The two Paradox developers playing the game did not know where the Goths originated from, offering wild guesses of "Middle Italy" and the even more ridiculous "the steppes". Well, the Goths did eventually end up in Italy, but to put them as starting there is simply laughable. What's more: Scholars believe that the Goths came from Gotland and Vester/Ostergautland in Sweden, which is where Paradox is based. Goths were Germanic invaders from Sweden.