EarthBound world's similarities with the real world

The world of the EarthBound series is famous for it's connections to the real world. Many players consider it to be a parody of America, however, Shigesato Itoi stated he intended the world of Mother 2 to have an international feel, an example being Poo and Dalaam. The regions of America and Eagleland are based off of America, while Foggyland is based off of Europe and Chommo is based off of the region covering from Southern Asia and Northern Africa.

America
America in the EarthBound universe is the region of EarthBound Beginnings, being the first region in the series. It is named after the real-life America, also known as the United States. Despite America in real-life being set in the Northern hemisphere, the geographical locations of the region in-game depict it being warmer in the north and colder in the south, more akin to the Southern hemisphere. Although the Japanese names of the towns are named after holidays, the localized town names have relations to locations in real-life America:


 * Merrysville is a pun on the real-life Marysville.
 * Spookane is a pun on Spokane.
 * Both these towns are located in the Washington state, where Nintendo of America's headquarters is located.
 * The town of Ellay is a pun on "L.A." the abbreviated form of Los Angeles. The town also shares similarities to its real-life counterpart, with it being a messy town with gang problems.

Eagleland
The world of EarthBound is now shown to be the Earth with different regions in different parts of the world, giving it an international feel as Itoi had planned. Eagleland is the westmost region and the main region of EarthBound. Similar to America, it is also based off of the USA, with its geographic location being set in the continent of North America. Eagleland consists of moderate climate with a small desert portion. Locations that have possible relations to real-life locations are:


 * Twoson may be named after the actual city of Tucson, Arizona or Towson, Maryland.


 * Fourside, however, is no doubt based off of one of America's most well-known cities, New York City, with Fourside's geographical location being in New York. Fourside is a metropolis with the city's layout consisting of skyscrapers and a park in the center, similar to NYC in real-life, the park may be based off of Centeral Park. Topolla Theater is based off of the Apollo Theater, with it being backed-up by its Japanese name, Topollo Theater. The EarthBound Player's Guide mentions Fourside's nickname being "The Big Banana", parodying NYC's nickname "The Big Apple".

Foggyland
Foggyland is based off of and geographically located in the contentinent of Europe. There are two contries that the player visits, Winters and Summers.

Winters
Winters is the country in the northern section of Foggyland and is the largest country in the region. Shigesato Itoi confirmed Winters is based off of England. Stonehenge is located in Winters and is based off of the real-life Stonehenge in Europe. Winters is also reminiscent of Scotland, with Lake Tess being based off of Loch Ness, and Tessie being based off of the Loch Ness monster.

Summers
Summers is located in the southmost part of Foggyland, it is a beach side resort being in contrast to the snow-capped country of Winters. Summers, by in-game dialogue, can be obviously seen based off of France due to the way the citizens talk, as well as the Mediterranean area of Europe such as Italy, Spain, or Greece.

Chommo
Chommo is the land in the east, with it being the region containing Dalaam and Scaraba. It is geographically located in the continent of Asia with Dalaam in particular having many Asian themed elements, although it possibly also extends to northern Africa as well due to Scaraba.

Dalaam
Dalaam is located in the eastern part of Chommo. It is primarily based off of Asia, being a mixture of India and China. Its monarchy could possibly be based off of Nepal, which was a monarchy as the time, or Bhutan.

Scaraba
Scaraba is based on northern Africa, it consist of desert. The southern portion is based off of Egypt, with the pyramids and The Sphinx being based off of their real-life counterparts. The city portion to the north is possibly based off of Casablanca or Morroco.

Deep Darkness


The Deep Darkness is most likely based of heavily forested areas in Central Africa, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.