Lord Joker Of FunLand Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Modern day : North = Canada South = america and south america Essos = Europe. Westeros= western world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatty Duelist Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The North - Anglo-Saxons, Russia, ScotlandThe Riverlands - Belgium, NetherlandsThe Vale - Switzerland, Austria.The Iron Islands - Retarded piratesThe Westerlands - England, WalesThe Reach - FranceDorne - Moorish Spain, Italy, GreeceThe Stormlands - GermanyBraavos - VeniceFree Cities - Italian City StatesGolden Company - Swiss PikemenValyria - Ancient RomeSlaver's Bay - Stereotypical slavery obsessive countryQarth - ConstantinopleAsshai - CathayFirst Men - Celts, BritonsAndals - Vandals, Anglo-SaxonsRhoynar - Norman invasion of Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentyn Blackwood Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I tend to be a bit more universal just because i don't live in Great Brittain so i can't really testify anything about that area. Wildlings for me seem to be quite a bit like Sampi or Finnish tribes from 7th century or so who fought against the proto swedes and norwegians in scandinavia who i feel represent the North the best of the bunch but they like everyone else seem like a bunch of cultures ranging from saxons and angles to the before mentioned norse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cayrouse Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The pare alleles between numenor and valyria have always bugged me and made me appreciate the Dunedin less.Otherwise same old Iron islands: Viking raiders ( poor lands and martial culture)North: England not as chivalry oriented as the rest of westeros and threatened by northern raiders.Westerlands: HRE/ Germany blonde militaristic and belligerent organized by a clever leader Bismarck= LANn the cleverRiver lands:low countries floods and invasions for all!Vale: Switzerland/ cathar lords holed up in their impregnable mountain fortressesStorm lands:Ireland stormy good warriors but seemingly always dividedVale : Valois France golden fleur de lys= golden rose weak leaders and strong chivalry focused lords also home of learning and culture in westerosDorne: pre reconquista Spain Free cities Mediterranean trade hubsYo ti: Far East Asshai : Constantinople Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormking Alesander I Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Dorne being Spain with its arid sands, spicy foods and horses.Arid sands, spicy food? You obviously dont know Spain very well. There we're Muslims in the South, but were more akin to France than Morocco. Battle of la Rochelle, check that out >:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormking Alesander I Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Dorne being Spain with its arid sands, spicy foods and horses.Arid sands, spicy food? You obviously dont know Spain very well. There were Muslims in the South, but were more akin to France than Morocco. Battle of la Rochelle, check that out >:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheRock Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The Iron Islands is Ireland. "Vikings" isn't a country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Reaver Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The Iron Islands is Ireland. "Vikings" isn't a country. Ireland is much too fertile, and never had a raiding culture (on the contrary, they were the ones being raided). "Vikings" isn't a country, but then again the Norse (which is the correct cultural term) were barely starting to organize into kingdoms (at least in the early "Viking" period, the raids did go on for some 400 years), so it's a bit hazy what to say. I suppose the most correct would be to say Scandinavia. On the other hand, the relation between Ironborn and the Norse is of the hollywood kind, so it's a bad comparison all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheRock Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Ireland is much too fertile, and never had a raiding culture (on the contrary, they were the ones being raided). "Vikings" isn't a country, but then again the Norse (which is the correct cultural term) were barely starting to organize into kingdoms (at least in the early "Viking" period, the raids did go on for some 400 years), so it's a bit hazy what to say. I suppose the most correct would be to say Scandinavia. On the other hand, the relation between Ironborn and the Norse is of the hollywood kind, so it's a bad comparison all together. I meant mostly the land. Yes it was much too fertile but I seem to remember the Iron Islands being very cliffy and very sharp terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Reaver Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I meant mostly the land. Yes it was much too fertile but I seem to remember the Iron Islands being very cliffy and very sharp terrain. If you ask me, the Iron Islands sound as if you took the "area" of Denmark and put the actual geography of Norway on there, i.e lots of islands but with thin soil and lots of mountains. Then again, Norway has plenty of safe harbours and the Iron Islands is described as having few of those. I don't think you'll find a 1:1 relation with any country, GRRM takes inspiration and creates his very own geography, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard of Walton Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Westeros to me is a mixture of Scandinavia, Britain, France & Spain. The free cities, Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt & Turkey. Valyria is a Roman version of Italy. The Doraki seem to be Mongolian. Qarth is like Bagdad from the 8th to 13th centuries. Slavers bay in a mix between Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine/Israel & Turkey. In all the worlds of Ice & Fire, to me anyway represent a mix of all countries in and around those as well, but I see more similarities to the countries mentioned. But anyone can read any country into ASOIF because its what you make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormking Alesander I Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Westeros to me is a mixture of Scandinavia, Britain, France & Spain. The free cities, Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt & Turkey. Valyria is a Roman version of Italy. The Doraki seem to be Mongolian. Qarth is like Bagdad from the 8th to 13th centuries. Slavers bay in a mix between Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine/Israel & Turkey. In all the worlds of Ice & Fire, to me anyway represent a mix of all countries in and around those as well, but I see more similarities to the countries mentioned. But anyone can read any country into ASOIF because its what you make of it. It is known. The bastard is wise man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Warning: apc_store(): Unable to allocate memory for pool. in /home/sites/westeros.org/forum_web/ips_kernel/classCacheApc.php on line 72 Ireland is much too fertile, and never had a raiding culture (on the contrary, they were the ones being raided). Actually they did - the Scoti was the name given by the Romans to raiding pirates and slavers from Ireland. They later went on to invade northern Britain ....And, of course, most famously, on one slaving raid into northern Britain (somewhere in Ystrad Clud, probably) they captured a young Briton name of Patrick. Saint to be ....And the Vikings did later themselves establish settlements in Ireland - they founded Dublin. But I agree, the Iron Isles is more closely akin to the 'traditional' Scandinavian Vikings - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Warning: apc_store(): Unable to allocate memory for pool. in /home/sites/westeros.org/forum_web/ips_kernel/classCacheApc.php on line 72 Ireland is much too fertile, and never had a raiding culture (on the contrary, they were the ones being raided). Actually they did - the Scoti was the name given by the Romans to raiding pirates and slavers from Ireland. They later went on to invade northern Britain ....And, of course, most famously, on one slaving raid into northern Britain (somewhere in Ystrad Clud, probably) they captured a young Briton name of Patrick. Saint to be ....And the Vikings did later themselves establish settlements in Ireland - they founded Dublin. But I agree, the Iron Isles is more closely akin to the 'traditional' view of Scandinavian Vikings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Reaver Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Actually they did - the Scoti was the name given by the Romans to raiding pirates and slavers from Ireland. They later went on to invade northern Britain .... Well, yes, technically the Irish raided their neighbours (much like everyone at that period) but they never raided far off or had the sort of seafaring technology depicted in the books. That's clearly inspired by the Norse Vikings, though of course the Old Way is very different from Norse culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thornhart Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I've been thinking about this a long time. I think I have the perfect answers now. North: GermanyWesterlands: EnglandStormlands: ItalyIron Islands: Scandinavia (mainly Denmark)Reach: FranceRiverlands: NetherlandsVale: SwitzerlandCrownlands: BelgiumDorne: Spain Valyria: AtlantisEssos: EurasiaSothoryos: Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinn Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 North-Russia, Beyond-the-Wall-Siberia, Skagos-Orkney, Iron Islands-Scandinavia, Riverlands-Poland, Vale-Austria, The Sisters-Corsica, Westerlands-England, Crownlands-Belgium, Reach-France, Stormlands-Germany, Tarth-Ireland, Dorne-Spain, Arbor-Portugal, Braavos-Amsterdam, Pentos-Genoa, Myr-Ragusa, Tyrosh-Florence, Lys-Naples, Volanthis-Constantinople, Selhorys-Nicea, Norvos-Innsbruck, Qohor-Krakow, Meereen-Babylon, Yunkai-Tyre, Astapor-Cairo, Qarth-Carthage, Valyiria-Rome, Dothraki sea-Asian steppe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Targdust Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I once saw a blog that had Westeros broken down into different regions of the USA.If somebody knows where it is please link it, i dont remember most of it.They had the Reach as the South due to the agriculture, thats about all i remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illrede Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 In it's precocious nationalism, Dorne reminds me a lot of England; down to the impromptu riot to kill random foreign merchantmen in the street as way of political commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind84 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Iron Islands - Vikings (Raping/Pillaging etc)Wildlings - Scots/Celts (A wall built to keep them out)Lannisters - English (Tywin/Edward I obvious for me)Bravos - Venice (with the Colossus of Rhodes standing guard)Vale - Central Europe (Mountains and big on the chivalric culture)North - Northern England (Cold but honourable people)Reach - France (big land, lots of farms. LOTS of wine)Dorne - Spanish/Moors (Hot blooded with a hatred of their neighbours)Dothraki - Mongolians (Ghengis Khan's mob reincarnated)Valyria - Roman Empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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