 The story takes place primarily on an elongated continent called Westeros, which is roughly the size of South America.The continent is home to the Seven Kingdoms, also known as "the Realm" or the "Sunset Kingdom", located to the south side of the Wall, a massive man-made ice wall (allegedly fused with magic) 700 feet in height and spanning east–west for 300 miles from coast to coast.The Seven Kingdoms are further divided into the so-called "North" and "South" by a swamp-rich isthmus called the Neck.