If the fastest mail coach can only do 70-120 miles per 24-hour period, the journey time is 45 - 57 days at 70mpd, 26 - 33 days at 120mpd. The Discworld Mapp is internally inconsistent and the distance between Ankh-Morpork and Genua can be estimated at either 3,200 miles or 4,000 miles. As this was in the context of a fast mail coach taking on the Clacks to deliver a message there, this raises a contradiction with what information can be extrapolated from The Discworld Mapp. Genua is said to be two weeks' travel away from Ankh-Morpork. Much of Genua is swamps at the mouth of the Vieux River. Genua is near the Rim of the Disc, and therefore has a warm, wet, sunny climate that would have been called 'tropical' on a Roundworld. Genua is also often mentioned colloquially as the location that is far from Ankh-Morpork but on the same continent, for example, 'Send a clacks all the way to Genua to order a pint of prawns' ( The Truth). Genua was also a member of the 6 Nation Alliance that went to war against Borogravia when it destroyed the clacks towers, cutting communications across half the disc. This all came to an end with the arrival of Granny Weatherwax who defeated her sister and allowed Ella Saturday, daughter of the late baron, to rule the kingdom without magical interference. Theft was punished by decapitation, but so was the crime of 'not fitting it' as toy makers were locked up for not singing while they worked and innkeepers were imprisoned for not being fat enough. As Nanny Ogg put it 'why do they need all these guards all over the place when everyone is so quiet and well behaved?'. Under the tyranny of Lilith Genua became a fairy tale city, clean, tidy and full of happy people (if they wanted to stay alive that is). Chaotic though his rule may have been, most people remember it with fondness when the Baron was overthrown and replaced by the Duc and the fairy godmother Lilith. In more recent times the city was ruled by Baron Saturday regarded by some as a wicked ruler, but able to get away with it due to his good looks and charming smile.

This led to the downfall of the Empire of Ankh-Morpork. As the new king of Genua his first act after assuming the throne was to declare war on the biggest rival: Ankh-Morpork. They rewarded their most successful general Tacticus, making him a duke and sending him to Genua. With the line extinct Genua requested that Ankh-Morpork nominate a suitable new king. Genua may have been a colony of the Morporkian Empire in its early history, shown by its mixed race population and language.Īt some point the royal family of Genua died out due to inbreeding over the generations, which had become so bad that the last male heir kept trying to breed with himself.

The innkeepers daughter toy