diff --git a/library/components/poster/PosterWall.vue b/library/components/poster/PosterWall.vue
index 6be0706ee..20d35f7c2 100644
--- a/library/components/poster/PosterWall.vue
+++ b/library/components/poster/PosterWall.vue
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ const props = defineProps({
   itemCountKey: { type: String, default: '' },
   collapsible: { type: Boolean, default: false },
   collapsedBy: { type: Function, default: () => false },
+  // A section's people-group total, shown in its header and used to order the sections (largest first).
+  // Default: the sum of its cards' counts. A caller whose cards overlap overrides it, so a group is counted
+  // once: the Country Posters India section holds India's own card AND one card per state, the same 855 groups.
+  sectionTotal: { type: Function, default: null },
   // A card may declare itself unsupported (India: 855 groups do not fit a sheet).
   // The caller supplies the reason; the wall renders it instead of a poster.
   unsupported: { type: Function, default: () => null },
@@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ const sections = computed(() => {
     .map(([name, items]) => ({
       name,
       items: items.slice().sort((a, b) => (b.count || 0) - (a.count || 0)),
-      total: items.reduce((n, x) => n + (x.count || 0), 0),
+      total: props.sectionTotal ? props.sectionTotal(name, items) : items.reduce((n, x) => n + (x.count || 0), 0),
     }))
     .sort((a, b) => b.total - a.total)
 })