It isn't plot-important, but it does get mentioned briefly -- Night Vale was founded by English-speaking colonists, and never got renamed even after the continent's modern national/linguistic boundaries settled. It's similar to the way our world still has city names like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette in the English-speaking US.
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It isn't plot-important, but it does get mentioned briefly -- Night Vale was founded by English-speaking colonists, and never got renamed even after the continent's modern national/linguistic boundaries settled. It's similar to the way our world still has city names like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette in the English-speaking US.