Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Sceptre na Sarki Ottokar" ba shine farkon kasada na Tintin da ya zana musamman kan abubuwan da suka faru a wannan lokacin ba; Alal misali, Hergé ya yi amfani da mamayewar Jafananci na 1931 na Manchuria a matsayin siyasa a baya don saitin "The Blue Lotus". A wannan lokacin, Hergé ya lura da abubuwan da ke faruwa game da manufofin faɗaɗa ƙasar Jamus ta Nazi. A cikin samar da wannan labarin, "Anschluss", ya rinjayi shi musamman, da haɗin Austria da Nazi Jamus a watan Maris na 1938. Yarjejeniyar Munich da kuma mamayewar Nazi na Sudetenland da ta biyo baya a watan Oktoba 1938. Makonni uku bayan "Sceptre na Sarki Ottokar" ya gama jerin, Jamus ta mamaye Poland. A wannan lokacin, barazanar da mulkin mallaka na Belgium ya haifar da fadadawar Nazi ya zama bayyananne. A shekara ta 1939, abubuwan da suka faru game da haɗin Italiya na Albania
ya sanya Hergé ya nace editansa ya buga aikin don cin gajiyar abubuwan da ke faruwa yanzu kamar yadda yake jin "Syldavia shine Albania". Daga baya Hergé ya musanta cewa yana da ƙasa ɗaya kawai a zuciyarsa.