[Acronoid]

Most of the placenames are from ancient greece. Really, Jason was a greek hero, Pandora (from pandora's box), Atlantis, troy. I don't think there are many settlements that aren't inspired by greek mythology btw.

Also:
- combibo -> Stegosauria (not stegosaur
- armax bull -> triceratops
- armax cow -> Euoplocephalus
...

Oh, and armors come from fairy tails:
the gnomes, pixies, gremlins, ghouls (servant of a vampire), ghosts, shadows, angels,...

So Basicly EU is based on dinosaurs, greek mythology and fantasy. Don't know about you but these 3 things where cool things when I was little. Maybe this explains why so many 20-40 year old people play EU and not much younger ones? Or it may just be some of the childhood fascinations of the storywriters ofcourse.