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== Great Britain Flipped ==

To me it seems that Galar is based on the isle of Great Britain, but flipped vertically, such that the thick end of the region is to the north, whereas the thick end of Great Britain is to the south.

There even seems to be an analogue for London on the north end of Galar.

Despite this, the mountains suggest the Scottish Highlands.

Thoughts?

[[User:Bravebravesirbrian|Bravebravesirbrian]] ([[User talk:Bravebravesirbrian|talk]]) 01:47, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

That seems accurate, although some of the landmarks might have been moved around a bit.

Galar could have an etymological basis in Gael/Gallia.  Wiktionary, for example, lists Galles and Galler as words referring to Wales in several different languages, so it seems logical to me.
[[User:Vulpes Erevos|Vulpes Erevos]] ([[User talk:Vulpes Erevos|talk]]) 06:21, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

== Geographic Locations ==

As someone who lives in the North of England who have known the Island's geographic locations all by heart, I can help describe to you of which location is inspired...

As the first post stated, Galar is based on Great Britain, but flipped upside-down. Yet like the other Pokemon Region maps based on other worldwide locations, the geography changes slightly, like for example with Galar, the Scottish Highlands and the Southern English countryside has been flipped, and some of the cities have been moved about. Mostly the ones located in the North of England.

The Hometown geography-wise is located where Inverness could be, with the lake nearby being the famous Loch Ness. 

The lakeland area north of it I believe is The Lake District (even though it's located at the north-western point of England), which is a very popular tourist spot for Japanese/Chinese Tourists, with a large railway viaduct similar to those found in Scotland.

The wall in front of the First City, which would've spanned across the landscape, in geography-terms is loosely based on Hadrian's Wall.

The First City, whilst some think of it being Newcastle or Edinburgh because of geography, from the architecture, history of steam and industry, the bridges (Castlebridge Canal and Railway Bridges), the red brickwork and the tower (Manchester City Hall), I can tell that that city is in fact based around Britain's third largest city, Manchester.

The area of where the Grass Type Gym is located, with the white chalk Hill Figure of the Legendary Pokemon, is inspired by the Uffington White Horse by design (which is in reality located in the south of England), but happens to be located geography to another Hill Figure horse found in Kilburn, North York Moors.

The Water Type Gym sea town is in geography-terms Blackpool (Blackpool Tower) and Fleetwood (harbour and lighthouses).

The houses north of the Water Type town might be that of Southport.

The icy town with Gym, though located where North Wales is, could be based on Liverpool (Liverpool City Hall).

The Second City is although located Geography to where Manchester should be, is based on the second largest city, Birmingham, with it's many canals, tower (BT Tower) and castle walls that's based on nearby Warwick Castle.

The rocky area with water and Gym could be Buxton, which is known for it's spring mineral waters and quarries in The Peak District.

The fungus forest north of that is the well known Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood fame)

The final city is no doubt-ably London with last Gym and Pokemon League.

https://www.deviantart.com/shironakarius/art/Galar-Region-Great-Britain-s-Locations-788209862

This is all I have came up with and studied within the geography of the map alone compared with real life. Sure there would be other locations, Southern England locations mixed in there, I'm just giving you the basis to the whole scene.[[User:Cynthia149|Cynthia149]] ([[User talk:Cynthia149|talk]]) 21:15, 17 March 2019 (UTC)