: It looks to me as if you have already answered your own question very well. All I can think of to add is: it saves you from having to do a lot of detailed research into the geography

It looks to me as if you have already answered your own question very well. All I can think of to add is:

it saves you from having to do a lot of detailed research into the geography and history of that region. Some people love to nitpick when authors get factual details wrong; with a fictional region as your setting you can shrug these complaints off.
setting your story in a fictional region minimizes the danger that you will be sued for libel if, for instance, your story includes a scene in which the poshest restaurant in the city of X gives all its diners food poisoning. (But people should note that in most jurisdictions a libel case can be sustained if the restaurant in the story is recognizable to the average reader as referring to a real restaurant.)

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