France-somewhere-near-Paris gets mentioned as the location of HQ because in the anime filler about Lenalee's day off, the Eiffel Tower is all over those shots of the town. There's also the Alfons Mucha print in the first opening I guess, but that's *really* circumstantial evidence. Any evidence from the fillers is dodgy IMHO.
The manga, I don't think it says. Allen starts out in London, this we know for sure, so I always assumed first headquarters was also around there somewhere. But the chapter after that, he's still on his way and runs into a kid named Jean, so I suppose that's where the animators got the France thing from? Pretty tenuous if you ask me.
In fics I've seen England, Scotland, France, as well as delicately-dancing-around-the-issue. Fell free to pick and chose, as long as it's not too outlandish I don't think your readers will mind.
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The manga, I don't think it says. Allen starts out in London, this we know for sure, so I always assumed first headquarters was also around there somewhere. But the chapter after that, he's still on his way and runs into a kid named Jean, so I suppose that's where the animators got the France thing from? Pretty tenuous if you ask me.
In fics I've seen England, Scotland, France, as well as delicately-dancing-around-the-issue. Fell free to pick and chose, as long as it's not too outlandish I don't think your readers will mind.