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	'''The Duchy of Quirm''' lies along the coast of the [[Rim Ocean]], about two hundred miles turnwise from [[Ankh-Morpork]].<sup>1</sup> Its current ruler is Lord Rodley, His Grace, the Duke of Quirm, the son of [[Brenda Rodley]], Her Grace the Dowager Duchess. Quirm is famous for its explorers and inventors, the da Quirms, including [[Ponce da Quirm]] and [[Leonard of Quirm\|Leonard da Quirm]], infamous for Norris, the Eyeball-Eating Maniac of Quirm and [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|B.S. Johnson's]] typically unfortunate [[Collapsed Tower of Quirm]]. It is known as the place with a [[The Floral Clock\|floral clock]], and no excitement. It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners!'' While it is regarded as a sleepy, slightly boring place, Quirm supplies Ankh-Morpork with a great many artists, artisans, chefs, and cultural movers and shakers; something must be going on there. The primary defining feature of the disc-famous Quirmian cooking is by the inclusion of the mystical and near mythical 'avec', which is known the multiverse over as the sure sign of the best food.		'''The Duchy of Quirm''' lies along the coast of the [[Rim Ocean]], about two hundred miles turnwise from [[Ankh-Morpork]].<sup>1</sup> Its current ruler is [[Lord Rodley]], His Grace, the Duke of Quirm, the son of [[Brenda Rodley]], Her Grace the Dowager Duchess. Quirm is famous for its explorers and inventors, the da Quirms, including [[Ponce da Quirm]] and [[Leonard of Quirm\|Leonard da Quirm]], infamous for Norris, the Eyeball-Eating Maniac of Quirm and [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|B.S. Johnson's]] typically unfortunate [[Collapsed Tower of Quirm]]. It is known as the place with a [[The Floral Clock\|floral clock]], and no excitement. It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners!'' While it is regarded as a sleepy, slightly boring place, Quirm supplies Ankh-Morpork with a great many artists, artisans, chefs, and cultural movers and shakers; something must be going on there. The primary defining feature of the disc-famous Quirmian cooking is by the inclusion of the mystical and near mythical 'avec', which is known the multiverse over as the sure sign of the best food.

	<sup>1</sup> ''This distance was once reported as twenty leagues, but Discworld surveying and cartography was notoriously unreliable before Ned Simnel's more rigorous approach. The intervention of [[Holy Wood]] might have had an effect as well.''		<sup>1</sup> ''This distance was once reported as twenty leagues, but Discworld surveying and cartography was notoriously unreliable before Ned Simnel's more rigorous approach. The intervention of [[Holy Wood]] might have had an effect as well.''

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	\|neighbours= [[Ankh-Morpork]], [[Pseudopolis]]		\|neighbours= [[Ankh-Morpork]], [[Pseudopolis]]
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	\|population= 13,054, according to the Bradshaw Guide		\|population= 13,054, according to the Bradshaw Guide
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			\|capital=Ville de Quirm
	\|government= independent Duchy; {{RS}} offers a more complete picture; a constitutional nobility supported by a National Assembly, efficiency unknown but thought ineffectual.		\|government= independent Duchy; {{RS}} offers a more complete picture; a constitutional nobility supported by a National Assembly, efficiency unknown but thought ineffectual.
	\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]], [[Thieves' Guild\|Madame Escroc]].		\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]], [[Thieves' Guild\|Madame Escroc]].

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	But it can be seen as generating equally proud and culturally aware people, who play their country up for all they possibly can.		But it can be seen as generating equally proud and culturally aware people, who play their country up for all they possibly can.

	The [[~~Neverglades~~]] also evoke the Acadian settlements in North America and the Cajun people of Louisiana and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have? Like Louisiana and the Caribbean, especially Haiti, the Neverglades are noted for a large population of [[Zombies]] of the traditional type.		The [[Netherglades]] also evoke the Acadian settlements in North America and the Cajun people of Louisiana and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have? Like Louisiana and the Caribbean, especially Haiti, the Neverglades are noted for a large population of [[Zombies]] of the traditional type.

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	\|population= 13,054, according to the Bradshaw Guide		\|population= 13,054, according to the Bradshaw Guide
	\|government= independent Duchy; {{RS}} offers a more complete picture; a constitutional nobility supported by a National Assembly, efficiency unknown but thought ineffectual.		\|government= independent Duchy; {{RS}} offers a more complete picture; a constitutional nobility supported by a National Assembly, efficiency unknown but thought ineffectual.
	\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]]		\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]], [[Thieves' Guild\|Madame Escroc]].
	\|imports= retirees from Ankh		\|imports= retirees from Ankh
	\|exports= fancy foods with [[Avec]], wine, art, education, dodgy seafood produce		\|exports= fancy foods with [[Avec]], wine, art, education, dodgy seafood produce

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	\|books= many set in Ankh-Morpork; {{SN}} and {{RS}} are partially set in Quirm. [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers a more comprehensive overview.		\|books= many set in Ankh-Morpork; {{SN}} and {{RS}} are partially set in Quirm. [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers a more comprehensive overview. This is further expanded in {{CDA}}
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	A town called [[Aix-En-Pains]] is referenced in {{RS}}, as a halt on the railway line between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm.		A town called [[Aix-En-Pains]] is referenced in {{RS}}, as a halt on the railway line between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm.

	The political and physical geography of Quirm appears to be most completely realised in {{RS}}. The map of the railway network on pp 8-9 lays out the Duchy most clearly and reveals it to be a fairly large state sandwiched between Ankh-Morpork to the Rimwards and Pseudopolis to the Hubwards. The River Quire cuts the state in two as it meanders from the Shires and the Carrack Mountains. An area nearby to the Circle sea coast, identified as "The ~~Neverglades~~", appears to be the ''[[maquis]]'' country described in the text. A substantial loop of the railway runs through here. Interestingly, we are informed that one other local peculiarity that absolutely meant the railway had to be re-routed in Quirm was a whole area completely inhabited by [[Zombies]]. No other information is given. But on Roundworld, Zombies are strongly associated with areas once colonised by the French: Haiti and Louisiana in the Carribean. Is there a tale to be told here?		The political and physical geography of Quirm appears to be most completely realised in {{RS}}. The map of the railway network on pp 8-9 lays out the Duchy most clearly and reveals it to be a fairly large state sandwiched between Ankh-Morpork to the Rimwards and Pseudopolis to the Hubwards. The River Quire cuts the state in two as it meanders from the Shires and the Carrack Mountains. An area nearby to the Circle sea coast, identified as "The Netherglades", appears to be the ''[[maquis]]'' country described in the text. A substantial loop of the railway runs through here. Interestingly, we are informed that one other local peculiarity that absolutely meant the railway had to be re-routed in Quirm was a whole area completely inhabited by [[Zombies]]. No other information is given. But on Roundworld, Zombies are strongly associated with areas once colonised by the French: Haiti and Louisiana in the Carribean. Is there a tale to be told here?

	The political complexion of Quirm is one of a constitutional nobility with the Rodley dynasty at the top and lesser nobles beneath - the [[Marquis]] of the [[Maquis]] country is one such who has the authority and influence to deal with [[Moist von Lipwig]]. There is apparently also a National Assembly to which Deputées are either elected, or more likely, appointed.		The political complexion of Quirm is one of a constitutional nobility with the Rodley dynasty at the top and lesser nobles beneath - the [[Marquis]] of the [[Maquis]] country is one such who has the authority and influence to deal with [[Moist von Lipwig]]. There is apparently also a National Assembly to which Deputées are either elected, or more likely, appointed.
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	==Quirm in the Bradshaw Guide==		==Quirm in the Bradshaw Guide==
	As you might expect from a railway traveller's companion, [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers the so-far fullest and most comprehensive guide to the Duchy and City of Quirm. Chapters 2 and 3 (pp 35-78) deal with the rail journey to and through Quirm and the [[~~Neverglades~~]]. Quirm is served by a dedicated express route out of [[Ankh-Morpork]] and its magnificent railway station is informally called ''Guy de Norde'' after its locally-born [[Guild of Architects\|architect]], a man of whom Quirm is rightfully proud.		As you might expect from a railway traveller's companion, [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers the so-far fullest and most comprehensive guide to the Duchy and City of Quirm. Chapters 2 and 3 (pp 35-78) deal with the rail journey to and through Quirm and the [[Netherglades]]. Quirm is served by a dedicated express route out of [[Ankh-Morpork]] and its magnificent railway station is informally called ''Guy de Norde'' after its locally-born [[Guild of Architects\|architect]], a man of whom Quirm is rightfully proud.

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	'''The Duchy of Quirm''' lies along the coast of the [[Rim Ocean]], about ~~twenty leagues~~ turnwise from [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Its current ruler is Lord Rodley, His Grace, the Duke of Quirm, the son of [[Brenda Rodley]], Her Grace the Dowager Duchess. Quirm is famous for its explorers and inventors, the da Quirms, including [[Ponce da Quirm]] and [[Leonard of Quirm\|Leonard da Quirm]], infamous for Norris, the Eyeball-Eating Maniac of Quirm and [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|B.S. Johnson's]] typically unfortunate [[Collapsed Tower of Quirm]]. It is known as the place with a [[The Floral Clock\|floral clock]], and no excitement. It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners!'' While it is regarded as a sleepy, slightly boring place, Quirm supplies Ankh-Morpork with a great many artists, artisans, chefs, and cultural movers and shakers; something must be going on there. The primary defining feature of the disc-famous Quirmian cooking is by the inclusion of the mystical and near mythical 'avec', which is known the multiverse over as the sure sign of the best food.		'''The Duchy of Quirm''' lies along the coast of the [[Rim Ocean]], about two hundred miles turnwise from [[Ankh-Morpork]].<sup>1</sup> Its current ruler is Lord Rodley, His Grace, the Duke of Quirm, the son of [[Brenda Rodley]], Her Grace the Dowager Duchess. Quirm is famous for its explorers and inventors, the da Quirms, including [[Ponce da Quirm]] and [[Leonard of Quirm\|Leonard da Quirm]], infamous for Norris, the Eyeball-Eating Maniac of Quirm and [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|B.S. Johnson's]] typically unfortunate [[Collapsed Tower of Quirm]]. It is known as the place with a [[The Floral Clock\|floral clock]], and no excitement. It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners!'' While it is regarded as a sleepy, slightly boring place, Quirm supplies Ankh-Morpork with a great many artists, artisans, chefs, and cultural movers and shakers; something must be going on there. The primary defining feature of the disc-famous Quirmian cooking is by the inclusion of the mystical and near mythical 'avec', which is known the multiverse over as the sure sign of the best food.

			<sup>1</sup> ''This distance was once reported as twenty leagues, but Discworld surveying and cartography was notoriously unreliable before Ned Simnel's more rigorous approach. The intervention of [[Holy Wood]] might have had an effect as well.''

	Quirm has an army: its so far only named unit is the [[Duke of Quirm's Middleweight Infantry Regiment]]. This has the added distinction of having been the young [[Fred Colon]]'s first taste of Army service, presumably in the days where Fred was a middleweight and working up to his [[Pheasant Pluckers\|next posting]]. Quirm probably had more military and political power at some point in history, as influence of the [[Quirmian]] language is found far across the continent in [[Genua]].		Quirm has an army: its so far only named unit is the [[Duke of Quirm's Middleweight Infantry Regiment]]. This has the added distinction of having been the young [[Fred Colon]]'s first taste of Army service, presumably in the days where Fred was a middleweight and working up to his [[Pheasant Pluckers\|next posting]]. Quirm probably had more military and political power at some point in history, as influence of the [[Quirmian]] language is found far across the continent in [[Genua]].

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	The [[Neverglades]] also evoke the Accadian settlements in North America and the Cajun people of ~~Lousiana~~ and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have?		The [[Neverglades]] also evoke the Accadian settlements in North America and the Cajun people of Louisiana and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have? Like Louisiana and the Carribean, especially Haiti, the Neverglades are noted for a large population of [[Zombies]] of the traditional type.

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	==Quirm in the Bradshaw Guide==		==Quirm in the Bradshaw Guide==
	As you might expect from a railway traveller's companion, [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers the so-far fullest and most comprehensive guide to the Duchy and City of Quirm. Chapters 2 and 3 (pp 35-78) deal with the rail journey to and through Quirm and the [[Neverglades]].		As you might expect from a railway traveller's companion, [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers the so-far fullest and most comprehensive guide to the Duchy and City of Quirm. Chapters 2 and 3 (pp 35-78) deal with the rail journey to and through Quirm and the [[Neverglades]]. Quirm is served by a dedicated express route out of [[Ankh-Morpork]] and its magnificent railway station is informally called ''Guy de Norde'' after its locally-born [[Guild of Architects\|architect]], a man of whom Quirm is rightfully proud.



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	\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]]		\|notablecitizens= the Da Quirms, the Rodleys, [[Leonard of Quirm]], Lady Roberta, Madame [[Deux-Epées]], the [[Marquis]]
	\|imports= retirees from Ankh		\|imports= retirees from Ankh
	\|exports= fancy foods with [[~~avec~~]], wine, art, education, dodgy seafood produce		\|exports= fancy foods with [[Avec]], wine, art, education, dodgy seafood produce
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	\|books= many set in Ankh-Morpork; {{SN}} and {{RS}} are partially set in Quirm.		\|books= many set in Ankh-Morpork; {{SN}} and {{RS}} are partially set in Quirm. [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook\|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]] offers a more comprehensive overview.
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	Quirm has an army: its so far only named unit is the [[Duke of Quirm's Middleweight Infantry Regiment]]. This has the added distinction of having been the young [[Fred Colon]]'s first taste of Army service, presumably in the days where Fred was a middleweight and working up to his [[Pheasant Pluckers\|next posting]]. Quirm probably had more military and political power at some point in history, as influence of the [[Quirmian]] language is found far across the continent in [[Genua]].		Quirm has an army: its so far only named unit is the [[Duke of Quirm's Middleweight Infantry Regiment]]. This has the added distinction of having been the young [[Fred Colon]]'s first taste of Army service, presumably in the days where Fred was a middleweight and working up to his [[Pheasant Pluckers\|next posting]]. Quirm probably had more military and political power at some point in history, as influence of the [[Quirmian]] language is found far across the continent in [[Genua]].

	Quirm is also the location of the [[Quirm College for Young Ladies]], and as such one of the minor settings in ''[[Book:Soul Music\|Soul Music]]''. The college has been popular with the upper class for many years; many of [[Sybil Ramkin\|Lady Sybil's]] friends are Old Girls there, as is Miss [[Perspicacia Tick]], and [[Susan Sto Helit]].		Quirm is also the location of the [[Quirm College for Young Ladies]], and as such one of the minor settings in ''[[Book:Soul Music\|Soul Music]]''. The college has been popular with the upper class for many years; many of [[Sybil Ramkin\|Lady Sybil's]] friends are Old Girls there, as are Miss [[Perspicacia Tick]], and [[Susan Sto Helit]].

	[[C.V. Cheesewaller]] is a well-known local Wizard and the original proprietor of the talking raven known as [[Quoth]]. The city had a [[Mayor of ~~quirm~~\|mayor]] though it is unclear if he retained his job after the events of [[Soul Music]].		[[C.V. Cheesewaller]] is a well-known local Wizard and the original proprietor of the talking raven known as [[Quoth]]. The city had a [[Mayor of Quirm\|mayor]] though it is unclear if he retained his job after the events of [[Soul Music]].

	[[La Sorbumme]] is a district in the old town of the city of Quirm, and is the seat of the [[Quirme Société Joyeux\|Quirmian tradition of foolery and clowning]], which while it has a longer history than in [[Ankh-Morpork]] was subsumed into the [[Fools' Guild]] several hundred years ago. Today, the Ankh-Morpork Guild uses its extensive holdings at La Sorbumme both as a summer school and as a retirement home for geriatric clowns. The good folk of Quirm are presumably delighted at the wealth of entertainment talent available to them not just every summer but year-round. They are enjoined to be careful where they place their feet in and around the Collapsed Tower, as the litter of banana skins and spilt custard can make movement hazardous. Quirm has no ~~bar~~ on street theatre as is to be found in Ankh-Morpork. You have been warned.		[[La Sorbumme]] is a district in the old town of the city of Quirm, and is the seat of the [[Quirme Société Joyeux\|Quirmian tradition of foolery and clowning]], which while it has a longer history than in [[Ankh-Morpork]] was subsumed into the [[Fools' Guild]] several hundred years ago. Today, the Ankh-Morpork Guild uses its extensive holdings at La Sorbumme both as a summer school and as a retirement home for geriatric clowns. The good folk of Quirm are presumably delighted at the wealth of entertainment talent available to them not just every summer but year-round. They are enjoined to be careful where they place their feet in and around the Collapsed Tower, as the litter of banana skins and spilt custard can make movement hazardous. Quirm has no ban on street theatre as is to be found in Ankh-Morpork. You have been warned.

	Due to a miscommunication in the twilight years of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy, Quirm's branch of the [[Quirm Royal Post Office\|Royal Post Office]] once employed trained ostriches as delivery staff. It is unclear if this practice has resumed as part of the Post's current revival.		Due to a miscommunication in the twilight years of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy, Quirm's branch of the [[Quirm Royal Post Office\|Royal Post Office]] once employed trained ostriches as delivery staff. It is unclear if this practice has resumed as part of the Post's current revival.

	In the book {{SN}}, a minor sub-plot deals with a policing exchange between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm, in which we learn of [[La Gendarmerie de Quirm]] for the first time as an ''extremely'' Sûreté- like police force with a suspiciously French take on policing. but will it have its Clouseau? A central character in the Quirmian police is Captain [[Emile]].		In the book {{SN}}, a minor sub-plot deals with a policing exchange between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm, in which we learn of [[La Gendarmerie de Quirm]] for the first time as an ''extremely'' Sûreté- like police force with a suspiciously French take on policing. but will it have its Clouseau? A central character in the Quirmian police is Captain [[Emile]].

	From {{SN}}, we can infer that the border region between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm proper is a largely Morporkian-speaking area, known colloquially as The Shires. This region may overlap Quirmian territory for quite some way.		From {{SN}}, we can infer that the border region between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm proper is a largely Morporkian-speaking area, known colloquially as The Shires. This region may overlap Quirmian territory for quite some way.

	We also learn in {{SN}} that [[Quirm]] has a ~~fully~~-fledged [[Quirm Zoo\|City Zoo]], which makes it one step ahead of [[Ankh-Morpork]] in this respect. [[Sam Vimes]] takes [[Young Sam]] there to see the elephants and gain raw material for his new, engrossing, albeit inexpensive, hobby.		We also learn in {{SN}} that [[Quirm]] has a full-fledged [[Quirm Zoo\|City Zoo]], which makes it one step ahead of [[Ankh-Morpork]] in this respect. [[Sam Vimes]] takes [[Young Sam]] there to see the elephants and gain raw material for his new, engrossing, albeit inexpensive, hobby.

	The City of Quirm also hosts a thriving branch of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] where the Alchemists have the rare common sense to employ at least one [[golem]] as a lab assistant to deal with all the toxic and dangerous stuff. It apparently has arsenic plated to its fingers due to stirring vats of molten material with its arms.		The City of Quirm also hosts a thriving branch of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] where the Alchemists have the rare common sense to employ at least one [[golem]] as a lab assistant to deal with all the toxic and dangerous stuff. It apparently has arsenic plated to its fingers due to stirring vats of molten material with its arms.
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	A town called [[Aix-En-Pains]] is referenced in {{RS}}, as a halt on the railway line between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm.		A town called [[Aix-En-Pains]] is referenced in {{RS}}, as a halt on the railway line between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm.

	The political and physical geography of Quirm appears to be most completely realised in {{RS}}. The map of the railway network on pp 8-9 lays out the Duchy most clearly and reveals it to be a fairly large state sandwiched between Ankh-Morpork to the Rimwards and Pseudopolis to the Hubwards. The River Quire cuts the state in two as it meanders ~~towards~~ the Shires and the Carrack Mountains. An area nearby to the Circle sea coast, identified as "The Neverglades", appears to be the ''[[maquis]]'' country described in the text. A substantial loop of the railway runs through here. Interestingly, we are informed that one other local peculiarity that absolutely meant the railway had to be re-routed in Quirm was a whole area completely inhabited by [[Zombies]]. No other information is given. But on Roundworld, Zombies are strongly associated with areas once colonised by the French: Haiti and Louisiana in the Carribean. Is there a tale to be told here?		The political and physical geography of Quirm appears to be most completely realised in {{RS}}. The map of the railway network on pp 8-9 lays out the Duchy most clearly and reveals it to be a fairly large state sandwiched between Ankh-Morpork to the Rimwards and Pseudopolis to the Hubwards. The River Quire cuts the state in two as it meanders from the Shires and the Carrack Mountains. An area nearby to the Circle sea coast, identified as "The Neverglades", appears to be the ''[[maquis]]'' country described in the text. A substantial loop of the railway runs through here. Interestingly, we are informed that one other local peculiarity that absolutely meant the railway had to be re-routed in Quirm was a whole area completely inhabited by [[Zombies]]. No other information is given. But on Roundworld, Zombies are strongly associated with areas once colonised by the French: Haiti and Louisiana in the Carribean. Is there a tale to be told here?

	The political complexion of Quirm is one of a constitutional nobility with the Rodley dynasty at the top and lesser nobles beneath - the [[Marquis]] of the [[Maquis]] country is one such who has the authority and influence to deal with [[Moist von Lipwig]]. There is apparently also a National Assembly to which Deputées are either elected, or more likely, appointed.		The political complexion of Quirm is one of a constitutional nobility with the Rodley dynasty at the top and lesser nobles beneath - the [[Marquis]] of the [[Maquis]] country is one such who has the authority and influence to deal with [[Moist von Lipwig]]. There is apparently also a National Assembly to which Deputées are either elected, or more likely, appointed.

	We also learn that the semi-affectionate Ankh-Morporkian word for Quirmian natives is '''lobsters''. This may have to do with Quirm being the originating point for most of the big city's seafood - another pressing reason for the railway to go there, so as to bring in food that isn't capable of scuttling in on its own legs, or else has not been contaminated by running it by road for three days and trying to keep it fresh by storing it in up to three icehouses en route. This proves the people doing road transportation are "trying", they really are, but they haven't yet understood one of the primal rules about seafood: do ''not'' re-freeze previously thawed out produce. And certainly do ''not'' freeze it, then run it by road for a day, refreeze it again, and then allow it to thaw out on a second day on the road. It is very possible that Sir [[Harry King]]'s painful and debilitating bout of food poisoning from some seriously elderly haddock was the spur to getting the whole railway business funded in the first place...		We also learn that the semi-affectionate Ankh-Morporkian word for Quirmian natives is '''lobsters''. This may have to do with Quirm being the originating point for most of the big city's seafood - another pressing reason for the railway to go there, so as to bring in food that isn't capable of scuttling in on its own legs, or else has not been contaminated by running it by road for three days and trying to keep it fresh by storing it in up to three icehouses en route. This proves the people doing road transportation are "trying", they really are, but they haven't yet understood one of the primal rules about seafood: do ''not'' re-freeze previously thawed out produce. And certainly do ''not'' freeze it, then run it by road for a day, refreeze it again, and then allow it to thaw out on a second day on the road. It is very possible that Sir [[Harry King]]'s painful and debilitating bout of food poisoning from some seriously elderly haddock was the spur to getting the whole railway business funded in the first place.

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	" It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners''!"		" It is also known in The Big Wahoonie that Quirm has better food, wine, weather, air and water and the burghers of Ankh hope to retire there, but really! the place is full of ''foreigners''!"

	This mirrors the way lots and lots of affluent Brits have semi-retired to nice parts of France, like Provence, and love everything about France except the natives and the language. Think of the classic work "A Year in Provence" by a typical rather smug Brit who did this, extolling the cheapness of land and housing, the more affordable standard of living, while deploring the surliness of the natives, and you have the character type off pat.		This mirrors the way lots and lots of affluent Brits have semi-retired to nice parts of France, like Provence, and love everything about France except the natives and the language. Think of the classic work "A Year in Provence" by a typical rather smug Brit who did this, extolling the cheapness of land and housing, the more affordable standard of living, while deploring the surliness of the natives, and you have the character type off pat.

	Quirm may be the "France" of the Discworld, but it would not have had much of the same sort of history of our France: squeezed out of Imperial contention and pretension at a much earlier stage by mighty neighbour Ankh-Morpork, the Quirmian language might well be that of diplomacy and catering, but not as important a world language as its counterpart on Roundworld.		Quirm may be the "France" of the Discworld, but it would not have had much of the same sort of history of our France: squeezed out of Imperial contention and pretension at a much earlier stage by mighty neighbour Ankh-Morpork, the Quirmian language might well be that of diplomacy and catering, but not as important a world language as its counterpart on Roundworld.
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	But it can be seen as generating equally proud and culturally aware people, who play their country up for all they possibly can.		But it can be seen as generating equally proud and culturally aware people, who play their country up for all they possibly can.

	The [[Neverglades]] also evoke the ~~Accadian~~ settlements in North America and the Cajun people of Louisiana and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have? Like Louisiana and the ~~Carribean~~, especially Haiti, the Neverglades are noted for a large population of [[Zombies]] of the traditional type.		The [[Neverglades]] also evoke the Acadian settlements in North America and the Cajun people of Louisiana and the Bayou. Another of those North-America-like places Terry maintains the Disc will never have? Like Louisiana and the Caribbean, especially Haiti, the Neverglades are noted for a large population of [[Zombies]] of the traditional type.