Need assistance in making up setting

[Echowinds]

I know very well that I should make up the various political unit and race before making a map, but I just felt like making the map more than the actual setting itself.

http://b.imagehost.org/t/0831/Random_Map_01.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0831/Random_Map_01.jpg)

However, without all sort of cities, political units, and geographical names, the map looks kind of blank. The names I made up are incredibly cheesy at times, so yeah.

[MrEdwardNigma]

What kind of setting exactly are you planning on?

[BooTheHamster]

One thing I like to do for making up names and such is to go to a translation website and pick a language, I usually go with Latin, then translate common words into that language and change a few letters around.

For instance, if it's a coastal city, you translate the word boat and get 'navis'. Then I just take that word and make it sound like a city and end up with Naviali, a shipbuilding coastal city. It's an easy procedure and you end up with some fairly realistic names.

Maps are fun.:smallbiggrin:

[Echowinds]

I actually forgot I made a thread.

For the names, I could do that, but it's more of a case that I need more help in setting up a culture for each area, and then putting appropriate names for that area. I mean, putting Latin names in a place dominated by powerful steppe hordes isn't going to work.