 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chabon anorondedzera nhoroondo yenyika yose yakasara nenzira yeelliptic chete, asi anoratidza kuchinja kukuru. Germany inopwanya Soviet Union muna 1942 uye Hondo Yenyika II inopfuurira kutozosvikira muna 1946, apo Berlin inoparadzwa nezvombo zvenyukireya. Chabon anotaura nezvePolish Free State iripo muna 1950 uye anorondedzera vamwe vatambi sevakuru vehondo yakareba yeCuban War muma1960. Mutungamiri John F. Kennedy haana kuurayiwauye akaroora Marilyn Monroe, uye Orson Welles akabudirira kuita firimu rake reHeart of Darkness. Achirondedzera nyika yazvino uno, Chabon anonongedzera kuRepublic yeChitatu yeRussia, Manchuria yakazvimirira iyo ine purogiramu yayo yomudenga, uye Persia iripo panzvimbo yeTurkey. 