Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
Yeah, as I mention, that's likely what's going to happen next--and I say 'worry about Doma', because while we can't cast a lot of equivalent national actors for that period given inspirations are all over place and time, Doma is clearly China, and the Meiji Restoration period went pretty badly for China.
I wouldn't say Doma is "clearly" China - it feels more based off of Nara-Era Japan, where influences from Chinese culture and arcitecture were incredibly prevelent, and society was largely agaraian (Which seems to describe Yanxia pretty well). I just say that because the social structure of Doma is still very Japanese, since they have samurai serving under lords and all. (Unless Gosetsu was supposed to be a hingan samurai who just happened to be serving a Doman lord, it occurs to me that I'm not sure if thatidea is contradicted anywhere.)

Though the occupation makes it difficult to talk about Doma since we have trouble figuring out its social structure and relationship to other nations prior to Garlemald taking over.