The Kingdom of Monsters

A rough map of Mt. Ebott's interior

The Kingdom of Monsters is a sovereign nation ruled by the monsters sealed beneath Mt. Ebott. It was originally Banff National Park, all of which, save the city of Banff, were ceded to the crown [70]. The Kingdom encompasses Monster Town, and the surrounding wilderness [15]. It has an open border policy with Canada [70] and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police act as border patrol agents with some authority to investigate within the Kingdom's borders [15].

Its primary exports are metals, precious stones, and monster food [4]. The only nation known to acknowledge its borders is Canada [34]. All contact with the United States has been done over telephone and has been with President Sanliruz's secretary [35]. Most of the nation's immigrants are monsters who wish to live more openly without persecution or are refugees [36].

Those monsters who grew up in New Home have a slightly different accent than those in more rural areas of the Underground, but it is only noticeable to other monsters from beneath Mt. Ebott [60].

Among the tourists that come to visit are humans, with varying levels of tact, seeking to have sex with monsters, some of who are into having sex with humans [69].

## Monster Town

Monster Town is the Kingdom's primary settlement founded by King Asgore after the Barrier went down, sinking the majority of the Royal Treasury to construct it [26]. It is currently the safest place for monsters on the Surface. Due to Banff National Park being a nature reserve, the city was constructed at the base of the mountain rather than on it, but is still within hiking distance of Mt. Ebott [67]. While Asgore may be king, the actual job of running the city itself is handled by Mayor Carrie [.

Its closest neighbor is Banff, Canada and the two are connected by a monorail. Hermann and her boat Purrgatorio run a ferry service on the river, and while there are roads, they are so disorganized that people use them for walking more often than driving. The closest thing to an airport they have is a large meadow nearby town, but the only plane big enough to use it is Tsundereplane [28]. Monster town has a hospital capable of treating humans, but the only human medicine the doctors there are qualified to perform is basic first aid and CPR. Should something else come up, they call an ambulance from Banff [31]. Most residential buildings, aside from those with inhabitants who eat a lot of human food, do not have toilets, though businesses do in the event of human customers [53]. Following the monsters' release from the Underground, they adopted the entirety of Banff's supply of shelter animals, forcing the city to request additional animals from nearby towns due to the demand for pets, since piranhas and snails don't quite have the appeal of dogs and cats [61].

The sign out front welcoming visitors was made by Sans [27].

After being ceded to the monsters by the Canadian government, the Banff Springs Hotel now officially employs the ghosts living there [45]. After effigies were burned in public view by anti-monster hate groups, the town was put on high alert to find the culprits [49].

## Mt. Ebott

Mt. Ebott, a dormant volcano and the source of Banff's hot springs [6], is the mountain the monsters were sealed beneath the mountain from September 15, 1115 to December 31, 2116. Fortunately for the monsters, Mt. Ebott has yet to erupt, the lava beneath it is stable [4], and the region has never had a major earthquake, likely due to the interference of the Angel's Prophecy [5]. The mountain was rich in gold which resulted in the popularity of the mining profession and the adoption of gold as the national currency [3]. For reasons no one is sure of, the Underground's water levels have remained the same throughout the monsters' imprisonment [44].

Weather occurs beneath Mt. Ebott because water flows into Hotland, evaporates and condenses onto the cavern ceilings. Depending on the temperature, it falls as snow, like in Snowdin, or rain, like in Waterfall. The rain feeds the river which, flows back into Hotland, propagating a miniature water cycle [21].

In Canada, the native americans living nearby investigated Mt. Ebott after the soldier from the Human-Monster War had left. When many of them didn't return, they concluded the soldiers had something unspeakable at that place and the mountain was cursed. Tales of what happened during the war were passed down through oral tradition, but these were disregarded by colonizers until several children disappeared, prompting the area to be closed to the public [30].

Prior to the monsters leaving the underground, Mt. Ebott was a restricted area, being both a wildlife reserve and a place where people go missing, and the Canadian Mounted Police would patrol the area to keep people from trying to explore [2]. The monsters themselves spent their imprisonment subsisting on human garbage and what they could farm underground [12]. After Asriel broke the Barrier, the monsters emerged and began exploring the world. Their closest neighbors are the town of Banff and the reservation of a native american tribe near Ebott Canyon that kept the legend of the monsters alive [1].

## The Underground

The Underground consists of The Ruins, Snowdin, Waterfall, Hotland, the CORE, Home, and New Home, as well as other parts Frisk never got to see [59]. All of the areas of the Underground were named by Asgore [9] save for Snowdin, which was named by Toriel [10]. The Ruins have only one entrance connecting them to the rest of the Underground, being the door leading to Snowdin [25]. Following the Barrier's destruction, The Underground has become a tourist destination of sorts. Hikers regularly pass through, primarily in the area of New Home, though some make their way out toward the Ruins All groups are accompanied by a monster guide who makes sure nobody vandalizes or gets lost [8].

Buttercups existed in the Underground prior to Asriel and Chara's deaths, and when Asriel returned, he brought several golden flower seeds back with him and thus all golden flowers in the Underground are descended from those original seeds. This is also the reason why there are a patch of golden flowers growing on Asriel and Chara's grave [19].

When the Barrier went up, any living things caught inside the Barrier were stuck there. Thus, algae, trees, small animals, and insects inhabit the Underground [20]. The monsters used the plant life in the Underground to farm food, but trash was a major part of the inhabitants' diets, or found a use at fertilizer [37]. Light for agriculture was primarily provided by sun lamps, but mushrooms were also a staple of the monsters' diet [51]. The Underground suffered from overpopulation and as such, many monsters chose not to have children [33].

The local Piranha population results from monsters fleeing south america bringing pets that escaped into the local waters. They have since developed into a subspecies unique to Mt Ebott [62]. Interestingly, they have retained their taste for fruits and as a result, they swarm anything giving off the scent of oranges [63].

Monsters were able to grow their own cannabis to make cigarettes, which tobacco never caught on in the underground [71].

### The Ruins

Also known as Home, around the time Chara fell down into the Underground, the Ruins were suffering from massive overpopulation. While Chara and Asriel were playing, they accidentally made a hole in the wall to a cavern that lead to what would be known as Snowdin Forest. They told Toriel and Asgore and excavation efforts were undertaken to create a workable passageway that eventually became the Ruin Door. As soon as it was finished, there was a mass exodus where the monsters moved into this new space. Many monsters were thankful to the two children for their new living area [39]. The hole that Chara and the other fallen children entered the Underground from allowed light in at certain times of day and was used to help the monsters keep track of time [43].

In recent years, the Ruins had an elderly spider queen living in them, granting the local spiders sapience [46], but she was a hermit and when her children moved away, taking the majority of the Ruins' spider population with them, and those that stayed did so because they didn't want to leave her to die alone. The spider queen eventually died of old age, and by sheer luck, the spiders ran into Napstablook, who made contact with Muffet to protect them from losing sapience.[47].

### Snowdin

Snowdin Forest takes up a large portion of this area and had the population of the Underground continued to rise, those who had been calling for it to be leveled to make room for housing would have gotten their wish [41]. The forest itself is comprised of magical plants and fungi that derive some or all of their sustenance from magical means [42].

### Waterfall

One of its signature features is the magical plant species Echo Flower [42]. During the time of their imprisonment, a human company managed to find an opening to dump trash into, leading to the junkyard in Waterfall. After the Barrier went down and knowledge of what they had done spread, the company used monsters as witnesses to prove that their illegal dumping had a positive impact on the area. The courts didn't care and they lost the case [17]. The platform Undyne destroyed while chasing Frisk was for gazing at the glowing crystals on the ceiling [16].

The Blook family ranch has two types of snails: eating snails, which have been bred to be smaller with thinner shells and are kept on a special diet to maximize their flavor, and racing snails, which are not to be eaten and bred for speed. has changed hands since the Barrier went down and now sells to curious human tourists and an expensive french restaurant in Banff that was happy to get locally grown snails [38].

### Hotland

Hotland is significantly less crowded than New Home, likely due to the heat, and as a result, Mettaton was able to find space for the construction of the MTT Resort [55].

Alphys's lab is private property and sealed up [8], and the True Lab is littered with void tears from Gaster's experiments [11], though they were too small for a person Gaster's size to fit through [56]. The facility is gilded with tiles reflective enough for a laser to reflect off of them [66].

The Underground was not able to sustain its own energy needs, since as the population grew, water wheels could no longer support the electrical requirements to keep the power on. So, after Chara and Asriel were killed and a few fallen children's souls were taken, Gaster presented the plans for the CORE to Asgore who signed off on it and construction was completed within the year [40].

### New Home

The exit to the Underground the monsters used to leave after the Barrier went down allowed light through at sunset and it was also used to help the monsters keep track of time in the Underground [43]. The purpose of the Final Corridor was for dramatic effect [54]. Most animals that crossed into the Underground from the Throne Room's entrance did not survive the Barrier's power [65], resulting in the mountain's wildlife getting a sense that something was wrong with that particular cave [64]. Those that survived were put into New Home's zoo. The zoo was primarily populated with lizards, fish and other animals native to Mt Ebott, but occasionally Asgore would bring over an elk that wandered into the Throne Room. [65].

## Government

The Kingdom of Monsters is a monarchy, ruled by a king (if male), queen (if female) or simply monarch (if nonbinary). Their children are referred to as heirs [13]. There is no term limit and a monarch can rule their entire life if they so choose [7].

### Succession

When a popular monarch names their successor, the people usually accept their choice. Should the people disapprove of their ruler, they can dethrone them and give the position to another. The replacement is generally decided by popularity. Of course, there is no official legislation organizing this, so succession is primarily organized chaos [7].

### Royal Family

King: Asgore Dreemurr

Heir: Asriel Dreemurr

### Advisers

Frisk: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Monsters and human relations adviser [14].

Toriel: Political adviser [14].

Gerson: Military, law enforcement, and political adviser [14].

Alphys: Scientific adviser [14].

Gaster: Scientific adviser [14].

Undyne: Military and law enforcement adviser [14].

Freja: Military and law enforcement adviser [14].

### Currency and Taxation

Monsters pay higher taxes than most human countries, roughly half their paycheck, which leads to an intolerance of political corruption, as they believe that if they're going to pay high taxes, they had best be used properly [18].

Monsters use both human currency and monster gold to pay for things [23]. The current exchange rate of monster gold and canadian dollars is 1 canadian dollar for 2 monster gold [24].

### Licensing and Registration

The Kingdom of Monsters does keep track of every citizen's name for the purposes of censuses and licenses for different privileges, but beyond this scope, they are used loosely [22].

### Marriage

The Kingdom of Monsters allows all persons to marry regardless of gender, but should one member die and come back, legally, they never died in the first place [52].

### Health Care

The Kingdom of Monsters treats healthcare as an unalienable right and provides free medicare [50]. A Medical Doctorate is required in order to write prescriptions [48].

### Crime and Punishment

The legal code of the Kingdom of Monsters has statutes of limitations regarding murder [32].

There appears to be a precedent for children being allowed in the throne room, with trespassing charges not applying [57].

Marijuana is legal in the Kingdom of Monsters provided the smoker is 19 or older [71].

### Education

Public education does not seem to be mandatory, with homeschooling being the primary method through which children are prepared for an apprenticeship for their chosen profession [58]. Toriel's social clout enabled her to be able to attract applicants to School and it is one of a few educational institutions within the Kingdom [68].

## Trivia

* Monster Town was designed in Planet Coaster, and the buildings' interiors were designed in The Sims [29].

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