Questions about Doma?

[Kyan]

One, I'm curious about the races that might live in that part of the world. As we have seen so far that there are many Hyurs from Doma, along with whatever race Yugiri is. Are there Miqo'te, Roegadyn, Lalafell, or Elezen there? I know I might have just overlooked it in the story if there are, but I don't remember seeing any or hearing any mention.

Hyur and Yugiri's race seem to be living in Doma in harmony, but as for other races? Well, as Othard is mostly under imperial control, and we have seen that the Garleans bulk up their ranks with citizens of conquered nations (and that their ranks have had members of all five races), we could assume that there are members of all give races in Ilsabard and Othard.

Two, I'm far more curious about the lands of Doma. Is it a tropical region, desert? Or maybe several, just like in Eorzea.

I would think that Doma is a land, rather than lands. Othard is the continent on which Doma is located. Is Doma a city-state or a region of Othard? I'm not quite sure. But if you look at Eorzea, and how each city-state has a region, I am certain Doma would be the same - Doma could be the name of the city-state (Like Ul'dah) or it could be the name of the surrounding region (Thanalan).

We can infer that Doma has fertile lands and lots of trees, as there were peach farms (as mentioned during the stinky-chocobo quests at Vesper bay) and the children talk about training in running across tree tops as youths (as mentioned currently in the Rising Stones).

[TinyRedLeaf]

Is Doma a city-state or a region of Othard? I'm not quite sure. But if you look at Eorzea, and how each city-state has a region, I am certain Doma would be the same.

Some reference to real-world history would be helpful here. We tend to forget that the concept of a "nation-state" is actually very modern, and did not become common until some 300 years ago.

While some countries like England and France were beginning to develop a "national identity" around the 1300s and 1400s, people in these places would still more readily identify themselves as subjects of a monarch, than of a "country" per se.

In other words, up until recently in history, loyalties were more personal than they were "national".

It was actually more common for prosperous cities to gain prominence, with a rare handful ascending into full-fledged land or maritime empires. In ancient times, we had the likes of Babylon, Rome and Athens. And in the Middle Ages, there were Italian cities like Venice, Florence and Genoa.

And in most of these cases, loyalties were usually pledged to the city, and not specifically to an area of land. It was only in a few rare cases that an area of land was readily identified with a "nation", like China, Japan or India.