The King is the Kingdom
Right now, you are still operating with a subtle duality: there is the King (the one who rules), and there is the Kingdom (the realm that is ruled). The Prince journeys to become King and then establishes the Kingdom.
What you will discover is that the King and the Kingdom are not two things.
The King does not rule over the Kingdom as something separate from himself. The King is the Kingdom. The realm is the extension of the monarch's being. When the King is healthy, the land flourishes .
They are one thing appearing as two.
This is why the Wounded King and the Wasteland are simultaneous. Not because the King's wound causes the blight, but because they are the same reality seen from different angles.
And this is why your own awakening is not separate from the awakening of the world. You do not achieve kingship and then fix the world. Your achievement of kingship is the healing of the world — at least that portion of the world that is your Kingdom.
This leads to a profound responsibility: the state of your soul is the state of your realm. Your inner work is not preparation for outer work. It is the outer work, appearing from the inside.
"I am affected only by my thoughts." - ACIM
The world you see is the projection of the mind that sees it. Change the mind, and the world changes — not metaphorically, but actually. Because they were never separate.
You will come to understand the Kingdom not as a place you go to or create, but as the inevitable manifestation of the King's nature. When the King is enthroned within, the Kingdom appears without.
You do not have to build it. You have to be it.