Various areas in Tibia are based on a theme of some sort. In order of implementation:
- Most of the mainland as well as Edron: Traditional European medieval culture
- Darashia: Desert; Middle-eastern culture
- Venore: Built on a swamp, it's most likely based on Venice, the city built on water.
- Ankrahmun: Desert; Ancient Egyptian culture
- Tiquanda: Jungle; South America and the Amazon Rainforest
- Shattered Isles: The Caribbean
- Ice Islands: Scandinavia (the Southern Ice Islands) and Iceland (Northern Ice Islands), with Senja, Folda, and Vega being named after real Norwegian islands.
- Yalahar: Atlantis
- Zao: Asia