Lyeder Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Arryn - Switzerland. Yeah, yeah, picturesque and neutral, but also xenophobic and shameless. What kind of wacky hillbilly eccentricity are they really hiding in those mountain valleys and secret vaults? Women couldn't vote in Switzerland until 1973 and no one has figured out how their government works yet. If Littlefinger was from earth, this is where he'd be building a secret lair.1971 (for the vote of women) - and we have very well figured out how our gouvernment works.I'll think about some countries later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyeder Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 For me, it was rather like this:North of the Wall: Siberia (with the NW being a sort of gulag)The Stark's land, the North: Scotland/Northern IrelandThe Iron Islands: VikingsThe Vale: Switzerland, but modern Switzerland (medieval Switzerland was rotten poor)King's Landing and surroundings: Tuscany/Italy Highgarden (and the Tyrells): France (they support the only elegant future king) or Austria/Hungria: gaining power through mariageDorne: rather Spain than Arab (women have far too much power)Quarth: Istanbul/ConstantinopleThe Riverlands (lords): Ireland (Riverdance, anybody?)Lannisters: Germany (blond and all this, believing they conquered it all but utterly failing in the end, plus the strike of madness)Targaryens: Russian Tsar - also regarding the madness... (Aerys = Ivan the terrible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Ragnar Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Stark : post-christianity ScandinaviaGreyjoy : pre-christianity Scandinavia (viking age)Tyrells : AustriaMartell : Spain, or ItalyBaratheon : GermanyLannister : Normandy or FranceThose I imagine to resemble real life countries/cultures. Reason for the Stark/Greyjoy mix is due to my own danish heritage I cannot help seeing the connection to the old Gods (= Æsir) being worshipped in old days in the north, then being threatened by Andal invasion (= Christianity/ Medieval feudal Europe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs43 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I always saw Westeros as a larger than life UK,If you look at a Westeros map and compare it to a map of the UK you see things like:King's landing is in the same spot as LondonThe Wall that seperates the northern most of Westeros sounds a lot like Hadrian's Wall, the wall that cuts off England from Scotland.The Western lands held by the Lannisters look like Wales.etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LencaristenTheFirst Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Has it not been raised that Targs are surely ancient Egyptian? Wedding brother to sister, building monoliths, worshiping polytheistically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevan Lannister Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 House Stark - Scotland House Baratheon - Germany/HRE (Robert: Bavaria, Stannis: Prussia, Renly: Lotharingia) House Lannister - England House Targarayen - Ptolemaic Egypt / Roman Empire House Martel - Moors/Spain with a hint or Sicily/Corsica House Greyjoy - Vikings House Tyrell - (Southern) France Dothraki - Huns / Tatars / Cossacs Tullys - hmmm... rivers and pretty much everyone rapes/plunders their way through them. Sounds like my Hungary. Arryns - Switzerland (=mountains, neutrality) I like this. Definitely can agree with all of them. Except well Tullys, no idea what that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemonBear Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Stark=I got a germanic feel, from house stark and the north in generalGreyjoy= NorseMartell= SpainLannister= EnglishTyrell= FranceValyrians= RomansWildlings= Celts and PictsBraavos= VeniceSlavers bay= North AfricaAsshai= Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arryn_stark_bannerman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Stark = Scotland - somewhere where "pagan" (ie not the main religion and based around nature) religions are followed, cold and northern. If Scotland was joined to Greenland it would be a perfect representation.Greyjoy = Scandinavian Viking Culture (any of the Viking nations really!)Martell = Spain or Portugal (as I recall, Portugal was rarely conquered)Tullys = Northern Italy? Frequently overrun and conquered, rich landsLannisters = Wales? (quite mountainous and rich in resources) or possibly Germany due to the economic strengths.Tyrell - France due to culture, economy and geographyWildlings = Celtic culture (so Northern Scotland?)Essos = Asia? Sothoros = Africa? As suggested by exotic names of Essosi cities and the lack of knowledge about the Southern Continent beyond "wild jungles"Valyria = Egyptians? Owing to the culture of brother-sister marriages? Or Rome due to the comprehensive conquering of all but the North (ie Scotland/Starks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyl Stark Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Westeros=British IslesStarks; I'd say Northern England, especially Yorkshire - Identifying strongly with region rather than country, rural area, pragmatic, no-nonsense, think little of flowery southernersBeyond the Wall - Scotland - Hadrian's Wall, bit wilder than EnglandTyrells - Southern EnglandLannisters - Maybe CheshireMartells - Cornwall - mainly for their difference culturally to the rest of EnglandGreyjoys - Orkney - Viking heritage, Islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwvapor Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Lannister = RussiaWealth - Gold and OilRuthless leader that care too much about outer appearances - Tywin and PutinWinning through letters (spy tactics) - KGB tactics/Putin is x-KGB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Stark = Russia, large, winterous, feels separatedTully = Poland, easily invadedArryn = Sweden/Switzerland, mountainsLannister = England, rich, not the largest but seemingly the most powerfulGreyjoy = Denmark, small, vikingsTyrell = France, just seems rightBaratheon = Germany, militaristicMartell = Spain, blend of cultures, hotbloodedTargarayen = Ancient Egypt/Turkey, foreign, exotic, that whole incest thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Procrastination Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Baratheon = Germany, militaristicOh, please I am german and Germany is not militaristic ( anymore), I hate this steroytype. The Germany from today is not the Germany from the Nazi times and before.In fact Germany is far less militaristic than other western countries.We don´t have military parades like other countries, many people are against sending the Bundeswehr ( the german army) to Afghanistan, the army of germany is much smaller than the armies of France or GB but both countries have less inhabitants than Germany ( Germany has about 15 million more inhabitants than France).Germany stayed out of the Irak war.Germany is not militaristic and exactly the opposite of the country it was 70 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arionis Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Oh, please I am german and Germany is not militaristic ( anymore), I hate this steroytype. The Germany from today is not the Germany from the Nazi times and before.In fact Germany is far less militaristic than other western countries.We don´t have military parades like other countries, many people are against sending the Bundeswehr ( the german army) to Afghanistan, the army of germany is much smaller than the armies of France or GB but both countries have less inhabitants than Germany ( Germany has about 15 million more inhabitants than France).Germany stayed out of the Irak war.Germany is not militaristic and exactly the opposite of the country it was 70 years ago.Correct me if I'm wrong, but it isn't forbidden in Germany's constitution to send troops abroad if it's not to defend the country? The reason why Germany sent money but not troops during the Gulf War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontos the Slim Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Stark = Russia, large, winterous, feels separatedTully = Poland, easily invadedArryn = Sweden/Switzerland, mountainsLannister = England, rich, not the largest but seemingly the most powerfulGreyjoy = Denmark, small, vikingsTyrell = France, just seems rightBaratheon = Germany, militaristicMartell = Spain, blend of cultures, hotbloodedTargarayen = Ancient Egypt/Turkey, foreign, exotic, that whole incest thingI like the North/Starks as Russia. Ancient history, dominant in some parts, has the option to stay out of "all of it" but rarely does, etc.The Tullys to me are Italy.I've always likened the Targaryens to the Ottoman Empire. It's probably fair to say that Valyria itself is more akin to ancient Egypt, but for what the Targs did in Westeros, I'm going Ottoman for the family.I think the Martells are mostly Spain (southern) with a splash of North Africa (Morocco) in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zared Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Westeros=British IslesStarks; I'd say Northern England, especially Yorkshire - Identifying strongly with region rather than country, rural area, pragmatic, no-nonsense, think little of flowery southerners.I like the idea of Starks been Yorkshiremen. It fits so well, especially since Sean Bean was Ned. Also most of the northerners in the show have northern accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bane Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Dorne - SpainThe Reach - FranceThe North - England/Scotland(more Scotland)Iron Islands - ScandinaviaThe rest are a combo of England, France and Germany(more Germany)The Free Cities are a combo of Italy and the Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intransigence Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I like the idea of Starks been Yorkshiremen. It fits so well, especially since Sean Bean was Ned. Also most of the northerners in the show have northern accents.If the Starks are Yorkshireman the baratheon's (Robert at least) were definitely from Nottingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushido Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I am having nations' mentalities in mind,and I am good in history,so I think I can escape annoying stereotypes. Europe as Westeros: Austria-Hungarian empire - ReachPrussia - ValeBohemia - RiverlandsByzantine Balkans - North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Hodor Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 the North (Starks) - Russia, large and cold, could never be conquered, and not really known for knighthood Dorne (Martells) - Spain, mixed cultures, hotter climate Iron Islands (Greyjoys) - Scandinavia, vikings the Reach (Tyrells) - England, many powerful families, i know ppl often compare lannisters and starks to york/lancasters, but the reach has many powerful families, such as Redwyne, Hightower, Tarly Westerlands (Lannisters) - France, a country with a rich history, beautiful, wealthy and elegant Riverlands (Tullys) - Netherlands Stormlands (Baratheons) - Germany, Holy Roman Empire Crownlands (Baratheon) - Sicily, Italy, with Rome (the Vatican) being Kings Landing the Eryie (Arryn) - Switzerland, High mountains, enough said Dragonstone - Corsica, right next to Rome (kings landing) Braavos - Greece Valyria - Byzantine Empire, Old Ghis - Egypt Dothraki (khal drogo) - Mongol Empire, Ghengis Khan Slavers Bay - Tunisia, Tripoli Free Cities - Cairo, Jerusalem, Constantinople thats just my opinion :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumatil Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Dorne geographically and food wise reminds me of Mexico:People from the East settle on new lands(andals)/ Conquistadors.Candied skulls and spicey foods.meh.The North and Wildlings Old Gods reminds me of native american beliefs in nature and dreams. Also their old ways being taken away by the Andals with their superior weaponry.I think of the Riverlands are like Poland, always in the middle of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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