The sovereign was the last Anglo-Saxon king of the House of Wessex, having taken over from the Dane Harthacnut. Before him was his half-brother, Harold Harefoot, who took over from his father, Cnut.

I believe that England divides into three economic zones: Angleland (the North and the Midlands), Wessexland and Essexland (including London, Hertfordshire, West Kent and much of Surrey).