They knew that all of Oz, including their own territory, was ruled by a beautiful Princess named Ozma, who lived in the splendid Emerald
City, yet the simple folk of Oogaboo never visited Ozma.
The King of Oogaboo used to be a man named Jol Jemkiph Soforth,
who for many years did all the drudgery of deciding disputes and
telling his people when to plant cabbages and pickle onions. But the
King's wife had a sharp tongue and small respect for the King, her
husband; therefore one night King Jol crept over the pass into the Land
of Oz and disappeared from Oogaboo for good and all. The Queen
waited a few years for him to return and then started in search of him.