Genua

Genua is in an area called the Swamplands, some distance from the Sto Plains and Ramtops.

For a time Genua suffered under the tyranny of an evil fairy godmother, who was obsessed with fairy tales and thought she could force everyone to be happy, innkeepers who were not fat and jolly or inclined to tell jokes were sent to the dungeon, and Genua's ruler, the Baron Saturday, was murdered so that his heir apparent, Ella, could be a neglected orphan, as the tales dictated.

Genua, however, was most likely established as a far flung colony of the Morporkian Empire, thus explaining why it shares more similarities with Ankh-Morpork and the Sto Plains than its immediate neighbours Überwald and Muntab.

The state first gained power under General Tacticus, who, having being sent there by the Morporkian Empire to stay out of the way, proceeded to declare war on Ankh-Morpork.

Genua is located approximately 2000 miles from Ankh-Morpork by road, a journey of two months by stagecoach. A faster method is to travel by flying broomstick, whereby the city can be reached in a single day.