Founded (Month)	Location
West Kingdom	A.S. 01	1966	May	USA: Northern California, Nevada and Alaska ASIA: Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Pacific Rim
East Kingdom	A.S. 03	1968	June	USA: eastern Pennsylvania, eastern New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine CANADA: Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Middle Kingdom	A.S. 04	1969	September	USA: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Scott County in Iowa, Kentucky (except the southwest counties). CANADA: Essex County and Windsor in Ontario.
Atenveldt	A.S. 05	1971	January	USA: Arizona
Meridies	A.S. 12	1978	January	USA: Alabama, almost all of Georgia, a bit of the panhandle of Florida, most of Tennessee, and parts of southern Kentucky (Allen, Barren, Calloway, Logan, Simpson, and Warren counties).
Caid	A.S. 13	1978	June	USA: Southern California, Greater Las Vegas Area, and Hawaii
Ansteorra	A.S. 14	1979	June	USA: Oklahoma, and Texas east of the Mountain time zone.
Atlantia	A.S. 16	1981	May	USA: Maryland, District of Columbia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Augusta, Georgia.
An Tir	A.S. 16	1982	January	USA: Oregon, Washington, the northern tip of Idaho CANADA: most of British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories
Calontir	A.S. 18	1984	February	USA: Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Northern Arkansas.
Trimaris	A.S. 20	1985	September	USA: Majority of Florida; lays claim to Panama.
The Outlands	A.S. 21	1986	June	USA: New Mexico, most of Colorado, parts of Nebraska; Eastern Wyoming, and El Paso & Hudspeth counties in Texas.
Drachenwald	A.S. 28	1993	June	Europe, Africa, Middle East
Artemisia	A.S. 32	1997	July	USA: Montana, southern Idaho, most of Utah, western Colorado, and Western Wyoming (Evanston, Green River, and Rock Springs)
Aethelmearc	A.S. 32	1997	September	USA: central/western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
Ealdormere	A.S. 33	1998	October	CANADA: Ontario (except for Essex County, and Northwestern Ontario around Thunder Bay.)
Lochac	A.S. 37	2002	July	Australia and New Zealand; parts of Antarctica
Northshield	A.S. 39	2004	October	USA: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. CANADA: Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.
Gleann Abhann	A.S. 40	2005	November	USA: Mississippi, Louisiana, most of Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee
Avacal	A.S. 50	2015	June	CANADA: eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan

External Links

• SCA Geography: [2]

References

http://www.sca.org/docs/pdf/govdocs.pdf