Can anyone think of a good name for some fake countries that are going to be in my game. Here is a description of the nations: Nation 1: A wealthy and prosperous nation at war with Nation 2. It is also a monarachy with a large class of nobles. Nation 2: A militaristic nation, where freedom is a taboo word and at war with Nation 1. Nation 3: An island away from both Nation 1 and 2, where people who don't want to fight in the Great War can live. Nation 4: The Player's home country. A poor nation full of peasants and ruled by a few elite foreigners.
I will also need names for some minors. Thank you in advance for any name ideas.
EDIT: I also will need names for some cities, so if you could suggest some, I would appreciate it.
Oh and i did all through mind i didnt check to see if anything was an actual word or jame in a different language i just altered spellings of countries and words in english....
Thank you to everyone who suggested a name. I still need names, so if you think you have a good name, or even if you think you have a bad name, please post. :)
If you're really interested in building a full language and developing languages to their fullest potential in a fantasy setting, I'd recommend picking up Holly Lisle's Create A Language Clinic. Most of her clinics are actually worth it (although maybe a bit on the steep side for some people), but I'd say that the language one was certainly the most helpful for me personally. They aren't exceptionally deep, and they do rely on the author to be decent at their craft, and at least decently well read, but they also help to make certain things feel less, artificial. Fully functional languages in a otherworldly setting can, if used sparingly, really help to flesh out the culture of a world.
If you just want quick names http://www.seventhsanctum.com/ probably has something. (I know they have a greek sounding namer). Just be careful to Google anything it spits out of its greek name generator, as it sometimes produces words that are, or close to, real words.
@Reaperoa Holly's book looks like it could be useful, but unfourtantly I don't have any money at the moment, so that is out of the question for now. Thanks for the link to Seventh Sanctum, it has given me a few good names for some cities I had.
Well, Nation 3 was intended to become the solution to Man's problems, and while it didn't work out that way, it still inspires people. That is why Panacea is going to be the name of the Capital.
@ItalionStailon Yea, I know not being able to afford something. Let me try to pull out a few other tools I have laying around though (just trying to throw some help your way).
The Language Construction Kit (http://www.zompist.com/kit.html) is a bit drier than Holly's books, but it gives some good food for thought in building convincing fictional languages. Plus, the core of it is free online.
(Damn it, now I'm looking at these things, and I gonna have to break out a fake language for 8Thrones.)
Assuming medieval fantasy (you're talking about kingdoms after all), I'd also recommend taking a look at Medieval Demographics Made Easy (http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/blueroom/demog.htm). Completely free online (The guy also made a book called Fief, but IIRC, I didn't think it was really worth it at all). It's aimed at lot more at Pen and Paper RPGs, but it's really good for writing too, if you want to keep order to things. (I actually should have the continent of 8Thrones drawn up using it somewhere.) Between it and GURPS I was actually able to pound out the GDP of a medieval continent the size of Europe, that I could then break down into individual baronies for a tabletop campaign a few years back.
Just asking,what the nation based on which continent and is it similar to which earth continent and the culture so that I can make a name for these nations.
@Reaperoa, I'll have to give that a try... I played around with "City" a while back for my game world, but while it had some really good bits, I didn't think it all held together in the end.
@Reaperoa Thanks for the links. That medieval demographics website is preety useful.
@CountDon Unfourtantly you are a little late. The four main nations have names. Also, Lorea? All you did was switch the first letter. Be more creative. ;-)
@vostov See above comment. I still will accept city names, and a number of the cities will have names that come from these fourms.
@Everyone Thanks for all the names. I still will accept names for cities, so feel free to suggest some. :)
@Happy Here are the nation's names: Nation 1: South Margola (Thanks to WiReD) Nation 2: North Margola (Once again, thanks to WiReD) Nation 3: The Isle of Bastion (Thanks to AKNel1) Nation 4: Ramul (Thanks to Marajade)
Thanks to everyone once again. A lot of the names that are suggested here have been used.
@Havenstone Just a quick look shows City to mostly presume that you already know all the numbers by yourself and and are going to fudge most of it. Not sure I like that design choice.
City names? New Berthams? Charltonsville? Cuedestan? Ramul Lumpur? Central Margola City (A city that used to be a place for South and Northan's to meet, Now wartorn?) Bastin City? Hughstan? Summerfield? Shireton?
@CountDon There are a lot of good city names that you have given me. I really like the Central Margola City idea, though I'll probably give it a different name, since it would be annoying to say "Central Margola City" over and over again.