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*** They also share a great deal in common with Roman society: value service to the state above everything else save family; name their highest commanders Legate (albeit they use the bastardized pronunciation); Dukat and Garak even read a bit like Mark Antony and Ciccero, the latter in each pair having caused the death of the former's father and consistently ridicule them. In Garak's case Dukat just exiled him, though then again some Romans would have considered exile to be worse than death.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'':
** Numenor incorporates many cultural elements from different civilisations across the Mediterranean. Tolkien based Numenor on Plato's legends about Atlantis, what with them both being island-based, superior civilizations. The city-state has Venetian and Greco-Roman aesthetics, like paved roads, stuccoed buildings painted with blue accents, mosaics and gilded domes. Them being a maritime suggests the Phoenicians, who were amongst the first people to master sailing. The rocky corridor that leads to the city and the city itself are filled with massive statues carved in rock, in the Egyptian fashion.
** The Harfoots are modeled after the Irish travelers. They speak with a pseudo Irish accent and have a WanderingCulture and live in carts.

** The Klingons also had Mongolian and Persian elements, then were later given Japanese-ish ideas about honor (rarely put into practice but given a lot of lip service) and a fair amount of superficial Norse trappings.

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Aldhani has a strong dash of UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} in space - sheep, "uncivilized" highlands, industrial and prosperous lowlands, and the significant use of the word [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances "clearances"]] along with the forced relocation of people from the highlands clearing out many settlements and leaving them impoverished and unable to keep up their culture and way of life as they're forced into industrial areas to drive the similarity home.

* ''[[{{Series/Andor}} Star Wars: Andor]]'': Chandrillan fashion takes a lot of cues from traditional Japanese clothing, with some Korean influence as well. This is very evident in the outfits worn by Perrin, Leida, and Tay Kolma, but less so with Mon Mothma, who is a CulturalRebel.

** The Harfoots are modeled after the Irish travelers. They speak with a pseudo Irish accent and have a WonderingCulture and live in carts.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Numenor incorporates many cultural elements from different civilisations across the Mediterranean. Tolkien based Numenor on Plato's legends about Atlantis, what with them both being island-based, superior civilizations. The city-state has Greco-Roman aesthetics, like paved roads, stuccoed buildings painted with blue accents, mosaics and gilded domes. Them being a maritime suggests the Phoenicians, who were amongst the first people to master sailing. The rocky corridor that leads to the city and the city itself are filled with massive statues carved in rock, in the Egyptian fashion.

** The Klingons also had Mongolian and Persian elements, then were later given Japanese-ish ideas about honor (rarely put into practice, but given a lot of lip service) and a fair amount of superficial Norse trappings.