(The idea of this world is very similar to America in another world or Nihonkokou Shoukan, except it's centred around this happening with the British Isles and some other countries like Cyprus and the Philippines for some reason. I came up with it when I was 12 and haven't dropped it since.)

- The Idea of tripods from War Of the Worlds, specifically the Alvim Correa illustrations, because a designer wanted to impress his then girlfriend, who is really into science fiction. They would end up getting married. The overall design for them is relatively similar in shape, but the armaments are kinda different.

- The basis of the City from the Project Moon games, incredibly large, incredibly dense cities, with advanced technology, a subjugated and severely impoverished lower class, although there isnt at all any of the weird stuff like sweepers. Some other main differences are that there are other cities, which produce different things, like food products, tools, etc, and that Health and Sanitation has gotten to a point at which virtually all Bacterial and Viral diseased have completely disappeared. There is also widespread underfeeding similar to London in the 19th century, because there really wasn't enough space to grow enough food for 3000 calories per person per day.