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{{quote|''"Northampton, Northampton, Northampton, Middle of England!"''|'''Linda Jardim''', "Energy in Northampton"}}
The Midlands is between [[Oop North]] and [[Britain Is Only London|London]]. Home to Brummies. [[Name's the Same|NOT the domain of the]] [[Sword of Truth|Mother]] [[Legend of the Seeker|Confessor]]. (and ''[[Name's the Same|especially]]'' not that [[Warrior Cats RPG|Mother Confessor]]!)
It broadly corresponds to the old Kingdom of Mercia (the dialect which influenced Tolkien) and is split by the UK government into the West Midlands and East Midlands.
Somewhat deprived in places, the area includes Nottingham, which is the English equivalent of Brooklyn. This area currently has a rather bad reputation for gun crime. Unfortunately, it kind of deserves it.
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The Midlands are noted for having a larger than usual percentage of ethnic minorities (particularly Birmingham and Leicester), though this applies mostly to inner city areas and is rarely the case in rural regions.
Midlanders are often thought of as being stupid, possibly due to most accents being non-rhotic with vowels so sloppy that they can successfully drag on any nearby
By a quirk of geography, the Midlands are actually slanted so the north west of England is further south than the center of the East Midlands.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Paul Cornell]]'s ''Wisdom'' and ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Captain Britain and MI13]]'' featured a WWII Brummie superhero called [[Captain Geographic|Captain Midlands]].
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