:sun I knew this was a good idea.

As for the cats, well... I hate to admit it, but my thought was Persia. Because, you know, "[i]Purr[/i]sia"...

x.x Yeah, Egypt might be better. It'll still work with my plans, as well, because the Purrsians were going to be neighbors to Saddle Arabia, and Egypt is also a neighbor of Arabia in real life (just to the West, instead of the East). Yes, yes, good stuff.

As for the ancient America, it's also in the works, as the jungle located directly South of the Badlands. To maintain that Daring Do's Cottage was on the edge of Equestria, the jungle would be bordering the Equestrian South-West US/Northern Mexico-based San Palomino desert, before it morphs into the more Sahara/Arabian Peninsula-based Camelu desert, which is where Saddle Arabia and our as-of-yet unnamed catty Egypt will be... I haven't decided an animal for them yet, though. Maybe leopards, cousins of the smaller Egyptian cats (just like the Arabian horses are somewhat related to the ponies)? That could work. What do you think?

EDIT: Sorry, Crimson, future-tech just wouldn't fit in. Even the ponies' technology is all based on magic, you know? It doesn't have to be [i]ancient[/i], just more mythological than not (Saddle Arabia, for instance, is based on the mystical Arabia of legend, with djinn and alchemy and flying carpets and all that good stuff).