Britannia's Origins?

[eire-endellion.livejournal.com]

Never mind, problem solved =D

So I was watching R2, and when the video paused to load, I noticed something strange about the opening introduction. 

The Empire started in America?

Now, I'm not the most observant of people, so I could've missed something while I was watching. However, I thought that Britannia started in, well, Europe. Can someone please direct me to some information to ease my confused mind?

Sorry if this is a repost, or against the rules, or something ^^; New to the community and LJ in general.

Comments

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

that map isn't exactly an accurate representation of the world. (did canada separate from north america, or is that an extra large greenland?)

but i read somewhere that in the show, there was never a usa, and it remained a colony of britannia... maybe they moved their headquarters to a bigger and more accessible location?

or we're just reading into it too much and they really are referring to britannia as today's usa. O_o it IS the economic colonizer of the world.

[eire-endellion.livejournal.com]

I fail at Geography, so I didn't pick that up xD

Well, judging by the pretty colours... I would say that red would be the Empire, yellow would be current expansion, green would be neutral and cyan would be ULTIMATE WIN (WOOOOOOOT AUSTRALIA!) allies, maybe? Australia and the US have a history of co-operating together.
So why is it only the Americas (and Japan and New Zealand) that are red? This is just too confusing x.x

Or yes, that could be the case xD

[atlikarinca.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about Australia's fate in Code Geass too, actually XD As well as loling over the Kiwis being part of Brittania. Although, I hope they don't have some kind of 'Area ___' name as well D:

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

green could be the chinese occupied territories.

i take it you're australian? XD wasn't australia also a britannian colony long ago?

and wasn't cornelia at war in africa, or something? the european union? or is my world history messing up what i remember from the show?

i have to watch season 1 again.

[eire-endellion.livejournal.com]

Why yes, I am Australian =D And we're still a Britannian Colony! W00000T! If this strange series of events ever came true, Australia would be safe and sound =D

[eire-endellion.livejournal.com]

^ Well, we're still linked to Britan anyway x.x We're a....democratic monarchy? Some fancy term that I've forgotten right now xD

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

well, 2010 is only two years away. XD have YOU seen any knightmares skating around? ^^

[ashura-sama.livejournal.com]

(did canada separate from north america, or is that an extra large greenland?)
I think it's a projection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection) issue.

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

i didn't think of that, lol.

[kamuro-ishigami.livejournal.com]

From the overlarge polar areas, it seems a cylindrical projection was used..

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

this just shows how little i know about maps. hehe. ^^