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A '''Region''' is a now mostly-defunct term once used in the [[Kingdom of the Middle]] (and it's associated [[Kingdom]]s) to describe a trend towards clusters of baronies allying based on location.  As the [[Midrealm]] once a covered a huge area, it was somewhat inevitable that [[SCAdian]]s began identifying with others in the area, more than with the distant, over-arching kingdom.  Such self-declared regions included [[Ealdormere]] and [[Northshield]], among others.

The growth of "regionalism" in the late 1980s, particularly in [[Canada|Canadian]] territories of the Midrealm, prompted a move towards making these regions offical, including appointing their own '''Regional Champions'''.  It was generally regarded as a first step towards becoming a [[Crown Principality]], with the logical end of becoming an independant Kingdom one day.

It was a request from the [[barony|baronies]] in what would become Ealdormere to establish an "Ealdormere Champion" that prompted the [[Ban on Regions]], an attempt to halt "regional" growth and keep the Midrealm a single political and military force.

Many of the "regions" of the original controversy are now Principalities or Kingdoms.