I gotta say a lot of things are popping up for me after reading this thread. I remember Someone saying Eorzea is Europe, and then from there on you compare the rest like the Far East and what not, there's even a region in the game from some lore on a fish I caught that sounds like America since it has inhabitants from many different regions/nations. Spinach, that in real life came from central and southwestern asia, I wonder if maybe the climate of the cids (i can't spell it) are similar to that. Horses although the they used to be indigenous to almost everywhere were killed off by something 10,000 years ago and really more modern horses link roots to the east, Russia/Mongolia. So its cool to see maybe real world still being a big source of geographical/climate/fauna - flora/ inspiration.