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* The [[Opening Monologue]] of ''[[Code Geass]]'' makes a big deal about how the Britannian Empire has suppressed Japanese culture. However, the school system we see has almost nothing in common with the British system; it's really just the Japanese system with funny uniforms.

* ''[[Red Garden]]'' is set in New York and does a good job of reflecting that, but a few bits of Japanese society leak through: people bow to each other, students have access to the roof of their school, the metric system gets used casually, etc.

 

 

* This could just as easily be called "European Writers Have No Sense Of Scale In North America".

** British ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' [[Fan Fiction]] often has the Winchesters speaking in British slang and claiming that their small Indiana town is 30 minutes away from the Canadian border. Problem is, Great Britain is ''much'' smaller than the United States -- "from Land's End to John o' Groats", the longest distance in the isle, means 874 miles, whereas "coast to coast" in the USA means at least ''2500 miles'' depending on where one is measuring from.<ref>The drive from Jacksonville, [[Florida]] to [[Los Angeles]] along Interstate 10, the shortest coast-to-coast highway, is 2,460 miles; the drive from [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]] to [[Seattle]] on I-90, the longest, is 3,101 miles.</ref> In [[Real Life]], ''anywhere'' in Indiana is at least three hours from Canada by car, and that's just going from the northern extremes of the state to Windsor, the closest Canadian city. From Indianapolis, it's closer to five hours, and from Evansville, seven and a half. For anywhere ''of note'' in Canada, tack at least a few more hours on to that.