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The [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' television series]] is one of the earliest forms of media to show an inhabited Dinosaur Land (though here known as '''Dinosaur World''') in-depth, and it reveals that the world is inhabited by [[human|cavepeople]] (oddly, Yoshi himself was the only Yoshi to ever appear in the show). These cavepeople are seen to have limited togetherness and intelligence, and have even built [[Dome City|at least one city]]; they are, however, rather stupid and seem to care little about culture and organization. Because of this, several ''Super Mario World'' show episodes deal with Mario and Luigi attempting to popularize modern items among the cavepeople and help them in vaguely political things, although their plans most often go wrong. One of the most interesting and one of the few successful of their capers, though, involve [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] [[A Little Learning|opening up a school]]; this episode even reveals that Dinosaur Land has a flag (a red, yellow, and blue one depicting what appears to be a Yoshi) and a pledge to it. This pledge, which largely parodies the [[United States]]' [[Wikipedia:Pledge of Allegiance|Pledge of Allegiance]], goes like this: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Lands of Dinosaur World, and to the repulsiveness for which he stands: [[Bowser|one Koopa]] underground, reprehensible, with lizards and [[Goomba]]s for all." It is likely that the second half of this pledge, which is awkwardly stated by [[Lemmy|Hip]] and [[Iggy|Hop Koopa]], is the [[Koopa Troop|Koopa]]s' answer to the pledge, though, as it deals with the Koopa Troop and evil in addition to the fact that the other students give Lemmy and Iggy odd looks as they say it, although this can also be due to the fact that the two Koopa enemies have merely just arrived at their school.

The ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic also gives Dinosaur Land a surprising quantity of politics and culture even at the age of the ''Super Mario World'' game; it introduces [[Yoshi Village]] (a Yoshi-inhabited village eerily similar to the one seen in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'') and even states that Yoshi is the "Chairman of the [[Dinosaur Chamber of Commerce]]"; he presumably earned this title through election or another type of political gathering. A sign in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'' mentions a governor named B. Ron Tosaur.