Leonida

Leonida is the state where GTA 6 takes place, a sun-soaked spin on real-world Florida. This page breaks down everything known about Leonida in GTA 6: its landscape, the regions and cities within it, and how Vice City anchors the map. Each detail is matched to its real-world basis and backed by official Rockstar material or verified community documentation, updated as more of the state is revealed.

Type LocationTier StateReal-world inspiration Florida

Overview

Leonida is the largest and most varied open world Rockstar has ever built, set in the modern day after the events of GTA V and part of the HD Universe. The map is estimated to be nearly twice the size of Los Santos in GTA V and around seventy percent larger in raw acreage, with denser cities, more enterable interiors, and a faster transport network of trams and highways. Leonida is divided into five confirmed counties, the Leonida Keys archipelago, the Grassrivers wetlands, and Mount Kalaga National Park. Each region draws on a real Florida or Georgia counterpart, from Miami Dade in the southeast to Florida Panhandle in the northwest and the Everglades in the south.

Trivia

The state name Leonida is a deliberate echo of the real Florida state motto (Sunshine State) and the city of Leonida in classical Greek history, while Gloriana points at the historical name for the British monarch Queen Elizabeth I, often associated with Georgia, the US state Gloriana is modelled on.