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Chimeria
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Established {{{established}}}
Motto may come when the inhabitants learn to read
Neighbours live a long way away
Geographical Features mud, peat bogs, more mud, wattle and daub longhouses
Population robust
Size variable depending on who won the last border skirmish
Capital {{{capital}}}
Type of government effective anarchy
Notable Citizens {{{notablecitizens}}}
Imports jewels, gold, wenches, cattle
Exports Heroes
National Anthem We're Going To Cut Your Tonkers Off (accompanied by beating of spear-butts on shields)
Books informally imported and used as firelighters and cigarette papers


Mentioned in The Colour of Magic and Jingo, "Chimeria", is a mist-shrouded homeland which exists only as a place for heroes such as Hrun the Barbarian to come from.

Annotations

Chimeria is a direct parody of the Roundworld author Robert E. Howard's Cimmeria, whence comes Conan the Barbarian, who is the model for Hrun. By the next book in the series, TP had Cohen the Barbarian as his parody, but Hrun was the prototype.

"Chimeria" also evokes the Greek myth of the Chimera, the mythical monster, and something "chimerical", ie existing on the very fringes of objective physical existence.