Poictesme (pronounced "pwa-tem") is a fictional country or province which forms the setting of the fantasy works of James Branch Cabell, known collectively as Biography of the Life of Manuel. Poictesme is ruled by the Count Dom Manuel.
It was the author's intention to situate Poictesme roughly in the south of France. The name suggests the two real French cities of Poitiers (medieval Poictiers) and Angoulême (medieval Angoulesme).
The Virginia Commonwealth University undergraduate literary journal is named Poictesme after the fictional province.
In H. Beam Piper's popular science fiction novel, The Cosmic Computer, Poictesme is the name of the planet on which the main body of the story occurs. A specific reference is made to Cabell.
Poictesme is also a moon of the planet Sauron in "Warworld, the Battle of Sauron" by John Carr & Don Hawthorne [1].
Poictesme and Lotharingia are two of the three kingdoms in a short story by Isaac Asimov, "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon".[2]