The Kingdom of Bohemia.

BOHEMIA 

Map of Bohemia

Bohemian Coat of Arms

 

Modern day Bohemia (Czech Republic)

Bohemia is the kingdom ruled by King Polixenes in the play 'The Winter's Tale'. Though the kingdom is featured in the play as having a coastline and a desert, research shows the kingdom of Bohemia should not have a coastline, because it is landlocked, and neither a desert. This error makes analysts wonder the reason why Shakespeare made such an error. A simple explanation that exists says that since The Winter's Tale's title itself suggests a fairy tale, the details of the play could have been imagined by Shakespeare based on basic settings.

The modern day Bohemia is the country of Czech Republic. Czech Republic is well-known for its green pastures and vast greeneries, plus the remnant castles of the ancient kingdoms. 

The picture above could be the current location of the grassland where Princess Perdita was shepherding. The picture is the rolling hills of Králický Sněžník.

Another fact to ponder would be the language that would have been spoken by King Polixenes and King Leontes. In Bohemia the people would have spoken Czech and in Sicilia the people spoke Sicilian but the language used in the play is English. This shows that that the royal family could be multilingual as they have access to the privilege of acquiring many languages. But how as as shepherdess, Princess Perdita came to acquire many languages shows how the play's fictional aspect comes to play.

Vimal.