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When I was about 14 my English class was studying William Golding's "Lord of the Flies", and we did a class project where we role played various ideas - ne of which was to self select into two "tribes" and elect leaders, I ended up as leader of one tribe (to my total shock - I was a hugely unpopuar child, but clearly the force of my intillect and wit shone through, or something).
The other tribe was headed up by the nearest thing a class of 14 year old English kids would hae had to a jock in he early 1980's.
As a group storytelling/roleplay/theatre task over several weeks we played out the story of our devided land, and came to the conclusion that the inhabitants of Andrewcadia (as his half was named) would be ut competed by the good folks of Danielopolis.
Kinda like Morlocks and Eloi, but with the Eloi knoing the recipe for gunpowder, and how to make a radio.
Interestingly Andrew and I were not friends but were in the same scout group, and in later years were both patrol leaders - his camp always won competitions, but my camp never flooded, and got their meals on time (without food poisoning).
If you want a contemporary hook to hang your skit off, you could try LOST (as if that's not occured to you).
Keep the size of the kingdoms as low as you can and the dynamic will work better in the short timescale you have to play with.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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