Nugganatic law means that without her slightly dim, lovable brother in the picture, the pub will go to an idiot cousin (Nugganistic law lets women inherit "women's things" like cats and spinning wheels, not pubs), and, more importantly, Polly is worried sick about him. Polly Perks works in her father's pub, The Duchess, where both Nugganistic orthodoxy and the endless wars against Borogravia's neighbors have taken their toll: Polly's mother died of lingering illness, taking Polly's faith along with her and the wars have taken Polly's brother, Paul, who is missing in action. Monstrous Regiment is set in Borogravia, a small plains kingdom dominated by an insane orthodox religion ("Nugganism") and a cult of personality around its (possibly dead) ruler, the Duchess of Borogravia, whose frowning portrait stares down on Borogravians from every wall. Monstrous Regiment, a book about gender, war, identity, strategy and tactics, can be enjoyed without reading any of the other marvellous books in the Discworld series.
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