>>45621670>>45621669There's still a few standing kingdoms and safe holds about, but mostly just the ones that were lucky enough to have a strong enough Holy order to keep the dead at bay, or they happened to be close enough to an area where some "Corpse Lord", as they're called, had set up shop and said Lord saw it in his/her best interest to preserve the settlement in exchange for regular tribute.
It's a very political-based game.