Zoya and Duncan
"Fascinating," Zoya said. "These Scandinavians you mentioned sound very similar to the Fyerdans at home. Fyerda is a nation to the north of Ravka, my home, and populated largely by blond men and woman. Though, as you say about the Scandanavians, some have red or dark hair. And they, too, eat that awful lutefisk, and seem proud of it."
"It makes me wonder what other parallels there might be." Was there an island kingdom of traders like Kerch here? A land similar to Shu Han? Novyi Zem? And Ravka, of course.