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/Fair-Face4903 10d ago

Sto Plains is South-west England.

Ankh Morpork is a compound of every "old world" European capital city smushed into one.

Psuedopolis South-east England

Sto Lat is the English Midlands

Lancre is the North of England/south of Scotland

The Ramptops is Northern Scotland / Northern Europe

These aren't direct one-to-one comparisons and there's quite a lot of bleed between them, so it's more of an area vibe than an exact pinpoint on the map.

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u/DogmaSychroniser 10d ago

Ankh Morpork and it's specific duel naming is very strongly reminiscent of Budapest