WT: Phew, countries? Not continents? Man, I...I mean I haven't named a lot of places to be honest. I basically covered the chief continents, and since then the nations of Animalia as a whole have...admittedly been a “make 'em up as you go” situation. So, with that said I'll list what I did come up with so far, and explain the ones that replace parent countries.
First, there's the seven continents, although I've been toying with including an eight at some point, perhaps a take on Zelandia, the “Continent that could have been.”
As it stands we have,
North Mammalia = North America
South Mammalia = South America
Roarope = Europe
Afrikat = Africa
Ursa = Asia
Austalia = Austrailia
Antbarktica = Antarctica
Now, for countries I've taken the time to name as they've come along, we've got...
North Mammalian Union = The USA, Canada and Mexico stand in, actually made up of several smaller super states that would be made up of the states Americans know, plus Canada and Mexico. Each of the countries are still technically separate entities, but work under European Union Rules. Zootopia lies in the heart of the North Mammalian Union, despite being it's own 'city-state'.
Mexicat = Mexico: I haven't toyed with that much in terms of deciding on what aspects may be different in a Zootopian verion in terms of structure.
Canidea = Canada: Canidea is largely made up of native mammal run nations, much like some of the states in Amerikat? America as we know it?
Guatallama = Guatemala: I had Gazelle briefly bring this up in Rehab as her home nation, and talk about how bad pred/prey relations were there. Admittedly my research was scant as with some nations, I wanted to use the vague cultural elements from them, but stay away from hard reflections of those societies as they are now. I made it sound like a pretty rough place in Zootopia because I wanted it to be enough of a constraint to push Gazelle to leave.
The New Pridelands/Great Kitten/Kingland =England: This is complicated. In Zootopia, Lions and felines were the driving force in much of the early empires. This culminated in an empire known as “The Pridelands Empire” Stretching out of South Afrikat and into parts of Roarope. In this instance, it's sort of the “Roman” displacer. It famously lasted for 1000 years before it partially collapsed, leaving behind the old empires remnants in “South Afrikat”, and the New Empire in Kingland, which would spearhead the founding of Zootopia.
South Afrikat = South Africa: An amalgam of several south African nations that exists as a contemporary monarchy. It is a super-power that stands on equal footing with the NMU, Kingland, Grrussia, and Panda.
Panda = China: I'm not happy with that one, it needs work.
Grussia = Russia
Japanda = Japan: While Japan isn't the natural habitat for Pandas, I figured that either at some point Panda occupied Japanda and named it as such, or the fact that the Red Panda's were driven out of Panda, and found refuge in Japanda earned it the name.
Irelamb = Ireland: I haven't explored Irelamb as deeply as “Schottram”, Dawn's acestral home. But it would be similarly populated largely with livestock mammals, wolves and foxes.
Schottram = Scottland: I wrote a whole mess about Dawn's ancestral home, and several of it's rulers. Very herbivore-centric cultural roots, despite the injection of Norwulffish citizens as the years went on. Lot's of pagan, or 'preygan' elements there.
Greater and Lesser Norwulff: These nations basically replace Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and was largely dominated by wolves. The wolf culture has heavy nordic equivalent and viking roots to them, although with less 'raping and pillaging' going on as they reached a mass 'spiritual enlightenment' several centuries ago.
East and West Hyenya – Kenya: I nearly forgot this one, Hyenya is a war-torn nation in South Afrikat, at least West Hyenya is. The reason it's split between east and west is because it was once part of “The Pridelands Empire”. With the Pridelands empire in charge, while hyena's weren't treated particularly well, many felt living under the law of the Pridelands was considerably less worse than the previously violent matriarchal system that saw male hyenas treated as sub-mammals by their own kind. After the Pridelands faltered, and Hyenya earned its freedom in tor process, a split developed between the populace, with one side wanting a return to their matriarchal roots, while the other faction wished to build off the laws left in place by the Pridelands. The border between the nations is a hot zone, prone to skirmishes usually revolving around west hyenian refugees looking for asylum in East Hyenya.
Alright, so that's enough of that for now...this is already too long and it's late. I hope that...sort of answered your ask.
-WT
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