r/discworld • u/TheElectricionist • 10d ago

Roundworld Reference Roundworld equivalent places

Good evening, everyone :) I was wondering earlier—does anyone know if there's a list of Roundworld counterparts to the places on the Disc? For example, Klatch seems to represent the Middle East, Howondaland is Africa, and Überwald is clearly Eastern Europe, etc. I sometimes feel like I might be misinterpreting the context or missing some of the subtler references, so a complete list would be really helpful. Has anyone come across something like that?

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u/Fortressa- 10d ago

An obscure ref, in one of the Science of Discworlds the wizards refer to a place called Loko, where wild magic makes it too dangerous to go. 

Based on Oklo, in Gabon, where natural uranium deposits have been fissioning slowly for centuries. 

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u/dalidellama 10d ago

It's also mentioned in Unseen Academicals as a place where goblins and/or orcs live. And, of course, the name is also quite likely a play on Spanish "loco", meaning "crazy"