Entropic gnomes live in small, chaotic villages along the seaside on rocky islands. These villages have a random assortment of entropic gnomes with different skills and insights, but most with an understanding of subatomic particles and their uses. They tend to be very technologically advanced in a patchwork sort of way; electricity alongside cruder materials, etc. Children are raised by whatever parent or guardian wishes to raise them, usually in an experimental fashion, and they learn on their own or through an apprentice-like process with someone wishing to barter teaching for some service.

There is no real government in their societies; there is only rule by the whims of the powerful. The most powerful members of villages become local bully-lords who hire servants and enforcers to exploit the local population. Every year, on one special night, entropic gnomes renounce all forms of rule and law and go wild in their own streets. These riots often end with the local leaders dead or gone and a power vacuum to be filled within the following weeks.