Meta:Analogues

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

Place	Model	What is taken from it
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.

Balúrail

Place	Model	What is taken from it
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.
Têr	Helsinki	The capital and largest port; the only city with electric light.
Mifajene Reservation	19th-century American reservations	Self-governing but not fully sovereign; established by a forced treaty and dealt with through a federal department.

Gosterra

Place	Model	What is taken from it
Gosterra	19th-century Argentina	A densely settled region with a railway, major cities and two states.
Gosterra (climate)	New Zealand	An oceanic climate, slightly colder in the south.
Goirleach Islands	The Falklands	Remote, windswept, largely treeless islands with sheep and fishing, more oceanic than the mainland.

Khamria

Place	Model	What is taken from it
Baviare Vale	The Levant c. 1900	The settlement pattern of walled cities, hill towns and empty steppe (not its population).
Barerte Waste	An arid Mojave or Utah region	Thinly settled desert with small towns, inhabited parts less dense than the Vale.

Orinilure

Place	Model	What is taken from it
Erden Monopoly	The Dutch East India Company	A single chartered company that governs its territory in its own right and is not democratic.