I'm working on a setting based on America, probably taking inspiration from the late 19th century.
-Northeast (Maine, NH, Vermont, etc)
>Wood Elves, primarily, with indecipherable accents.
>Famous Human wizard living in a dark tower.
-East Coast (Boston, NYC, Philly, DC)
>High Elves with thick accents.
>"HEY, I'M CASTIN' HERE"
-South/Deep South (Virginia to Arkansas, minus Florida)
>Plantation fueled Half-Elves.
>Enslaved goblinoids
-Appalachia (Banjos)
>Redneck Firbolgs and stray humans/wood elves.
>Some feral gnome types up north.
>Very rare to run into somebody, when you do they are often clan-like and excessively loyal to their small family.
-Florida
>Orcs
>There was a picture in the 3.5 Eberron book of an Orc on stilts in a swamp. This is what I want.
-Gulf Coast
>Goblins and other goblinoids that have escaped slavery
>Lead by the intelligent Frondrek Dagless, self-educated and freed hobgoblin
-Midwest (Crops and flat. You know)
>Doughy faced kind humans
>Some large cities, nothing to rival the Elves
>Industrious traders and farmers
-Rust Belt (Cleveland, Pittsburgh,anything on Eerie)
>Bitter gnomes
-Great Lakes North
>Dwarves with Minnesota accents
>"Quiet folk here, ya know. Best hot dish in the tri-parish, ya sure you betcha"
-Texas (Texas)
>Goliaths on dinosaurs
>Everything is bigger in Texas
-Great Plains (Flyover States)
>BLAND
>HUMAN
>Pushing westward per manifest prophecy
-Southwest (West Texas, NM, Arizona)
>Land of while magic and enchantments
>Dragonborn native to the area have never been pushed out
>Humans starting to encroach
-Out West (Utah, Nevada, Montana)
>Halflings doing the Longmire thing
>Conflict with nearby humans over what Humans claim is promisedl and
>Tiny horses
-West Coast (Seattle, Portland, Rain)
>Drow
-SoCal
>Half-Orcs and some abolitionist humans from near Ohio
>Freshly settled, somehow already kinda surfer-dude.
>Escaped persecution to start a new land.
>"Dude, check out this axe! Totally stole it from a lich, man."
