elected to the fictional rotten borough of Dunny-on-the-Wold (presumably a reference to Dunwich). He easily accomplished this with a result of 16,472 to nil, even though the constituency had only one voter (Blackadder himself). Video games The video game Assassin's Creed III briefly mentions pocket and rotten boroughs in a database entry entitled "Pocket Boroughs", with Old Sarum identified as one of the worst examples of a pocket borough. In the game, shortly before the Boston Massacre, a non-player character (NPC) can be heard speaking to a group of people on the colonies' lack of representation in Parliament and listing several rotten boroughs, including Old Sarum. Quotations See also Apportionment (politics) Functional constituencies in Hong Kong and Macau Gerrymandering References Notes Further reading Namier, Lewis (1957) [1929] The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III Spielvogel, Jackson J. (2003) Western Civilization – Volume II: Since 1500 p. 493 Electoral fraud Corruption in the United Kingdom Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Political history of the United Kingdom Apportionment by country