>>28779232>Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are all part of one country. Also, Unova and Kalos are supposedly quite distant from Kanto and JohtoThis much I knew, and was the central point in the grouping I mentioned (if you can count "Across Orre" as "distant")
As far as mirroring the real world inspirations as closely as possible, this map seems to be the closest. They say Orre is based on where they placed it but using Arizona's terrain, which I'd disagree with (I think it's more just a straight match for AZ) but that is what inspired me to put Orre where it was in my nascent arrangement.