[its hard to imagine in abstract; he says "Eastern Kingdoms" like a continent, so assuming something along the lines of North America... perhaps to scale with Area 2, the Canadian provinces? somewhat smaller?] I'd love to see a map sometime, but it sounds like a good amount of territory. Enough to be personal, like you said, without the vast amount of bureaucracy that we had to go through, appointing viceroys and mid-level governments to rule territories across oceans. I regret to inform you that my country is unlike yours; Britannia has never been very personal in its approach to governance.