Does anyone have a fictional country in their story that is similar to a real-world nation? If not, do you know of a fictional country that is similar to a real-world nation in well-known fiction by others?
My Turn:
In my story, the Empire of Jaeblia is more-so Venice than the whole nation of Italy. Though the Queendom of Pannotia is a desert nation a tad similar to Saudi Arabia or Jordan. The difference is the WHOLE country is a massive desert turned into a large country that is capable of withstanding the harsh desert climate. Both Fiorentina and Movaria are countries of winter only and itās a combination of Antarctica and Russia. Though Fiorentina is more if Alaska and Russia had a strange lovechild or something. Khollothage is a combination of France, South Korea, and Italy in terms of the certain districts and places.
That is all I have for the time being, this is ABSOLUTELY going to require research one I am finished with the first draft.
I will accept cities and towns modeled after real-world cities and towns, if you donāt have country counterparts in your story. But If you have none, you have to tell me one from a popular book, show, movie, video game, or etc that youāve noticed?
If you donāt know any, just stick around or whateverā¦I donāt know.
Possibly the Tower of Babel as the ziggurat of Ah-hur is meant to be taller than any ziggurat that existed on earth. I make my characters climb all the way to the top, and they hate it c:
I think Iād hate you too for that. LOL!
I have a thing with walking downstairs, since in my younger years I had moments when I fell down the stairs and it really shook me. Another thing is the way stairs are built and shaped makes me fear soar.
So, I seen what a ziggurat looked back then, and it FREAKED ME THE HELL OUT!!!
Just imagine the one you have in your story, is driving my anxiety high, thinking about how if I had zero choice but to climb it daily.
In the movies itās blatantly a call against Reganās era of American politics and war. The book was less obvious.
Itās a future Earth, but it heavily leans on a criticism of the constitutional structure and replaces it with a Totalitarian mindset with a Manifest Destination mindset on new planets and resources, so itās never really left an American worldview at itās ugliest.
I think desert nations are cool Sadly, I have yet to find a book with a desert nation that was actually good. Iāve read two books taking place in a desert nation and both fell flat It was such a bummer because a desert nation just sounds so beautiful
Elgana has a few desert city / town scenes Oh, but not modeled after anything in particular.
New Soleil is a fictional state in the U.S.
When I first wrote my portal fantasy, I wanted some place like California. The characters were calling for it. But I didnāt want to look up all the street names. It sounded like so much work.
So, I made a fictional state instead and created New Soleil. The name is based on other state names like New Jersey or New Mexico. Soleil is French for sun. The reason I made it a foreign word is that so it could sound like it had a history of occupation or something like that Also, it sounds fancy and thatās what New Soleil is.
Side note. Iāve also always liked Cirque du Soleil as a circus and as a name. Soleil, as a name for something, has always been on my mind
New Soleil is similar to California in that it attracts lots of rich people. And being on the coast, itās got a big Aquarium which is one of its major attractions. It has beautiful white sidewalks and palm trees, and looks like a stereotypical rich Californian neighborhood. The kinds you see in movies.
That being said, I did want it to have variety, so the town of Oystershade on the coastline is old and shabby, stuck in the retro aesthetic, and thereās the small town of Pimberly which is a foresty cottagecore aesthetic where many rich people have summer houses
Thanks! I wanted one of my ghost characters to be oooooold and from an ancient civilization, and after some some research I found that you canāt get much older than the Akkadians į( į )į
Plus, I thought it was neat because I learned about Mesopotamia in high school and college, and you donāt see Mesopotamia mentioned much in fiction compared to other ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Egyptians.
Iāve been reading/skimming through published essays online when Iām looking for a specific bit of info I need. I also have a little collection of books about Mesopotamia and Akkad that Iāve read through. It helps that the Akkadian Empire only spanned about a few hundred years of history, so itās not really heavy stuff. Though, now I wanna know more about other Mesopotamian civilizationsā¦Right now, Iām reading a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh for fun.
Turns out, Writing my dumb little story gave me a very specific special interest in Akkad. Never saw that coming
Hahaha thatās a fun question I guessss Iād want to know more about marriage practices, because I canāt find good info about them. And more about the caste systems and funerary practices and the afterlife becauseā¦relevant. Alsoā¦Was Rimushās murder a set-up by his brother? And will we ever find Agade? ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Sadly, I have yet to find a book with a desert nation that was actually good. Iāve read two books taking place in a desert nation and both fell flat 
It was such a bummer because a desert nation just sounds so beautiful 
Also, it sounds fancy and thatās what New Soleil is.
I guessss Iād want to know more about marriage practices, because I canāt find good info about them. And more about the caste systems and funerary practices and the afterlife becauseā¦relevant. Alsoā¦Was Rimushās murder a set-up by his brother? And will we ever find Agade? ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ