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There's just one problem - if you claim this geographic hodgepodge is a real country, you'll get a lot of complaints from nationals of that country, either because you've totally misrepresented their traditions, or because you've just described them as a bunch of uneducated peasants. So, the best route to take is to ignore the country issue altogether: Whenever you need to have your character talk about his origins, have them call it "the old country". |
There's just one problem - if you claim this geographic hodgepodge is a real country, you'll get a lot of complaints from nationals of that country, either because you've totally misrepresented their traditions, or because you've just described them as a bunch of uneducated peasants. So, the best route to take is to ignore the country issue altogether: Whenever you need to have your character talk about his origins, have them call it "the old country". |
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The old country is usually a [[Ruritania]] or [[ |
The old country is usually a [[Ruritania]] or [[Überwald]], with splashes of [[Oktoberfest|Bavaria]], [[Olive Garden|the Mediterranean]], [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|the Former Soviet Union]], [[Norse by Norsewest|Scandinavia]] and [[Scotireland]]. Expect everyone to drive [[The Alleged Car|Ladas]] and tractors (if not goat carts), eat some sort of [[Foreign Queasine|bizarre offal sausage]] and speak in a lilting yet guttural tongue. |
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