Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20141126224628

Snakeland's name is 蛇国 or じゃこく (Jakoku). Unlike the Evillious nations, which are written in katakana (ex: Marlon is マーロン [Maaron]), Snakeland's name is written in kanji. For comparison, Enbizaka is also written in kanji (円尾坂) but we translate it as its romanization, despite literally meaning something akin to "Round Lower Slope".

The reason I bring this up is to suggest that mothy has written Snakeland's names in kanji because he wants them to follow traditional Eastern convention, vs the "western" Evillious nations which are just written how they're said. This would also mean changing things like the Battle of Snake Plain to the Battle of Jakehara.

I was originally going to leave this to discussion, but it seems to becoming a weakening point to debate. In the EFEC novel, the Graveyard's waiter explicitly mentions "Jakoku Sauce" (ジャコク・ソース) being a secret ingredient to the soup dish he brings in.

Given it's in katakana like many other western names to give it a romanized pronunciation, I suggest we change Snakeland's name to "Jakoku", change related names like the Battle of Snake Plain to the Battle of Jakehara, and change the "Snakelander" race to some other appropriate race name. 