How would you bring technology into a fantasy world? Make sense of the magics? Feed people and get rid of the corrupt nobles? This is specifically on developing a city or territory, not:
- Developing a dungeon/core (see my other list: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10742/)... more>>

First, a few worthy mentions that aren't on NU:
1. Castle Kingside (rewrite) - a lot of inspiration from Release that Witch, imo improved! Warning: it's slow. Kingdom only begins around c60ish.
2. The iron teeth - although territory development comes late in the story, it's well done and exotic, being based on a goblin kingdom
3. 1632 (published book) - an American village goes back to the 30 years war. It's much less fantastical, but has a lot of similar elements to other kingdom building novels.
4. The Eagle's Flight - highly intricate fantasy webnovel
5. Defiance of the fall
6. Randidly Ghosthound - neither Randidly nor Defiance of the Fall focus on kingdom building, but they both have elements related to setting up a post-apocalypse system city - complete the quest to get the village crystal/coin!
7. The Expansion (Legend of the Arch Magus) - [have not yet read] - recommendation from Hitexh in the comments
8. Enlightened Empire - weaker than the others <<less

Well first off these are my masterpiece novels and you can be rest assured each of novel here are quality novels that has something for everyone on each of them. But it will heavily depend on your taste whether you will like them or not. I will leave out description for what to expect so even though they are my masterpiece you might not enjoy. Pick carefully.... more>>

And Please ignore the ranking i love each and every novel here equally they cannot be ranked as  each one of them excels in their own genre. And another advise dont trust NU ratings blindly. Who knows you might enjoy the novel very much even though ratings are low. Low-ratings doesnt mean bad novel. I have found myself there and sometimes even though NU ratings were low i really enjoyed the story.

Another thing is there are very less JP/Kr novels here cause good CN novels are wholesome while KR novels are short and sweet but not wholesome. About jap novels though,i have lot of grievance with them, None of Jap novel MC feel humane except the 1% jp novel Mc. Yes i feel sociopathic, Hypocritical, Genocidal, Arrogant, Racist, hotblooded CN mc more humane then jap beta c*ck pu*sy Gary stu mc.  <<less

Another story is: "Tyranny of Steel" The story progress something like Release That Witch. MC makes Austria become a power house by introducing gun technology... more>> in an era of cold weapon. Some reader says its unacceptable since MC does not have super power like the witches in Release That Witch but the author keep mentioning the MC have an almost photographic memory and he is an engineering soldier who focus on technology knowledge. Warning: MC is grooming his teenage fiancé to be his wife. There are s*x scenes too. (Recommended but with warning: Adult/Mature tag.)  <<less

A really good kingdom building book isn't really about simple making bigger buildings. It's about improving the lives of the people the MC cares about... more>> around them and in doing so improving a nation. There's this heart felt way of doing it so that's what I want out of these books. Some of them do have harems but the female characters are done in such a way that they are fully develop human beings and it's classy or I just enjoyed it. It's really hard to find kingdom or development books like that in this space so I wanted to highlight them when I found it. <<less

These are all the European fantasy BL I've read. Some of it it's pure fantasy and some of it is video game based. Like they isekaied into a video game or it's a virtual reality thing. I'll give them a 1-10 rating as well, but this is just my personal feelings. A lot of these are absolute tr*sh. XD And some have unfortunately been abandoned for a long time by their translators. Read at your own risk.... more>>

Now these are just the ones I've read/started to read. There's plenty more I haven't gotten around to or I'm waiting to see if they'll actually be completed before starting. But feel free to leave some more down in the comments!

Spicy levels: these are how much explicit material to expect.

0: no explicit material and not even a reference to doing the deed

Mild: may be some intense kissing or implied s*x, but usually it's a fade to black deal

Medium: they do the deed, but it may not be too explicitly described or not happen that often

Hot!: much sex 

Very very hot!: pure smut, even ranging into hentai, read at your own risk. <<less

While looking at the selection you may realize that I have way too much time on my hands, which causes my friends to have a lot of questions about me, ha ha ha... I'm probably fine...probably...... more>>

Feel free to give recommendations in the comments!

Also, this is the continuation of this list called, "BL Medieval/Western Fantasy #2" (incredibly original, right?): https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62564/?ft=yes

(cause I ran out of space in this one <3) <<less

Novels Ive read (or am reading) pertaining to stretegies, leadership, kingdoms, wars, etc... more>>

NO PARTICULAR ORDER <<less

• Only (korean) BL Novels!... more>>

— I really needed to make this list. <<less

Korean novels that mainly include ... more>>

- female and male protagonist

- villains. queens, ladys, witches 

- smut. a lot 
2nd part. https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/53598/ <<less

MC rebuilds or create his own Organization or his own Kingdom.

Still an incomplete list. These are Boy x Girl list (The list for LGBTQ+ stories is not yet up). The stories listed below, where the... more>> best of the best  for me which I have read of course. The stories may have one or more of the following: <<less

No description.

I've always loved how the chasing turns 360, and I'm fond of light, fluffy stories. But I may throw some depressing or sad novels in there. Just yaknow BE AWARE. probably gonna put some heads-up or nah. I write sh8tty descriptions, but yeah hope this helps. ... more>>

P.S. And before I forgot I might mix some Yaoi in there, not too much but I'll put smthn to make you aware of it MWA <<less

Mostly includes Korean novels and any novels that have a nobility/royalty setting.... more>>

Most of them have more than 10 chapters. <<less

BoyxGirl - Historical - Kingdom/Imperial/Dynasty/Ancient Setting... more>>

If you want a BL story with a similar background/genre to this list, you can find the "BL Historical" list on my profile <<less

Hidden gems for me.  Searching needles in the haystack means trying to find very rare thing that you want under harsh circumstances and usually its very hard to find that. No yaoi and related stuffs. No adolescence, ecchi and harem. I have been reading light novels for 8 years or more and I will add whenever I come into something cool. I am up for your recommendations whether its ln or not.... more>>

No order in the list. <<less

Novels i have read, that is worthwhile anyone's time, just give it a try will you.... more>>

Also feel free to comment your favourite novels. I would like to read them.

P.s. seriously. I am running out of things to read. Help me please.  <<less

Stories with interesting world building.

No description.

BL novel with that revolves around ancient time period or Old time period and have Historical elements like kingdom, war and politics.... more>>

PS: Historical and Ancient time period in here refer to any time period when technology like today wasn't there.  <<less

Stories of people focussed on creating and/or maintaining a kingdom or any industry (usually businesses). Most often they become influencial.... more>>

 Some may have romance, others it's not a focus at all. <<less

As i have read too many kingdom building novel, i believe i my list will summarise all the good kingdom building novels that are in... more>> NU and will rank it accordingly. <<less

Novels that I personally think are 10/10. No particular genres, all I care about is how good the story, characters, world building, and translation is.

novels i've read that i think are worthy of love and appreciation <3 

Novels with a focus on kingdom politics and world building. Sorted by rank.