In your most recent CBC Analysis, you make a brief comparison between Mance and the early kings of Westeros. Which got me thinking, if the Others weren’t a threat, could Mance have created a more permanent pseudo-nation beyond the Wall? He has the political, cultural, and military understanding, could he have set up some form of permanent government with a democratically elected leadership similar to the Ironborn Rock/Salt kings? Or a leader of the various Wildling cultures, like Hiawatha?