2014-11-09, 07:14 PM
I can definitely see Iscalio as Italy. The country name as well as the knight names Bagdemagus, Gallo, and Lecarra (who was from Iscalio) all have Roman sounding suffixes.
An interesting clue as to which country Almekia represented is found in the name of Lance's father King Hengist. Historically, Hengist was one of the Saxon king's who was invited into Britain by the Celtic ruler Vortigern to help him in his war against those pesky northern barbarians (Picts etc). But the Saxons under Hengist quickly turned on Vortigern and began invading Britain too- boy did that plan go wrong 
Since Hengist was a Saxon specifically associated with Britain, it seems likely that Almekia represents the the Saxons in Britain and that Forsena is a quasi-Britain rather than mainland Europe,. But that leaves the question as to why Italy is grafted on? Actually, moving Italy and having it grafted onto Britain sounds just like something Dryst would order his knights to do!
A translation note: I've been working on Norgard's events and came to the scene where Esmeree is reunited with her brother Vaynard after the fall of Esgares. I was happy to find that there are several extra lines in Esmeree's speech (cut out by Atlus in LoF). Also, what Atlus did include, had a seriously botched translation, so the GE version should provide significantly better insight. Her speech is one of the best insights into Zemeckis' personality in the game. I won't spoil anything, but I thought it eloquent and insightful. Almost makes me like Zemeckis....almost 
An interesting clue as to which country Almekia represented is found in the name of Lance's father King Hengist. Historically, Hengist was one of the Saxon king's who was invited into Britain by the Celtic ruler Vortigern to help him in his war against those pesky northern barbarians (Picts etc). But the Saxons under Hengist quickly turned on Vortigern and began invading Britain too- boy did that plan go wrong
Since Hengist was a Saxon specifically associated with Britain, it seems likely that Almekia represents the the Saxons in Britain and that Forsena is a quasi-Britain rather than mainland Europe,. But that leaves the question as to why Italy is grafted on? Actually, moving Italy and having it grafted onto Britain sounds just like something Dryst would order his knights to do!A translation note: I've been working on Norgard's events and came to the scene where Esmeree is reunited with her brother Vaynard after the fall of Esgares. I was happy to find that there are several extra lines in Esmeree's speech (cut out by Atlus in LoF). Also, what Atlus did include, had a seriously botched translation, so the GE version should provide significantly better insight. Her speech is one of the best insights into Zemeckis' personality in the game. I won't spoil anything, but I thought it eloquent and insightful. Almost makes me like Zemeckis....almost