Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16798306-20130623031405/@comment-6986530-20130623210458

I take issue with your first and second points.

1.The singleminded persuit of science, medicine, and technology is by no means limited to WWII Japan. One can argue this of many countries, and so this cannot be evidence in itself, only a further link if "Levianta is Japan" is canon.

2. At least, according to what I've seen, the Yakuza's characteristics that separate them from other gangs in the world are being uber-polite in their horrible dealings, cutting off fingers for failure, and getting tattoos. Apocalypse and Neo Apocalypse share none of these traits as far as we've seen and they're terrorist organizations, not gangsters. There are gangsters and terrorists all over the world, so again it's only a further link, not evidence in itself.

That said, I kind of thought that Levianta might be based on post WWII Russia and the Papal States. My reasons are not enough that I think we should put it in Conceptualization and Origins, but I felt like sharing in case more evidence shows up in the future.

1. Levianta appears to have a colder climate than the other Evillious regions and a lot of racial diversity, something Russia can also attest to (particularly as the Soviet Union.)

2. Russia was also a military superpower post WWII that put a lot of emphasis on science and heavy industry (which magic would replace)--like AnimeApprentice's argument with Japan. I know that by my own complaint, this is the weakest of my arguments... ^ ^;

3. Cold War Russia put emphasis on gender equality in the working classes (that was apparently one thing they were holding over the U.S at the time) which, while not matching with the near matriarchy we see in the Magic Kingdom, still brings it closer.

4. Russia (and, well, Eastern Europe in general) also experienced a terrible nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, which could link with the Great Fire Disaster in Levianta as both left a huge amount of land uninhabitable for a time and both actually involved fire....

5. The close link that Levianta has with the Levin religion and semi-theocracy via Project 'MA' are my biggest connections to the Papal States. Plus their having a Senate puts me in mind of Ancient Rome...