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Sentry 616 wrote: I'm not sure where you got most of those location comparisons. It sort of makes sense (considering the look of the taverns of Mistral, sort of a British pub look rather than the American bar Qrow was drinking at). Vacuo is also a sort of American stand in: informal, plain, and survivalist (as well as being farther away from the other nations).

Considering Atlas' pride in taking soldiers out of the battle and use of Battlesuits, they might be more like The Tau (or Necrons with the mechanized units).