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So Is Gryphus both Fantasy Germany and American? or will Fantasy American be something else
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
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MrRobot
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Kinda but just the good part or what the USA thought themselves at the time.
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I think Equestria is America. I mean, a lot of their cities are named/based off US cities, they have Native American-themed bison, they have Old West/American South ponies. Granted they are America if America had a feudal society, but ya get the point.
I mean, is anything about Gryphus American?
When you really think about it we swing more into Australia with things about the place just waiting to kill you.
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we quite clearly are more or less European. Probably Germany and a bit of Italy due to the "Feathersian League" basically being the maritime/merchant republics
We're a union of Germany, Italy, and France, with maybe some American in the Crystal Protectorate
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A hodge podge of various European countries. Germany seems to be the biggest influence, but we also got a little bit of Italy, Scandinavian, and France.
Plenty of European nations had protectorates.
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I've been thinking of the Empire as the HRE at its height, what with its German and Italian influences.
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eh, Scandinavia makes me think of vikings, and that's obviously the Caribou.
I'm not sure about France either. Wouldn't that make more sense for Maretonia?
my reading:
Gryphus: Germany, except for the Feathersian League, that's the italian merchant republics.
Caribou=Vikings=Scandinavia.
Canterbury is, more or less, Arthurian England, with the knights and the Lady of the Lake.
Equestria seems to be a federation in a similar ways to the usa, + buffaloes as natives. Also all the puns in the show's time, though admittedly Canterlot=Camelot=Arthurian England... but that's kinda the exception.
the Minotaurs are the Greek Republics.
Neighpon is obviously Japan.
Stormcountry... maybe Russia?
Libertalia is some small island-state... Cuba or Haiti, maybe?
Yakyakistan... actually, maybe THEY are Russia, or at least part of it? I suppose Stormcountry could be Siberia...
for when we find them Zebrica, Saddle Arabia and Abyssinia are kinda obvious.
I'm not sure about the Crystal Protectorate/Empire and The Emerald Isles
fair point.
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Hopefully we do not pull the bs that got the HRE in to a SNAFU after SNAFU, like splitting our country in to thirds.
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Wait, are you being serious? The Emerald Isles is literally Ireland. That's even Ireland's real life nickname, not to mention its long history of being invaded by Vikings. Not tryna be sarcastic. Just can't tell if you're joking or not, since Emerald Isles is the second-most 1:1 parallel so far, right after Neighpon.
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So do they drink a lot alcohol and are stereotyped as likening and being obsessed with a single vegetable?
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Those are newer Irish stereotypes. The Emerald Dogs are pre-Norman Ireland. For example, they were depicted as being divided into clans/"packs" that each swear fealty to a singular king of kings, similar to how medieval Ireland before being settled by the Normans and later conquered by the English was divided into clans and were nominally loyal to the king of all the Irish kings.
Libertalia is colonial Jamaica, as it mirrors the infamous Port Royal.
Culturally, they are alike to Mongolia.
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Well I did say a little. Mainly toward the polytheist religion which has gods named after Norse Gods (sans one), and the temple we recently built was based on a Skyrim structure which has clear inspiration to Nordic stuff. That said, the Caribou clearly have a greater influence taken from the Norse.
Maretonia is more Roman than anything. I mean, their capital city was named Roam for god sake. Canterbury on the other hand has some French influences, along with some Arthurian myth mixed in for good measure.
Probably more a catchall Caribbean inspiration for them. The historical Republic of Pirates that was in The Bahamas is also likely a source of inspiration.
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Aquileia is a French expy name in multiple sources of fiction including Equestria at War, despite the city being in Italy. Don't know why that is, but just informing that. Pretty sure Aquileia here is also a partial French expy (as is Canterbury) as a result.
Good point. Forgot about that republic.
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The Crystal Ponies were clearly the Canada to Equestria's America in the show 
Also, I just want to note something weird in the show canon. Equestria's equivalent to the Olympics seems to consist entirely of representatives from cities and towns in Equestria (with what I assume is the exceptions of the Crystal Empire and where it is that those Griffons came from) which even have their own anthems, thus implying that Equestria is consisting of semi-autonomous city states and nations with the Princesses ruling as the sort of High Queens.
Also, I just want to note something weird in the show canon. Equestria's equivalent to the Olympics seems to consist entirely of representatives from cities and towns in Equestria (with what I assume is the exceptions of the Crystal Empire and where it is that those Griffons came from) which even have their own anthems, thus implying that Equestria is consisting of semi-autonomous city states and nations with the Princesses ruling as the sort of High Queens.
I don't know how I feel about my homeland being the one under the control of the secret bug people
Everyone knows that the Queen is a lizard, not a bug!
I don't know, there's also Stalliongrad, Vanhoover and Cloudsdale
IMHO America's history and culture is tied so closely to its colonial roots, zealous patriotism, freedom boner, capitalism and bloody/racially charged history that I really can't buy that the die hard monarchist lovers of all things generous, honest and kind doesn't really fit
I'd put them as a combination of Rome and Macedonia
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Funnily enough in EaW, Storm Country is post-Alexander Macedonia. A figure called the "Storm King" was destroyed/killed during his invasion to Equestria and it shattered his empire between his successors, modeled after the Diadochi. Not all that relevant. Just talking really.
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One-third of the empire proper is French, Aquileia
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There is also an Egypt-like part of Equestria. Complete with pyramids and apparently having a Pharaoh in the past. So really, Equestria is a wide range of cultural inspirations.
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I actually forgot Roam
Well, it's a VERY idealised version of it. After all mlp was made by americans
I didn't know the nickname, and while I knew about Vikings invading the UK, i didn't know anything about them attacking Ireland in particular
The pirate island is obvious, I just didn't remember WHERE the historical/most important pirate island was
I may be wrong but I don't think the creators ever meant for Equestria to be any version of the US
I think it was Nassau
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