Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4010415-20140802105040/@comment-14909251-20140803031737

Okay, quote time:

Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursi and attack your walls directly! . . . And since Atlas is part of Mantle

Ruby says this when attacking Yang's kingdom so it could easily mean Yang was playing as Atlas and there are later hints pointing to that. Since Vale is on the continent of Vytal this all the same implies Atlas is on a separate continent called Mantle. We have a hint as to the location in Ozpin's conversation:

So, what in the world has brought you all the way down from Atlas?

Such a statement implies Vale's position is "down" from Atlas and this makes the most sense in the context of it being north of Vale. I certainly took the statement as meaning Atlas was situated to the north. The "Mistral Trade Route" does appear to be another hint as the name is the same as that for a "strong, cold and northwesterly wind" that comes out of southern France and into the Mediterranean. In other words, the name Mistral hints at a northern area that is cold. Only one point of light was placed on a cold continent to the north of Vale. Saying he flew "halfway across the continent" would not make sense if Atlas were on the other end of Vytal as that would not be merely "halfway" across the continent. Flying down from the northern continent to the known position of Vale could be easily described as flying halfway across the continent, on the other hand.

Positioning of game pieces during the episode would not be as reliable. When Ruby is talking about attacking Yang and the view pans over the board, the Giant Armor pieces are in the area of Vale and when Ruby says Weiss is "three turns away from conquering Remnant" they are still there. Before Yang switches around the pieces and announces that Weiss lost her army, however, there are Ursi in the same spot instead. Given that Blake was playing Vale, it is bizarre for Weiss and Yang to have their pieces in her spot. Suffice to say, the game board confusion could be more of a case of the animators messing up than anything else. Their positioning on the board itself may not matter either. Just because they are playing as a specific kingdom does not mean their pieces will be in the same spot as that kingdom.