Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44248215-20191113060242/@comment-24018437-20191116002746

Sentry 616 wrote: Honestly, I think/hope Vale was meant to be relatabe with its vagueness. Barring that, I'd guess American by default since RT is an American company, they have stayed on mainly American platforms for their whole existance, and RWBY was aimed at an American audience first.

Exactly. Vale, to me, is meant to be the ‘normal’ Kingdom that people can relate and understand the easiest without a lot of worldbuilding needed to explain it. Even in WoR, Vale seems rather normal compared to the other four factions.

It simply doesn’t make sense to base Vale on China when keeping that in mind.