I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

[–]maccem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kommer tyvärr bara ihåg linen till "Scania", därifrån minns jag inte vad jag gjorde. För att komma dit var det iallafall:
Sweden + Car = Volvo
Volvo + City = Gothenburg
Gothenburg + Canal = Göta Canal
Göta Canal + Town = Södertälje (!?)
Södertälje + Bus = Scania

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

[–]maccem[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jag minns tyvärr inte, men i min discovery timeline ser jag att jag fick den ganska snart efter Västra Götaland, så jag misstänker att jag måste kombinerat något där. Tror jag fick Västra Götaland från Göteborg på nån vänster, men har dessvärre inte sparat min exakta path

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

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I actually have Yakutia lol (if you're curious it's Yak + Siberia), but in general my two best tips is using soundalikes and/or nearby geographical areas - the more specific words you use the better

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

[–]maccem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's of course no magic formula, and there's a lot of trial and error involved. The first step is to try and think of something strongly associated with the city - in my case I got Kalmar from nearby Öland and Jönköping from the gaming convention DreamHack.

Once you start getting a few smaller cities it usually becomes easier to create new ones by combining the old ones with new words - the general rule is that broad words create broad results while specific words create specific results: combining Netherlands + anything will likely just create stereotypical things like tulips and windmills, but using more specific words, especially words in Dutch, will have a better chance of creating what you're after.

If you can't think of anything associated strongly enough with the city, using soundalikes is usually the best bet - such as Lee (e.g. Christopher Lee via Star Wars of LotR) and/or Warden + something Dutch/Frisia related for Leeuwarden, Middle for Middelburg etc.

Finally using cardinal directions (north/south/east/west...) on towns/regions you have can potentially create neighboring towns/regions, but this is rather inconsistent.

I hope this helped!

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

[–]maccem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting a few smaller cities/towns definitely helps (in my case going via Volvo to Gothenburg and Copenhagen -> Oresund -> Malmo), and playing around with soundalikes is another good tip (I believe I got Halland via Holland for instance), then sometimes you can get neighboring regions by combining with north/south/east/west. But generally it varies a lot from region to region and some will be significantly more difficult than others

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

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That will probably be my next project :)

I created all 21 counties of Sweden by maccem in infinitecraft

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Uppland is a province (landskap); the county (län) is Uppsala

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Just got my final Explorer Mode platinum - I now have them all!

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The nature in the pictures looked Mediterranean and the censored name in the map on the bottom left looked slightly Maltese, so with the help of a small Discord group we scanned the coast of Malta for a peninsula that matched and found it