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Working reference for the real-world places, institutions and periods used as models for places in [[Adaris]]. The models named here are for James's reference only; they are '''never named on the wiki itself'''. Each entry gives the place, its real-world model, and what was taken from it.

== Arezilur ==
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{{!}} [[Gristilia]] {{!}}{{!}} Jaffa {{!}}{{!}} A stone port city rising from the shore, with no deep-water quay: a line of rocks lies offshore, ships anchor beyond it, and cargo and passengers are carried ashore by boat.
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== Balúrail ==
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{{!}} [[Balúrail]] {{!}}{{!}} Finland and inland Russia {{!}}{{!}} Cold, misty, forested lowland and highland country; a population that is urban and port-centred, with swamp pushing settlement onto dry ground and the coast.
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{{!}} [[Têr]] {{!}}{{!}} Helsinki {{!}}{{!}} The capital and largest port; the only city with electric light.
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{{!}} [[Mifajene Reservation]] {{!}}{{!}} 19th-century American reservations {{!}}{{!}} Self-governing but not fully sovereign; established by a forced treaty and dealt with through a federal department.
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== Gosterra ==
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{{!}} [[Gosterra]] {{!}}{{!}} 19th-century Argentina {{!}}{{!}} A densely settled region with a railway, major cities and two states.
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{{!}} [[Gosterra]] (climate) {{!}}{{!}} New Zealand {{!}}{{!}} An oceanic climate, slightly colder in the south.
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{{!}} [[Goirleach Islands]] {{!}}{{!}} The Falklands {{!}}{{!}} Remote, windswept, largely treeless islands with sheep and fishing, more oceanic than the mainland.
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== Khamria ==
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{{!}} [[Baviare Vale]] {{!}}{{!}} The Levant c. 1900 {{!}}{{!}} The settlement pattern of walled cities, hill towns and empty steppe (not its population).
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{{!}} [[Barerte Waste]] {{!}}{{!}} An arid Mojave or Utah region {{!}}{{!}} Thinly settled desert with small towns, inhabited parts less dense than the Vale.
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== Orinilure ==
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{{!}} [[Erden Monopoly]] {{!}}{{!}} The Dutch East India Company {{!}}{{!}} A single chartered company that governs its territory in its own right and is not democratic.
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