

Some wildlings are little more than savage and primitive raiders, but other groups live in small settled communities and villages. Many are semi-nomadic hunters, due to the impracticality of agriculture in the far north. The wildlings themselves are not politically unified but consist of numerous and diverse groups.

It is inhabited by tribes that refer to themselves as the " Free Folk", known by the people of the Six Kingdoms as wildlings. It is the only part of the continent that is not part of a realm, and thus the only place where particular attention is given to the difference between "Westeros" (the continent), and "the Six Kingdoms" and the Kingdom of the North (the two realms to the south of the Wall). " We don't kneel for anyone beyond the Wall." ― Mance Rayder īeyond the Wall is a generic term employed by the people of the Six Kingdoms and the Kingdom of the North to refer to the large area of Westeros that lies north of the Wall.
