Still don't find the surrealism, maybe as Star Skippin was saying, you are hiding something big. By the way its look that its going to be a hell of game, I can't wait to play it.
I think removing the background altogether would be better than the background currently in place. Definitely need to consider perspective in a case like this.
Either that or altering the background such that you can't tell the perspective is off. ie, no cliffs and whatnot.
Anyhow, the art team is busy making backgrounds that aren't pulled directly from existing maps.