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[Sowelu]

There's stuff like Perfect World that can simulate Earth in DF, but this is for the specific REAL real world, with all its geology and nature and little idiosyncracies intact.  The only thing that's missing is modern-day humans.  Hell, let's make it more interesting:  Worldgen was 200 years ago, and there's quite a few Savage places lurking around.  Good and Evil is wherever you want it to be.  Oh yeah...and no FPS restrictions.

You could pick a nice mountainous spot in the Rockies, but do beware of the skeletal eagles and the goblins that might lurk in the foothills...and of course the South American jungles are full of delicious trees, but the Giant Jaguars would tear you to shreds, and then the elves would find you.  Hawaii might be a good choice for its volcanos, but does it have enough valuable ore...and more importantly, would you get bored with no goblins?  (Surely there's HFS, at least.)  Antarctica is always good for laughs, especially if you like +penguin tallow roasts [20]+.

Me, I think my first instinct would be Yellowstone.  It's probably Untamed Wilds, but there's volcanic activity and rivers.

Bonus points for looking up the ores that are present, and for linking the coordinates on Google Earth!  If you've got a specific mountainside you want to dig into, all the better.

[Loreweaver]

Pacific Northwest, top of Anderson Pass in the Olympic mountain range.

The temperature is cool but warm in summer, it's on a glacier, there is no aquifer, an abundance of stone and minerals, there are gems, the trees and undergrowth are plentiful. There might be a few megabeasts, yes, it's an ancient untouched forest. Still, the mushrooms are plentiful and the plants are easily identified(mushrooms less so for most, but I'm a studying mycologist). There are hundreds of elk and lovely ravens to listen to. It's not only beautiful, but the streams, brooks and rivers would make for excellent waterwheels and the purity of the water is unmatched. Windmills would also be good, it's quite breezy.

All this and there are most likely elves around, we all know how they are about their old trees. Someone to trade and have fun™ with.
Right there, in this photo. That mountain. STRIKE THE EARTH.

[Jake]

Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. Flux, iron ore (albeit one that's not in DF yet), plenty of trees and probably calm-ish surroundings. Though if I were asked to guess the likely locations of nearby goblin towers, the nearby village of Wollaston would rate quite highly.

[Eugenitor]

The Tora Bora mountain range in Afghanistan.

[Heliman]

Hands down, Derweze, Turkmenistan.

[Aramco]

A deserted island in the Caribbean. I can't resist those. It's always hot, nice and humid, lots of tasty fruits, plenty of fish, everything I could ever want.

[Shrugging Khan]

There's too many americans on this board.

Aaaanyways, I'd go to AUSTRALIA and mine some uranium!

[Aramco]

There's too many americans on this board.

Aaaanyways, I'd go to AUSTRALIA and mine some uranium!

Building an atom bomb?

[Shrugging Khan]

No. Grabbing superheavy metal for blunt weaponry.

Also: Dwarvy Mutations!

[Aramco]

No. Grabbing superheavy metal for blunt weaponry.

Also: Dwarvy Mutations!

Chernobyl type mutations? That would make for an interesting fort.

[ungulateman]

I'd go to Australia too.

SO MUCH COAL AND IRON ORE

[Malibu Stacey]

It'd be nice to embark somewhere you wouldn't have to worry about the myriad of bugs in DF. Shame that'll never happen.

[Devast]

Id be stuck choosing between the Alps, Norway, The Himalayas or New Zealand

[Zaerosz]

NZ/Australia. I know these places well.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

Right here. RIGHT HERE.

I'll get my water from the caverns.