Nice, now I'm hungry too. Might be time for In-N-Out and animal fries. Don't know how other 'us' survives without animal fries either.
All of the above, I think? But mostly parallels to events and leaders - for example, Orlais was founded by Kordillus Drakon I who really shares a lot of similarities to Charlemagne; Orlais is also the most powerful nation in Thedas.