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<blockquote data-quote="DMScott" data-source="post: 1617316" data-attributes="member: 11734">Dangerous Journeys, a short-lived RPG by Gary Gygax, was set on a fairly close analog to earth. It had alternate names for all sorts of real-world nations and/or regions; if you poke around on the web you might find a list.Otherwise, some stabs of my own:-SpainPerhaps &quot;Iberia&quot;.-FranceGoing the pseudo-Roman route as you've done for the British isles, some variant of &quot;Gaul&quot; might work.-ItalyWould depend on the era, I think. You could name it after the dominant city (a la Rome) if you have one, or if you're in one of the medieval periods when Italy was comprised of warring city-states something like &quot;Machia&quot; (to suggest &quot;Maciavelli&quot;) might work.-GermanyAgain, the era is important. For a lot of the ancient era, it'd be split into tribal territories. Otherwise, something like &quot;Hapsburg&quot; or &quot;the Hanseatic League&quot; might do, depending on government type.-ScandinaviaIf you want to refer to this as a whole, something like &quot;Scandia&quot; would work. Maybe steal the Greyhawk equivalents for the actual nations/tribes - the Fruztii, and... darn, drawing a blank on the other two barbarian nations.-Balkan regionsHeh. On your own here, but just picking some city names could work well.-GreeceI always call my ancient Greece-type civilization &quot;Thrace&quot;. I've had it in about three or four different settings, I think.-RussiaRus, perhaps?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMScott, post: 1617316, member: 11734"] Dangerous Journeys, a short-lived RPG by Gary Gygax, was set on a fairly close analog to earth. It had alternate names for all sorts of real-world nations and/or regions; if you poke around on the web you might find a list. Otherwise, some stabs of my own: -Spain Perhaps "Iberia". -France Going the pseudo-Roman route as you've done for the British isles, some variant of "Gaul" might work. -Italy Would depend on the era, I think. You could name it after the dominant city (a la Rome) if you have one, or if you're in one of the medieval periods when Italy was comprised of warring city-states something like "Machia" (to suggest "Maciavelli") might work. -Germany Again, the era is important. For a lot of the ancient era, it'd be split into tribal territories. Otherwise, something like "Hapsburg" or "the Hanseatic League" might do, depending on government type. -Scandinavia If you want to refer to this as a whole, something like "Scandia" would work. Maybe steal the Greyhawk equivalents for the actual nations/tribes - the Fruztii, and... darn, drawing a blank on the other two barbarian nations. -Balkan regions Heh. On your own here, but just picking some city names could work well. -Greece I always call my ancient Greece-type civilization "Thrace". I've had it in about three or four different settings, I think. -Russia Rus, perhaps? [/QUOTE]

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