culturally, the giant society closely resembles the contemporary united states of 1968 (in various episodes it has a police force, private hospitals, prisons, a state governor, radio and television services, a zoo, jazz clubs, even a racetrack – and the giants speak english, drive american cars, attend vaudeville-style theatres, and play chess). the earth people find themselves able to cope, and their efforts to get around are facilitated by the ubiquity of large drains leading directly from interior rooms to the pavement, in an outside wall of most buildings. the giant government has offered a reward for the capture of the small earth people (whom the giants call "the little people").