- How it is governed. (Does it make sense? What are the hierarchies? There will be at least one).
- Who or what makes up the governing and governed classes?
- Historical reasons for the above.
- How government takes place at local level
- What are the different species?
- How to the different species interact within their own group and between other groups
- Rebels! In any world anywhere you will get those who defy trends (whether it is by getting along with another species they are not meant do so so or by going in for a profession not usually followed by their kind).
- The flora and fauna (and explanations where necessary where these things are not like those on Earth)
- Good strong characters from all backgrounds (good for setting up clashes and stories!)