It's interesting to me that he avoids politics, but then compares this new setting to Discworld. I have always experienced Terry Pratchett's writing as deeply

It's interesting to me that he avoids politics, but then compares this new setting to Discworld. I have always experienced Terry Pratchett's writing as deeply political, from the books with overt political messages (Jingo, Equal Rites) to the more subtle (Everything else).