User blog comment:ConsultingDetective/Smurfs 2 a Smurfstake?/@comment-4760791-20120826093320/@comment-1323688-20120826153843

The Smurfs' world is a rather fantastical version of the Middle Ages, full of fairy tale and light fantasy elements. I wouldn't write them off as being from "a whole other world" entirely, as the in-universe Peyo does refer to the Smurfs as a local Belgian legend like leprechauns.