This wall sculpture is going to look beautiful in our library! It comes in two halves, you simply fit the pieces together like puzzle pieces and attach the screws. You can't really tell where it meets in the middle so it looks very nice once assembled. The countries have a dimpled pattern to the land, which does not really show in the picture, but it gives the sculpture nice depth and it looks like terrain on the land. It was a little more than I wanted to spend for a wall sculpture but I really like it and would buy it again!