While doing some research for a character I ran across this on the Giant in the playground forums. Not sure if anything like this is posted elsewhere here but if anyone is interested. This was not put together by me so all credit goes to Gavinfoxx.

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So far, it seems that Toril has LOTS of places that have real world equivalents... Going by this map of toril for the basic geography (IE, based on the 3.5e map mostly, ~1372 timeline) http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...ril_Names2.jpg What are the equivalent nations? I've put together a small list with the help of a website, can I have some help figuring out the extra details and the (presumably many, many things I missed...) Amn = Spain under the Inquisition Calimshan = Arabia & Ottoman Empire. Maybe Spain under the Moors Zakhara = Arabia #2 Anauroch = Numidia Ulutiun Areas = Eskimo tribal areas of N. America Chessenta = Ancient Greece #1 Threskel = Ancient Greece #2 Chult = African Jungles Shaar = African Savanna Tethyr = North Africa, maybe Spain under El Cid Cormyr = Idealized Medieval France or maybe England Dalelands = Switzerland Damara = Germany, with slavic influence Taan / Hordelands = Mongolia Shining Lands = India Yeshimal Mountains = Himalayas Mulhorand = Ancient Egypt "The North" = home of germanic type berserker & barbarian stereotypes, but not seafaring... Ruathym = Norway, full of seafaring viking berserker barbarian types Rashemen = Kievan Russia Sea of fallen stars = Mediterranean Sea Sembia = Merchant Italy #1 Chondath = Merchant Italy #2 Shou = China #1 T'u Lung = China #2 Koryo = Korea Thesk = Areas through which the Silk Road travels Turmish = Turkey #1 Thay - Turkey #2 Except run by Nazis somehow... Unther = Mesopotamia Vaasa = Finland Western Heartlands = England #1 Moonshae Isles = England #2 Malatra = Vietnam Wa = Shogunate Isolationist Japan Kozakura = More Diverse Feudal Japan Maztica = Aztec Central America Lots of help would be appreciated! BTW, I'll be updating and editing this post as people help me with this! Thanks! Last edited by Gavinfoxx : 10-17-2010 at 12:40 PM.

Thanks I found it interesting.

I recently got into a Pathfinder pnp game myself. The party needed a paladin so I looked through the campaign setting for inspiration. I found the Eagle Knights, who belong to a country that is appreciated by other nations but are the source of uneasiness because of how they spread their ideas of freedom and rule by the people. I was like "Ahhhh I see where this is going...."

I think of Thay more as egypt, but that's just me.