Well in this case you get to be god. In your head, but hey, we all have some form of narcissism and megalomania to some degree. What is the setting of your story, or rather, the world it takes place in? Is it in a desert, on the moon, under the ocean, or in modern day 'generic city USA'? This is one of the first things you should get cracking on.
Me personally, I like to create a world. Not always mind you, but in this case it was easier. So I have a planet that needs places, land masses. So I decide, first things first, how many land masses to I have? Personally this is when I break out the dice, but that's just me. (D&D nerd, do forgive me); Now I ended up with 6. That may be a lot of places, so for beginners, I'd like to suggest not exceeding 3 unless you are capable of handling it.
Cultures are needed for these places, unless you have one governing body to rule them all, and each place just has slight differences. Personally I like variety. For instance, the continent that has the better part of the story taking place on it, has five countries, originally 6, but one country annexed(took over) another. Each of those countries has it's own distinct culture. One is Germanic based, one is Anglo-Saxon based, one is Russian based, one is more Gaul, and lastly one that is a weird cross between Italian and Spanish. The country that was taken over, was like a Hungarian/Prussian mix.
Now I'm not going to lie, I like to base cultures off ones here on earth (Obviously), so I have an archipelago (cluster of islands) that is like you took the cultures of Asia and shook it all up, and another strongly Egyptian based, and then a Greeko-roman mix, then of course I have the Atlantian culture of perfection (Not sure if its Pre or Post destruction yet), and this mass of a continent that has only recently been colonized by the other.
The World:
Now lastly, this is mainly for superstition, but, does your world (if not earth) have moons? If so, how many? Does your world Rotate the same as Earth, or the other way? Trust me, being this anal-retentive about detail can come in handy later.
Okay next time-for reals, character creation.
Blessed Be-
P.S. If you get a sudden diagnosis of creation blockage and can't think of names check out sites like these:
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php
http://nine.frenchboys.net/
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