At least that is how it looks to me from my central-european point of view.
Funny. To my American POV Westeros looks like a long England with a bit of the Mediterranean and possible Scandinavia tacked on, while the Free Cities/Valeria look like pre-modern Italy et al. shoved up a bit north.
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Funny. To my American POV Westeros looks like a long England with a bit of the Mediterranean and possible Scandinavia tacked on, while the Free Cities/Valeria look like pre-modern Italy et al. shoved up a bit north.