A
peaceful
monarchy,
the
Mushroom
Kingdom
is
ran
by
the
compassionate
Princess
Peach.
Its
residents--the
fungal
Toad
race--
are
adventurous
but
mostly
pacifistic,
and
the
kingdom
lacks
a
proper
army.
Instead,
it’s
typically
defended
by
two
former
plumbers
named
Mario
and
Luigi.
The
Mushroom
Kingdom,
in
its
own
world,
had
fairly
unusual
architecture
and
physics--with
many
land
masses
simply
floating
of
their
own
accord,
suspended
in
the
air.
This
property
has
translated
somewhat
to
the
amalgam
world
post-Collide,
with
great
continents
and
islands
seeming
to
ignore
gravity
outright.
The
Mushroom
Kingdom
has
mostly
been
fragmented
by
the
Great
Collide,
with
small
chunks
of
township
or
just
independent
homes
being
scattered
all
across the new world.
Toads
are,
by
far,
the
dominant
species
of
the
former
Mushroom
Kingdom.
Generally,
they’re
an
optimistic
and
fun-loving
people,
sometimes
curious
but
more
often
fearful
of
danger.
They
don’t
worry
much,
tending
to
trust
in
their
government
and
whoever
has
taken
on
the
role
of
their
protector--they’re
fairly
aware
that
taller,
stronger
species
are
more
capable
than
they
are.
They’re
fairly
innovative
when
they
want
to
be,
but
their
intelligence
is
rarely
applied
outside
of
recreation;
they
have
incredibly
advanced
technology
in
the
fields
of
entertainment,
television,
go-karting,
and
other
hobbies,
but
live
somewhat
primitively
otherwise.
Most
Toads
live
in
big,
mushroom-shaped
houses,
and
are
fond
of
finding
and
collecting
things.
Toads
still
value
the
gold
coins
of
their
old
kingdom,
but
may
be
willing
to
trade
or
barter
for
interesting
trinkets
if
one
wishes
to
do
business
with them.
There
are,
of
course,
some
fairly
unique
mushrooms
growing
in
the
places
that
were
once
the
Mushroom
Kingdom.
There
are
mushrooms
that
double
the
size
of
those
that
consume
them,
and
mushrooms
that
shrink
the
eater,
as
well.
There
are
mushrooms
that
heal
damage
and
mend
wounds,
and
mushrooms
that
are
incredibly
toxic.
There’s
mushrooms
that
can
briefly
turn
you
into
a
ghost,
mushrooms
that
make
you
run
faster,
and
even
mushrooms
that
can
bring
you
back
to
life
after
you’ve
eaten
one.
There’s
other
kinds
of
odd
and
magical
flora,
as
well--flowers
that
let
you
conjure
fireballs
or
that
double
as
functional
boomerangs,
cherries
that
can
create
temporary
clones
of
anyone
who
eats
them,
and
leaves
that
give
you
the
power
of
a
mythical
Tanooki.
The
bizarre
and
useful
resources
native
to
the
Mushroom
Kingdom
can
instill
a
desire
to
protect
what
it
has
in
the new world… or to take it over, and hoard its resources for oneself.
Another
strange
holdover
from
the
world
the
Toads
originated
from,
the
Mushroom
Kingdom
was
home
to
large,
hollow
pipes.
These
pipes
have
magical
transportive
properties,
with
the
ends
of
any
given
tube
rarely
being
connected
by
a
coherent
middle;
the
entrance
to
a
pipe
simply
“warps”
the
traveler
to
its
exit.
Because
the
pipes
work
this
way,
they
often
appear--at
first
glance--to
lead
nowhere
in
particular,
with
pipes
that
run
directly
into
a
wall
or
blank
space
secretly
connecting
to
faraway
locations.
No
one
fully
understands
the
origins
of
these
pipes;
in
fact,
some
pipes
spontaneously
appear
or
disappear
overnight,
while
others
have
been
in
the
same
spot
for
centuries.
Since
these
pipes
could
lead
literally
anywhere,
and
are
often
filled
with
strange
monsters
of
their
own,
those
that
mapped
and
explored
these
pipes--that
is,
plumbers--were
often
considered
to
be
brave
warriors
or
adventurers
in
their
own
right.
Warp
pipes
still
exist
in
the
world
of
the
Great
Collide,
forming
passages
between
land
masses or entrances to secret places. They can be incredibly useful shortcuts for those that are aware of them.
