Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-64.237.231.157-20140302041814/@comment-23158-20151016172350

WrathOfHircine wrote: Jondon Cenobi wrote:

184.19.173.112 wrote: Skyrim seems to be based off of Scandinavia but the other provinces seem to have little to no relation to any real places. I think that any relation ships to real life are just coincedental Not entirely so: High Rock is like Celtic Europe, and Cyrodiil is like Italic Europe. Hammerfell is like north Africa and a little bit of southern Spain and Italy. I think that High Rock is more like France as they have castles and lords, the Reachmen are celts

France ultimately has a Gallo-Roman base, and Brittany is still (mostly) Celtic. Furthermore, there are many Celtic peoples who also had native castles and lords (the petty kingdoms of Wales, the clans of Ireland and the Scottish highlands).