Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1173941-20130917000926/@comment-14138255-20130919022529

it begs the question of what those kngdoms are.

Mistral I imagine is like a Modern Roman Empire (but more along the lines of Byzantine due to the predominantly Greek vibe Pyrrha gives off).

I stated on another thread (Places you'd like to see) that the region that Ren and Nora come from is a fusion of Feudal Japan and Viking Scandinavia that banded together to survive many hardships they faced (either in Ancient times or more recently).

Vale is sort of the RWBY-verse equivilent of America, a giant melting pot of people from all walks of life, but with a much more common crime reports than others as a result.

I'm actually thinking that Weiss is not a native of Vale, she may have either been from the regional equivelent of Europe or from Mistral (thus giving a reason Weiss personally knows Pyrrha).