Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "King Ottokar's Sceptre" yakanga isiri iyo yekutanga Tintin adventure kutora zvakananga pane zviitiko zvenguva iyoyo; Hergé akanga atoita semuenzaniso kushandiswa kwe1931 kupindirwa kweJapan kweManchuria semamiriro ezvematongerwe enyika mu "The Blue Lotus". Panguva ino, Hergé akanga anyatsocherechedza zviitiko zvaiva zvichiitika zvine chokuita nemitemo yokuwedzera yeNazi Germany. Mukugadzira iyi nyaya, akanyanya kufurirwa ne "Anschluss", kubatanidzwa kweAustria neNazi Germany muna Kurume 1938. Chibvumirano cheMunich nokurwiswa kweSudetenland kwakazoitwa nevaNazi muna October 1938. Vhiki nhatu pashure pokunge "Chigaro choumambo chaMambo Ottokar" chapera kubudiswa, Germany yakapinda muPoland. Panguva ino, kutyisidzira kuzvitonga kweBelgium kwaikonzerwa nokuwedzera kweNazi kwakanga kuchiva pachena zvikuru. Pakazosvika 1939, zviitiko zvakapoteredza kubatanidzwa kweItaly kweAlbania
Hergé akaita kuti mupepeti wake arambe achibudisa basa racho kuti abatsirwe nezviitiko zvemazuva ano sezvaaifunga kuti "Syldavia iAlbania". Gare gare Hergé akaramba kuti aingova nenyika imwe chete mupfungwa dzake.