[joanie]

@Aya or @LadyAyaRose: Maybe the translator got confused?   With regards to Jan or Jean, I think in French, Jean is pronounced as Jan, like the actor Jean-Claude Van Damme  

[alogado]

The name 'Jan' is actually pronounced as 'Yan', which is a german name. Since Dresvan is supposed to be Germany it would make most sense that his name is Jan. I don't know how his name is written in the japanese version.

[joanie]

@alogado: Thanks for the info, I learned something new   In the Japanese version, his name is really written Jan (???)  

[LadyAyaRose]

:O Joshua's land is based on Germany ?! Oh you learn something new everyday.

Though so what are the others ? I'm going to guess that Wilfred's is England as who else has a red double decker :P the other countries please put me out my misery and tell me :D

[joanie]

This site has nice theories on which country from BMP is patterned in the real world

[LadyAyaRose]

Oh wow . I got dead on with both Wils, Eds, Glenn's and Robs. Though I did think Keith's land was Russia. It was all the fur lol.

Edwards land - IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. When I first saw him I incidentally thought OMG he French. Lol
Glenn - It was actually obvious. It pretty much screamed it especially on the side stories of his. Beside his countries shape looks awe fully familiar.
Rob - Chosen by default, as I ran out of countries lol.
Joshua - For some strange odd reason I thought he was Australian......I even gave him an Aussie accent in my head ... Lol I feel stupid Haha
Keith - As stated before I thought he was Russian....The fur dammit all the fur....Though thinking about it the 'real' version makes sense.
Will - his manners and the double decker just screamed it. Plus his family has the longest line which was the third clue lols
Mikes land - The Moon...........well ok maybe not.

[joanie]

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Liberty Kingdom: United States of America (Statue of Liberty – Liberty Kingdom?)
Philip Kingdom: England
Dres Van Kingdom: Germany (Lieben means cupid in german)
Charles Kingdom: France (Famous for wine)
Oriens Kingdom: Japan
Altaria Kingdom: Italy

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Wilfred: British
Keith: American
Roberto: Italian
Glenn: Japanese
Joshua: German
Edward: French

And yup, Glenn was the most obvious for Japan   I was also thinking if Keith was from Russia because almost all the countries listed have monarch, hmm...

[LadyAyaRose]

Also this also confused me

Liberty's Crest = Lion...Lion is usually represented England(3 Lions anyone?), so would've been more logical if it was an eagle
Philip's Crest = A Fleur De Lis...Was mostly a french thing...Their monarchs used it alot
Dres Van = Eagle wings...as stated with Liberty lol...
Charles = Unicorn with rose. Okay so nothing totally wrong with this, but roses and unicorns was known for england as well. Unicorn on the royal monarch thing and roses for War of The Roses.
Oriens = Sakura.. One of the two that really seems suited lol
Altaria = Crown...Logical, but where is the symbol of Pizzas or Ice Cream :P

So that in question made me think, but I only decided on what the country was like. But still Keith and his fur = Russia......Unless he is more or less in the colder areas lol. And I still have no idea why Josh = Australia.......

Alot of real life countries killed off their monarchy...England as far as I know is the only one with a stable one.

-- Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:06 am --

That reminds me Joshua's Princess sequel is out

[Dryad]

Hi all I dont suppose anyone has the walkthrough for Glenn's Princess sequel please?

[alogado]

"Lieben" means actually to love and not cupid. Do we even have a word for cupid in Germany? Uhh... we call him Armor. Yeah.

@joanie: Oh, okay. As I said, the german name Jan is pronouncen Yan, so the japanese writing doesn't even match up with the german name, so I guess that's where the Jean is coming from all the time.

[Aiwethryne]

And I still have no idea why Josh = Australia.......

...Australia? Most people alike Dres Van as being Germany because of the whole Nerwan thing and beer.

It annoys me somewhat that the similarities of countries mostly reside in western Europe... Smashing Oriens with Japan is such an outlier when put with the other kingdoms, since these kingdoms exist so near each other. But I think it's fine that the designers did not sew these countries together to be complete mimics of real-life countries. Screw making the crests more like that of existing monarchies.

Even though I knew that Liberty is put against the USA, I never actually thought about the Statue of Liberty. But Liberty is way too hedonistic to really reflect the USA as a whole. But I suppose it's closer because of how Liberty is the youngest kingdom, as the USA's length of history as an independent country does not match anywhere near most any of the other super powers in the world. I can see that furry top of his coat as being needed in colder areas, if Liberty happens to be near the South Pole. Can't exactly see anything with that small map.

[OtomeBabe]

Agree with alogado, since when lieben means cupid? I thought phrase "Ich liebe dich" is famous in the world..??

Just my 2 cent :
Wilfred is from England cause I saw in event, he rode The London Eye with MC plus the double decker, the so typical England phone booth plus his traditional food, Shepherd Pie.
Ed is from France cause he took a ride with MC into top of Eiffel Tower plus in his event story, you can see Arc de triomphe and Champs-Élysées. Not to mention foodie things.
Keith, I saw NY Square Times in his event story.
Joshua and Roberto are still mistery. I never meet/heard people with family name Lieben.But I think I took a pic about Josh having bier party. I can only think October Fest. But even normal party, people still drink bier like crazy haha. I thought once Joshua, beside Germany, comes from Austria. But Roberto's event story was in Wien. Btw, I'm curious about Newman. Is it Belgium?

[alogado]

Supposedly Nerwan is Ost-Germany, so DresVan would be West-Germany.

[LadyAyaRose]

@Aiwethryne I dont know myself why I thought Josh was from Austarlia...I mean those Aussie accents you can die for them lol. So might've secretly hoped he was aussie then


@Dryad

Glenns Princess Seqel for you:-

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[joanie]

I'm learning a lot from this conversation, a mixture of language, geography, and history all in one  

Joshua's Princess Sequel
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