From the introduction:
Household is a Role Playing Game filled with adventure, intrigues, and social interactions set in a large abandoned House.
It takes place in a world that resembles the first years of our XIX century, in which each room constitutes a proper nation you can explore.
Players of Household take on the role of littlings, little beings of the Little Folk from European folklore. Together, these littlings will go on to live little great adventures that span over five of the most troubled years in the history of the House.
Beginning at the end of the First Household War and living in the shadow of a new threat. It was a magical period when all Folk came together in new alliances despite old disagreements, a time of ideological and industrial revolutions. All this, always on the brink of a diplomatic incident.