- Enslaved: Besides those already present from the parent show, the author expands and alters some of the cultural parallels. Most visibly, the Water Tribe is based on the Inuit in the show, but in the service of actually being able to have lots of outside scenes and a slightly less subsistence-level culture, the fics version is much more heavily based on Pacific Northwest native cultures, something especially visible during the salmon run arc.
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Transplanted Character Fic / Intercontinuity Crossover of Ace Combat and Infinite Stratos made it so that North Point is the equivalent of Modern Japan. - Maria Campbell of the Astral Clocktower: As in canon, Sorcier is the equivalent of some European country, and while it's probably England there's not enough detail to be absolutely sure. Ashina is definitely the equivalent of Japan, which is why Katarina (a reincarnate from Japan) can speak Ashinago perfectly, to everyone's shock. While we don't see it directly, it's implied that it's specifically the setting of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and that the game is happening at approximately the same time as the fic even if it's too distant to have a direct effect. Of course, this is all further confused by the fact that the fic is a distant future of the Dark Souls universe, changing the political and religious landscape significantly.
- In Kara of Rokyn, Jara Vor-Tonn's Travelling Clan are a Kryptonian nomadic ethnic group who faced discrimination and persecution in the past, not unlike real life Romani.
- The Discworld fics of A.A. Pessimal take Terry Pratchett's Fantasy Counterpart Cultures up to eleven. Pratchett's structure (Quirm = France, Überwald = Switzerland/Bavaria/Germany, Llamedos = Wales, et c) is expanded on with additions such as Rimwards Howondaland = South Africa, the Sto States = Benelux note , Far Überwald/Zlobenia = Russia, "Aceria" = Canada mixed with Eagleland, Hergen = Ireland, et c. As can be expected, National Stereotypes abound: Sto Kerrig is renowned for windmills, clogs, tulips, strange smoking tobaccos, and a language shading from "Kerrigian" into "Phlegmish" that sparked off a daughter dialect spoken in "Hovondalaand".
- Outlander: Sam invokes this trope by comparing Thedas' cultures to Earth's, particularly with the languages of Orlais.
- There is justification for Ancient Tevinter's Roman-like culture due to its founder being a Roman legionnaire and the first Outlander.
- It is heavily implied that the Andrastean religion itself was also outlander-inspired as Andraste came from medieval Europe.
- In In Pain And Blood, Elsa's husband Halvard was originally from Finland. This was retconned to "Findann" in order to keeping with Disney’s portrayal of a Fictional Earth.
- The Alphabet Story has Frentis as a counterpart to Finland.
- A Ballad of the Dragon and She-Wolf:
- The Skagosi are a counterpart of the Alaskan and British Columbian tribes such as the Tlingit and Haida. Skagosi characters wear cedar hats and button blankets, both items of clothing iconic the aforementioned tribes.
- The Crannogmen have Cajun elements, especially in regards to their food.
- The Manderlys are given a very Greek aesthetic, which works given their sigil is Poseidon in all but name.
- The Golden Power: The Principality of Ghent is fantasy France on the surface, at least insofar as the local language and the casual contempt for foreigners are concerned.
- Before and Beyond the Beginning does a Perspective Flip. One of the issues between Lions and Hyenas is their Culture Clash, between the passive Circle of Life and the brutal Food Chain, which is about survival of the fittest. It is not entirely heartless either, with Shenzi pointing out that being higher on the Food Chain doesn't make you better than other people, it just means you get to eat them, and encourages gratitude for both what you have and what you get.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfiction features these often, due to both their presence in the show itself, the relative ease of creating them by making an animal pun on a preexisting nation's name, and the established associations various animals and mythical creatures have with specific behaviors and real-life cultures.
- The Bridge: Ki Seong is a Kirin from Carrea, Equestria's version of Korea. There is also an island nation called Neighpon which resembles Japan.
- Corruption at Nightfall: The Crystal Empire is basically a ponified version of the Byzantine Empire.
- Heart of Gold, Feathers of Steel: The griffon tribes are essentially Germanic barbarians.
- Just Before the Dawn: The story's version of Equestria takes a large amount of influence from Ancient Rome.
- Under the Northern Lights: Tarandroland is a mix of modern and medieval Scandinavia. The nomadic "Grazer" reindeer are obviously a counterpart to the Sami people, though with much more power and influence. Unlike modern Scandinavia, Tarandroland is pretty much a third world country, however. There are other examples: "camel sultanates" and ki-rin ruled by a "Mikado" are mentioned, and Equestria is treated as similar to USA.
- The Palaververse: Besides those already present in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic canon, Asinia is Spain at the height of the colonial age, Capra shares quite a bit with the various Persian empires, Ovarn is a more united version of the Greek city-states, Bovaland is feudal Europe, the Corvids are the Scottish highland clans, Zebrica is Pharaonic Egypt, the continent of Dactylia in general stands in for Africa, the mammoth clans of the southern Dactylian steppes have a distinctly Mongolian flavor, and Ceratos has elements of imperial China and Japan, with the nation's tapir minority taking the role of the Ainu people.
- Thirty Seconds over To-ki-rin: Two rather obvious ones take center stage:
- The United States of Amareica for America, down to details of the aircraft.
- Norkia for, well, North Korea. Also a pun, as the Norkians are functionally "orcs" in this tale even though they are actually ponies.
- A Long Night at the Hippodrome: Numerous. The main setting, Baltimare, is a parallel to Baltimore. The titular Hippodrome exists in the real city, and it was built by two impresarios, Pierce and Scheck, corresponding to the in-story characters Piercing Gaze and Russe Tinter in-story. Besides that, the Yehvist Onagers stand in for the Jews, the Onagers for Semites in general, Germaney for Germany and Lippans for Austria.
- The Lunar Rebellion: Pegasopolis is mostly based on ancient Sparta (the Ephorate, the Gerousia, a legendary lawgiver named Lyequinegus, a disdain for money, etc.) and ancient Rome (clans led by a paterfamilias, adoption, damnatio memoriae, etc.), although the hetairoi were an ancient Macedonian unit.
- Maternal Instinct (MLP): The changeling society is heavily based on early twentieth-century Imperial Japan. The griffon kingdom is apparently Germany, going by their language and love of Zombie Apocalypse movies. Their leader's title is also "Kaiser".
- Myths and Birthrights: Several exist as expies and mergings to real-life cultures:
- The Old Kingdoms are largely expies of European nations. Prance is France, Hackney is the UK, Germaneigh is Germany, Trotugal is Portugal and Espanya is Spain.
- The Marelantian Isles are the Caribbean Isles.
- The Halla deer-folk are a merging of the Vikings and Native Americans.
- Zebrica is Africa.
- The griffin aeries are Byzantium, with a bit of the Italian city-states. The old griffin empires before the fracture are based on Rome.
- Starlight Over Detrot: The Arroyo Cyclones are Haitian diaspora, what with their Caribbean accents and adherence to Vodou. Griffins are Scotirish, as they're organized into clans, wear kilts, and speak an Oirish brogue.
- RWBY: Scars: The different kingdoms take a bit more inspiration from real world countries than in canon. For example, though most people speak Common Tongue now, the traditional languages of the kingdoms are real-world languages (Old Atlesean is German, Old Mistralian is Japanese, etc). Atlesean's are also fond of German foods. The kingdoms are not representative of one exact country, as Mistral shows with its elements of both Japan and China.
- Fixing RWBY: Nora is a descended of a group of people called the "Fiskare". The Fiskare are influenced by ancient Nordics, particularly vikings. They've long since been absorbed into Mistral however many "pure" Mistralians look down upon those with Fiskare blood.
- In ''A Vicious, Vengeful Sea, the Ironborn and Northerners are both written as being based on various First Nations cultures, rather than Vikings and Medieval Europe. The fic uses descriptions of traditional regalia and facial tattooing in the worldbuilding, and the treatment of the Ironborn by the mainland (being blamed for their own oppression, being portrayed as if they should be "grateful" for colonization), is directly based on Anti-Native racism.
- Echoes of Eternity: Maria's friend Rei is the equivalent of Japanese-American. He's of Sajipean heritage but his family has lived in the United Federation for generations. He's a bit annoyed by his parents for giving him a Sajipean name and feeding him bentos for lunch, because as a kid he ended up beaten up in school.
- Create Your Own Fate: The native-born Bajorans draw from a variety of influences, ranging from American "red states" (fairly agrarian, nationalistic, religious, suspicious of the national government) to religious/nationalist extremists in the form of the Circle. There's a particular point made that, unlike the Federation at large, the Bajoran constitution guarantees the right to bear arms (though it's not completely unrestricted: the Bajorans ban depleted uranium ammo for environmental reasons and some locales don't allow open carry).
- Magna Clades: The Chalcopyrite Queendom is meant to be this regarding Ancient Grome (although leaning a bit more towards Roman culture).
- Under Strange Stars: The story depicts the Haradrim as one to medieval Arabs, portraying them nomadic, camel-riding desert warriors and fiercely devoted to their monotheistic faith in Eru.
- Nobledark Imperium: Happalachia is a planet covered in nothing but mountains and forests and home to clannish and disorganized woodsmen based on stereotypical Appalachian hillbillies.
- The Accidental Warlord And His Pack: Skellige islanders are definitely Viking inspired, as they are in the original books.
- Travels Through Azeroth and Outland: World of Warcraft itself uses this trope a great deal, though Travels expands on the concept and sometimes invents its own:
- Several human ethnic groups are introduced to flesh out the setting. Kirovi have a distinct Slavic/Russian flavor, particularly in their naming conventions. The Ralmanni are Romani in origin. There are also the Dromascoi, who were conquered by Lordaeron, and are loosely based off of Romania. However, very little information is given about the Dromascoi.
- Shadowprey Village has a Hawaiian feel, surfing and all.
- Tauren legends sound like they could have come straight out of Native American oral tradition.
- Stromgarde gets something of a German spin, while Dalaran is more French. The Tirasi names tend to sound Italian.
- The Dark Irons are apparently inspired by Stalinism. Similarly, the Defias take their cue from Maoists and Jacobins.
