Maurai

• The Northwest Union - a technological clan based society in the Pacific Northwest of North America
• The Five Nations of the Mong - a feudal society in the center of North America, where an elite descended from post-war Russian, Chinese and Mongol invaders rules over a serf class descended from US citizens
• The Domain of Skyholm, a class-based European society located in France, the Alps, and the Low Countries dominated by an ancient pre-war dirigible sky-city.
• Other European nations include Angleylann, divided into small statelets including Devon; Italya, the confederation of the Alemanns in central Europe; and the Zheneralship of Espanya in the Iberian peninsula.
• In North America, various "Free Merican" states exist, including Corodo and the piratical "Sky People", who raid Meyco to the south with primitive airships.
• The story "Progress" takes place in Benghal, part of the Brahmard confederacy.
• An extremely patriarchal society is located in Khorasan.
• The island of Okkaido is a nation-state allied with the Maurai.
• There is a reference to an empire known as the "'Perio" having ruled much of America but disintegrated before the time depicted in the stories.

  Stories in the Maurai series

• "The Sky People"
• "Progress"
• "Windmill"
• Orion Shall Rise
• In addition, the Maurai world is one of the many past and future times visited by the time-traveling protagonist of There Will Be Time