I wonder if Beauxbaton and Durmstrang are set up the same? Class-wise, I mean.

I always kinda wondered if there were other schools.

Other than Beaubaxtons and Durmstrang? (Never mind, you edited.)

There's almost certainly got to be an American tradition of magic, and an Asian one, and...

This is why there's fanfic.

Nah, edited right after I posted for clarity, Dana. I meant multiple schools per country. It never occurred to me to think of Hogwarts as Britian's only wizard school.

I don't see how Hogwarts would have any British competition--you would think that Ron, at least, would have know about it in GoF, when Hermione talks about Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Also, isn't the letter from Hogwarts the determination of whether a wizarding child has the capability to enter their world? Neville's relief at getting into Hogwarts leads me to think that there were no other wizarding options for him.

Is there a United States of America in the Potterverse?

I get the impression it's this world, with magic, so yes.

Don't forget the group of witches (from Salem, IIRC) who attended the World Cup match.

How come Dobby and Kreacher could?

Man, I got so many people telling me I'd screwed up by having House elves apparate in my fanfic. But it seemed blazingly clear to me from canon that House elves MUST be able to apparate in Hogwarts, and that there was no conflict. I was filled with righteousness when I read that bit from JKR.

Kathy, I assumed that Hogwarts was sort of like West Point or the Naval Academy. So they're the military's institutions, right? But there are all sorts of other below-them military schools like Valley Forge Military School (for one age) and Citadel (for another). While from WP or NA or the Air Force Academy, you go directly into the military, that with the lower tier schools you don't.

So Hogwarts is The School but, in my head, not The Only School and there is also a lower tier school.

I dunno why, but there you have it.

The comment from JKR in that interview about how the wizarding and Muggle wars can feed off of each other, especially in conjunction with Grindelwald, is adding more fuel to a plot bunny I've had for a few months now.

I'm sure it's probably been used by plenty of other writers in the fandom, but so far, I've got Dumbledore defeating Grindelwald with the use of a magical device he gets from a Polish Jewish wizard who uses the device to hold traces of all those wizards/witches who Grindelwald has killed or led to be killed, and this helps to defeat him. I'm thinking of using some historical figures, namely Jan Karski to bring the item from Warsaw to London when he reports to the Polish government-in-exile and Churchill.

I might make passing mention to a Polish/Eastern European school for my main character to have attended, but that's still to be decided.

I really should start working on this before my bunny eats itself...