Game of Thrones (moreso the book series it's based on: "A Song of Ice and Fire") has a setting the scope of which we rarely see in fiction, and not just in terms of size. The sheer number of different and unique elements within the setting is absolutely staggering. It's incredible that any author could create a single, cohesive narrative arc that uses so much material. And yet, somehow, that's exactly what George R.R. Martin did. In this video, we try boil this incredible world down into three major components: Geography, Culture, and History.