What is the setting of A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five by George R.R. Martin?

Westeros is one of the main settings used in A Dance with Dragons. It is a narrow continent that has been divided between seven houses and formed into independent regions known as the Seven Kingdoms. Much of Westeros is uninhabited, uncharted, and unexplored. It is believed that savages and unknown creatures live outside the civilized areas. The wildlings live outside the civilized areas.