Uberwald

Überwald (meaning, across or over the woods) is a region on the other side of the Ramtops from Lancre and Ankh-Morpork. The area itself is huge and contains most of the land on the northern side of the Ramtops.

The region was previously united under the rule of the Unholy Empire, which had a two-headed bat as its symbol. The Empire has long since collapsed leaving the area fragmented, chaotic, and under the rule of lore, not law.

Although Überwald has a large human population, they play a secondary role in the region's history. It is ruled by dwarfs, vampires, and werewolves; while there are a few human barons, they tend to be uninterested in politics, preferring experimental surgery and Meddling In Things Man Was Not Meant To Wot Of, with the help of their Igors.

Uberwald's economy is apparently based on mining. Though precious metals are plentiful, the most crucial mineral resource is fat, which is believed to have been deposited by a fifth great elephant which dislodged itself from beneath the Great A'Tuin and crashed into the ground around Uberwald. Boiling fat rising to the surface is the reason for the country's many hot springs.