The Society for Creative Anachronism is a US based medieval reenactment group. They're quite large, claiming over 30,000 members on their website, and hold regular events all across the country. The main organization itself can't oversee all of these events personally, so kingdoms, locally organized groups that encompass a few states, have been developed to let area members run their own events.
19 SCA Kingdoms in the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand
19 different kingdoms comprise the SCA, and each of them has a King and Queen that is chosen by combat every 6 months. The kingdoms also have lots of volunteer organizers, who take care of the necessary paper work and the organization and running of the events. Each kingdom has it's own website, and the kingdoms help organize the smaller local groups that fall in their geographical zone.
The 19 kingdoms are, listed in order from West to East and North to South:
- LochacAustralia and New Zealand; parts of Antarctica
- An TirUSA: Oregon, Washington, the northern tip of IdahoCANADA: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
- The West KingdomUSA: Northern California, Nevada and Alaska;ASIA: Japan, Korea and Pacific Rim
- CaidUSA: Southern California, Greater Las Vegas Area, and Hawaii
- ArtemisiaUSA: Montana, southern Idaho, most of Utah, and western Colorado and Wyoming
- AtenveldtUSA: Arizona
- OutlandsUSA: New Mexico, most of Colorado, parts of Nebraska; Cheyenne, Wyoming, and El Paso Hudspeth counties in Texas.
- NorthshieldUSA: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.CANADA: Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.
- CalontirUSA: Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Northern Arkansas.
- AnsteorraUSA: Oklahoma, most of Texas.
- EaldormereCANADA: Ontario (except for Essex County, and Northwestern Ontario around Thunder Bay.)
- MiddleUSA: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Scott County in Iowa, Kentucky (except the southwest counties). CANADA: Essex County and Windsor in Ontario.
- Gleann AbhannUSA: Mississippi, Louisiana, most of Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee
- MeridiesUSA: 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).
- TrimarisUSA: Majority of Florida; lays claim to Panama.
- ÆthelmearcUSA: central/western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
- AtlantiaUSA: Maryland, District of Columbia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Augusta, Georgia.
- EastUSA: 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.
- DrachenwaldEurope, Africa, Middle East.
More information about each kingdom can be found on SCA.org, including a link to each organization's website, and a map showing each kingdom's geographical location. The kingdom websites are the best place to find a smaller, more localized group, as they usually list all baronies, duchies, shires, and cantons that fall within their borders.
Sources:
SCA.org, Accessed November 8th, 2009.
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