Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Jul 06, 2006 21:58:10	I was looking through the Ravenloft Player's Handbook and the Fraternity of Shadows, and was able to realize that several lands in Ravenloft were based off of real-world countries; Dementlieu is based off of Urban France, Souragne is based off of Haiti, Borca is Italy, and so on. Unfortunately, I was unable to pin Nova Vaasa in any specific area. Personally, I think Nova Vaasa is based off of the crushing urban poverty and overpopulation of most cities in general. What do you think?
#2 Mortepierre Jul 07, 2006 3:12:45	Hungary for the noblemen and the love of the horses. For the cities, I like to use the example of Paris right before the French Revolution. Too many people, too few jobs, not enough bread.
#3 zombiegleemax Jul 07, 2006 5:40:59	Looking at the dietary habits (kielbasa, golabki, pirogi), I was figuring Poland.
#4 razorboy Jul 07, 2006 7:33:14	Historically, I would say Hungary or Poland, I would even dare suggest Lithuania (back when it was the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and a major power in medieval Europe). As to which plain the doman was ripped out of, the name is clearly from FR (see region of Vaasa), but thematically I would say Greyhawk or even Birthright.
#5 gotten Jul 07, 2006 7:36:47	Do not forget that there is no domains based exactly on a real world country or area. All were inspired by something, but still the RL result is often very different ... Joël
#6 Matthew_L._Martin Jul 07, 2006 21:53:46	According to comments from Andrew Cermak, who wrote the Nova Vaasa report for Gaz V, he built it as a mixture of Danish and Polish culture with what had been established in previous products, with some parallels to FR's Vaasa in the history as well. Matthew L. Martin