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- Absurdistan – sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong
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- Tajinkistan: Central Asian country from Lol:-)
- Tazbekistan:[1] Central Asian republic, setting for the 2013 BBC TV comedy series Ambassadors (Also on MI5 (Spooks); Series 10, Episode 6).
East Asia
edit- Eastasia: One of the countries in the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The nation is stated to consist of "China and the countries south to it, the Japanese islands, and a large but fluctuating portion of Manchuria, Mongolia and Tibet."
- Yul: A fictional kingdom in Hong Gildong jeon whose king was overthrown by the titular character, and ruled under said character's benevolent government.
- Gaipajama: An Indian-based monarchy from The Adventures of Tintin.
- Jalpur: A fictional Indian kingdom in the computer-animated television series Mira, Royal Detective.
- Lugash: A mountain kingdom located somewhere near India from the Pink Panther films.
- Mahishmati/Magizhmathi: An ancient kingdom located in India from the Baahubali films based on the historical Mahishmati
- Manjipoor: A magical kingdom based on India where protagonist Alex Wilson is from in the Australian television series The Elephant Princess.
- Dacan: A country featured in a Ministry of Defence Education Outreach Programme workshop. In the background to the scenario presented during the workshop, Dacan is described as being an oil-rich country which was once a British colony and is currently a member of the Commonwealth; at the beginning of the scenario proper, the government of Dacan orders the arrest of the leadership of a political party that seeks independence for the country's Chiswan province. The fallout from the arrests leads to a civil war breaking out, with the resulting closure of Dacan's airports and borders meaning that foreign nationals are stranded in the country; these include British nationals who are involved with Dacan's oil industry. The unrest, combined with a humanitarian situation stemming from a poor harvest, means that Dacan is faced with a major crisis that must be responded to by those participating in the workshop.[2][3][4][5]
- Nidan Island: An island lying off the southeastern coast of Dacan which features a Royal Air Force base.[6][7]
- Mawan: A country featured in the same Ministry of Defence workshop as Dacan, described as having a land border with that country. During the scenario presented in the workshop, Mawan closes its border with Dacan in response to the unfolding crisis in that country, exacerbating the issue of foreign nationals who are stranded in Dacan.[3][6][7]
- Siando: A country featured in the same Ministry of Defence workshop as Dacan, lying off the southwestern coast of that country.[6][7]
- Tuluwan: A country featured in the same Ministry of Defence workshop as Dacan, lying to the southeast of that country. Tuluwan is described as being subject to a United Nations peacekeeping mission at the time of the scenario presented during the workshop, with the peacekeeping force consisting of British, French, and Turkish forces.[6][7]
- Southeast Asia Union (SEAUn): A superstate in Southeast Asia which served as the primary setting of the anime film Psycho-Pass: The Movie.
- Kumandra: The main setting for Raya and the Last Dragon where humans & dragons once lived together in harmony. It is heavily inspired by Southeast Asia countries. To conduct research, the filmmakers and the production team traveled to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Philistinia: A fictional Philistine state lasting to the present day, from Harry Turtledove's short story Occupation Duty.
- Beninia: African nation from Stand on Zanzibar
- Buranda: African nation from Yes Minister
- Kangan: African nation from Anthills of the Savannah
- Hili-liland: a nation near the South Pole, founded by Ancient Romans, in the 1899 novel A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake. It is south of Tsalal and has a more developed civilization. It consists of Hili-li City on Hili-li Island, along with some outlying island colonies.
- Leaphigh, Leaplow, Leapup, Leapdown, Leapover, Leapthrough, Leaplong, Leapshort, Leapround, Leapunder: ten independent kingdoms in the Antarctic archipelago of the Leap Islands, in the 1835 novel The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
- Wirrawee: In The Tomorrow series by John Marsden
- Wumpa Islands: an archipelago southeast of Australia in the Crash Bandicoot video games series.
- Hili-liland: a nation near the South Pole, founded by Ancient Romans, in the 1899 novel A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake. It is south of Tsalal and has a more developed civilization. It consists of Hili-li City on Hili-li Island, along with some outlying island colonies.
- Leaphigh, Leaplow, Leapup, Leapdown, Leapover, Leapthrough, Leaplong, Leapshort, Leapround, Leapunder: ten independent kingdoms in the Antarctic archipelago of the Leap Islands, in the 1835 novel The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
Atlantic
edit- Birdwell Island: de facto independent island community in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series similar in geography and custom to an islands off of the east coast of the United States.
- Fröland: Island in the North Sea in the Dutch TV series Fröland - country?
Caribbean
edit- Barclay Islands (the Barclays): British-dependent Caribbean archipelago off the Bahamas embroiled in conflict between Castro's Cuba and the drug trade in Frederick Forsyth's novel The Deceiver.
- Crab Island: poor Caribbean island shaped like a crab, under the domination of Crocodile Island, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
- Crocodile Island: Caribbean island shaped like a crocodile, with a dictatorial government which seems to be heavily influenced by Tahiti, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
- Guarma: A Caribbean island east of Cuba that Arthur Morgan, Dutch, Javier, Micah, and Bill Gets stranded on in Chapter 5 of Red Dead Redemption 2
- Porto Santo: a tiny island nation in Latin America visited by Steve Urkel in the Family Matters episode "South of the Border" (Note: Porto Santo is a real island of Madeira Archipelago)
- San Lorenzo: a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
- Scabb Island: an anarchic pirate island in the Caribbean in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- Skull Island (2): a small pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island
- Jambalaya Island: an ex-pirate island in the Caribbean, turned to a tourist attraction center, in Escape from Monkey Island
- Mêlée Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean Sea, from the Monkey Island games, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
- Booty Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean Sea in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
- Phatt Island: an island in the Caribbean in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- Plunder Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
Indian Ocean
edit- Pala: island utopia in Aldous Huxley's Island
- Saint Georges Island: an island nation located somewhere in the Arabian Sea. It was the centrepoint of the episode A Victory for Democracy from the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.
- Taprobane: a country described as "about ninety percent congruent with the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)" from Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise
Mediterranean
edit- Barataria: island kingdom, presumably somewhere in the Mediterranean. The setting for Act II of the operetta The Gondoliers, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
- Mervo: an island principality in the Mediterranean in the novel The Prince and Betty by P. G. Wodehouse
- Mypos: island nation around the Greek isles, home of Balki from Perfect Strangers
- Pathos: neighbor of Mypos, part of a different Tri-Island Area in Perfect Strangers
- Skeptos: neighbor of Mypos, part of a different Tri-Island Area in Perfect Strangers
Pacific
edit- Baki: homeland of Omio in Madeleine L'Engle's writing, a small Pacific island nation once dominated by British
- Bensalem: utopian island nation located somewhere off the Western coast of the continent of America from Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis
- Patusan: an island nation somewhere in the South China Sea in the movie Surf Ninjas as well as in the film The Last Electric Knight and the TV series Sidekicks. Also mentioned in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. ????
- Vanutu: a tiny South Pacific nation consisting of four atolls from the novel State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Other or uncertain
edit- Cacklogallinia: a kingdom off the coast of South America, from A Voyage to Cacklogallinia by Captain Samuel Brunt
- Flyspeck Island: home of Gunk in the comic strip Curtis
- Huella Islands: islands off the coast of Cayenne, mentioned in the Hardy Boys books. They are ruled by dictator Juan Posada and their "spy chief" is named Bedoya. The adjective is Huellan.
- Lucre Island: a pirate island in the game, Escape from Monkey Island
- Malevelosia: an island kingdom filled with supervillains in Justice Squad
- Mardi archipelago: from Herman Melville's Mardi and a Voyage Thither
- Mesa de Oro: unstable Latin American island in the Three Young Investigators series. (The name means "golden table" in Spanish.)
Transcontinental
edit- Agraria: Eastern country in the film You Know What Sailors Are
- Anemia: a country in the film Hot Stuff. Bears the same name as the medical condition.
- Angria: imaginary country from the poems of the Brontë sisters.
- Auspasia: the noisiest and most talkative nation in the world; appears in Georges Duhamel's Lettres d'Auspasie and La dernier voyage de Candide
- Bukistan: an Islamic country in the Cary Grant movie Dream Wife. Later referred to in I dream of Jeannie.
- Calia: from Modesty Blaise episode "The Jericho Caper"
- Candover: medieval country in the novel Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle
- Celama, Kingdom of: mythical land where inhabitants fight for survival as a challenge to their dignity in novels El reino de Celama by Luis Mateo Díez
- Dschinnistan (Djinnistan): in the novel Ardistan and Dschinnistan by Karl Friedrich May
- Findas: country sunk under the waves in The Book of Conquests by Jim Fitzpatrick
- Forest Kingdom: from Simon Green's Blue Moon Rising. Ruled by King John.
- Freiland: from Freiland by Theodor Hertzka
- Guamania: from the French-Canadian series Dans une Galaxie près de chez vous
- Gzbfernigambia: a kingdom from the film Such a Little Queen
- Herland: in the novel Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Hetland: a kingdom from the film Such a Little Queen
- Hillsdown: duchy in Simon Green's Blue Moon Rising. Ruled by Duke Alaric.
- Kafaristan: from William Rose Benét's children's book The Flying King of Kurio
- Kajsa (Casha, Kasha): a sultanate, neighbor to Basenji from the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie
- Kreplakistan: Soviet Republic from the Austin Powers films, likely based on the real Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, now the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and "kreplach" – Eastern European Jewish dish consisting of meat-filled dumplings.
- Kurio: from William Rose Benét's children's book The Flying King of Kurio
- Khurland: mythical kingdom in the film A Royal Family (but see Courland)
- Lividia: mythical kingdom in the film Greater Than a Crown
- Loompaland: a "terrible" country from Roald Dahl's 1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is inhabited by dwarves called Oompa Loompas and is full of extremely dangerous creatures called Snozzwangers, Hornswogglers, Vermicious Knids, and wicked Whangdoodles.
- Low countries: from Simon Green's Beyond the Blue Moon. Capital city: Haven.
- Lukano: a small independent country facing the Mediterranean Sea from Time Crisis 3 video game. It neighbors Astigos, a small, peaceful island in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Macaria: utopian country from A Description of the Famous Kingdom of Macaria (1641), published by Samuel Hartlib, now attributed to Gabriel Plattes
- Morevana: a kingdom in which fat is prized in the film The Slim Princess
- Moribundia: from Patrick Hamilton's Impromptu in Moribundia
- Nivia: from the Photon TV series
- Nouvelle Atlantide or New Atlantis: a huge, rich, powerful, and very far from peaceful nation in Anatole France's Penguin Island. Similar to the United States.
- Opperland: a fictitious country based on the Netherlands where the Dutch language is treated entertainingly, [1]
- Oriosa: Tarrant Hawkin's home country in Michael A. Stackpole's series The Dragon Crown War Cycle.
- Perusalem: land ruled by The Inca of Perusalem in the short satiric play by George Bernard Shaw
- Pianostan: a country once visited by Inspector Gadget where its people remain happy so long as their King remains miserable
- Pomerania: a nation in the film Anchors Aweigh. It has a navy which accepts non-Pomeranians. Not to be confused with the real Pomerania, formerly a region of Prussia.
- Radiata: Home country in Radiata Stories
- Riallaro archipelago: from Godfrey Sweven's Riallaro, the Archipelago of Exiles
- Tanah Masa: from Karel Čapek's War with the Newts
- Tawaki: from the film Man of the Moment
- Trobokistan: former Soviet satellite nation in Totally Spies! TV series
- Ünderland: a small duchy bordering Michigan, from The Venture Bros. animated TV series. Formerly ruled by supervillain Baron Ünderbheit, now a democracy under the presidency of Girl Hitler.
- Unistat: analogue of the United States in the Schrödinger's Cat trilogy of Robert Anton Wilson
- The United States of Anatidae: Duckworld equivalent of the United States in the film Howard the Duck.
- Valaria: a kingdom in the film The Colonel of the Red Hussars
- Versovia: dictatorship from Australian children's miniseries Eugenie Sandler P.I. from ABC Kids
Pun-based names
edit- Applesauce Lorraine: a country, stated to be bordered by France and Baja California, from Rocky and Bullwinkle's epic "The Three Moosketeers". It is a parody of the region of Alsace-Lorraine.
- Zombikistan: possibly Eastern European country mentioned in MadWorld as being the original location of Mad Castle and whose major export is apparently zombies.
- Al-Alemand: Islamic state consisting of the former Germany and the Low Countries. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Alfaine: Appeared in Jules Lemaitre's Prince Hermann Regent (1893).
- Alpine Emirates: Islamic states in the Bavarian Alps in the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Anatruria: Balkanic kingdom in the Bernie Rhodenbarr novel The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart.
- Andalasia: The cartoon kingdom in Enchanted where Giselle, Prince Edward, Queen Narissa, Nathaniel and Pip live.[8]
- Arnovia: Small country between Switzerland, the German Empire, and Austria-Hungary; year 1911. Book Peril in Paris from the series Taylor & Rose: Secret Agents, written by Katherine Woodfine.
- Averna: A fictional oil-rich principality on the Adriatic Sea in the novel, Sweet Danger (1933) by Margery Allingham.
B
edit- Balkistan: Appeared in Allen Upward's The Prince of Balkistan (1895).
- Baronia: the country from which Prince Paul comes in The Secret Series by Enid Blyton
- Barscheit: a principality in The Princess Elopes (1905), a "Ruritanian" romance by Harold MacGrath.
- Belsornia: A country created by Elinor Brent-Dyer and home to a number of characters who appear in the Chalet School series
- Blitva: A state in northeastern Europe, ruled by a dictator; in the novel Banket u Blitvi (Banquet in Blitva, 1939) by Croatian novelist Miroslav Krleža. Blitva is the Croatian word for chard.
- Borginia: Northern-European country featured in the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth video games.
- Borostyria: A kingdom in the 1933 Arsène Lupin novel The Woman with Two Smiles.
- Borobia: a communist Eastern European country in the G.I. Joe comics by Marvel Comics, starting from issue #61 (1987).
- Borsovia: A kingdom in Eastern Europe that featured in Gordon Murray's BBC Television children's puppet series A Rubovian Legend, 1955–63.
- Bratislava, portrayed as a country in The Slipper and the Rose.
- Brogavia: A Nazi-occupied Balkan nation featured in Commando Comics.
- Brungaria: An eastern European country politically opposed to the United States and a principal source of antagonists in the Tom Swift Jr. book series.
C
edit- Carovia: small European kingdom from the film Trouble for Two.
- Chocovakia: European republic setting for the #0-issue of the Flemish Spike and Suzy-series, borders Belgium, named based on Czechoslovakia.
D
edit- Dacia: A country based on the Kingdom of Romania in Strike Witches.
- Dalmatia: a tiny Balkan nation whose royal family were exiled to Great Britain after a communist revolution there. Dalmatia did really exist, although it had not had its own king since the Middle Ages. The royal family is fictitious, as is the hymn. Seen in the TV series You Rang, M'Lord?.
- Darklonia: Country ruled by Destro's cousin, Darklon, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
- Doppelkinn: neighboring principality to Barscheit (Harold MacGrath, The Princess Elopes, 1905).
- Dor: The kingdom that The Tale of Despereaux takes place in.
- Drackenberg: a European country from Lloyd Alexander's The Drackenberg Adventure.
- Drasuvania (ドラスベニア Dorasubenia) is a fictional Eastern Europe country in the world of 11eyes. It is the home country of Verard and Yukiko Hirohara. It lies at the border between Europe and Asia.
- Dreisenburg: A tiny Germanic nation featured in the pilot of The Secret Service.
- Ducklovia: a country bordering Serbia in Count Duckula
- Dunwyn: a kingdom in the TV series Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
E
edit- Ehrenstein, of which the capital is Dreiberg: principality of Princess Hildegarde in Harold MacGrath, The Goose Girl (1909).
- Essenheim: appeared in John Rowe Townsend's A Foreign Affair (1982).
- Estrovia: European kingdom in the film A King in New York.
- Euphrania: A tiny kingdom in the film The Slipper and the Rose.
- Evallonia: Central European country in the novels of John Buchan.
- Evarchia: Eastern European country from Brigid Brophy's Palace Without Chairs.
F
edit- Faricia: A federal Western European communist state in the Ninja Gaiden series. BOGUS
- Fasilica: appeared in an early 1914 serial by Rex Stout, of later Nero Wolfe fame, reprinted in the 1990s as A Prize for Princes.
- Flavonia: appeared in Violet Needham's Betrayer (1950) and other novels by the author.
- Florin: one of the fictional principalities in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
- Gallowmere: A fictional kingdom in the MediEvil video game series.
- Gerolstein a fictional Grand Duchy in Jacques Offenbach's comic opera La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein. The realm also appears in Robert Louis Stevenson's Prince Otto and Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of Paris
- Glenraven: a tiny country in the Alps, no bigger than Liechtenstein, squeezed into the border between France and Italy in Glenraven series by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
- Glottenberg: kingdom in Sport Royal and The Heart of Princess Osra by Anthony Hope
- Gonobutz: Bob de Moor's Barelli comics.
- Granbretan: a future evil version of Great Britain where the noble classes hide behind metal masks of various totem animals, created by Michael Moorcock in his The History of the Runestaff books.
- Grand Fenwick: a Duchy in The Mouse That Roared and sequels by Leonard Wibberley.
- Graustark: Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.
- Greenvale: the kingdom in the video game Overlord: Dark Legend is set.
- Guilder: one of the fictional principalities in William Goldman's The Princess Bride.
H
edit- Havária: a Eastern European country in György Moldova's short story Az új császár új ruhája (2018).
- Hedestad: A Swedish island in Stieg Larsson's novel Män som hatar kvinnor (2005).
- Helvetia: A country in Central Europe based on Switzerland in Strike Witches.
- Hohenphalia: home principality of Princess Hildegarde in Harold MacGrath's Arms and the Woman (1899).
- Hohenwald: home principality of the heroine in Richard Harding Davis, The Princess Aline (1895).
I
edit- Irania: small European kingdom from the film Trouble for Two.
- Ixania: a small Balkan country of little global importance in Eric Ambler's The Dark Frontier.
- Ix: officially the Kingdom of Ix is a Kingdom that borders Oz. It is the titular nation in Queen Zixi of Ix.
J
edit- Jugendheit: kingdom of King Frederick in Harold MacGrath's The Goose Girl (1909, #8 US best seller) Note that the name is a kind of pig-German literally meaning "youthness".
K
edit- Karetsefia: Eastern European country in Elizabeth Kay's Beware of Men with Moustaches.
- Karistan: Central European country in the Polish-American film Legend of the White Horse.
- Karlova: European kingdom in Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Rider (1918).
- Klugenstein: Germanic dukedom from A Medieval Romance (1870 short story) by Mark Twain.
- Kochenia: A European country in the Korean drama Blood.
- Krasnia: Ivor Novello's Glamorous Night, Stage play, 1935.
- Kravonia: Eastern European country from the novel Sophy of Kravonia by Anthony Hope and the subsequent film.
- Krayia: realm of Queen Nadya in Noël Coward's, The Queen Was in the Parlour (play, 1922).
L
edit- Laevatia: Balkan state in Nevil Shute's 1938 novel Ruined City.
- Lanconia: Eastern European country referenced in Jude Deveraux's romance novels.
- Latkovia: an Eastern nation featured in the Amalgam Comics crossover between Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
- Laurentia: kingdom in the stage musical King's Rhapsody and subsequent film.
- Letzenstein: a tiny state, presumably based on Liechtenstein, which is featured in Meriol Trevor's "Letzenstein Chronicles" series of books.
- Lichenstamp: a country in one episode of the comedy series The Suite Life on Deck.
- Liechtenhaus: a small European principality featured in the Italian film Piccolo grande amore by Carlo Vanzina (1993).
- Lipays: A country in the Bay of Biscay.
- Lissenberg: appeared in Jane Aiken Hodge's Leading Lady (1990).
- Losania is a small country in Eastern Europe by World's End Harem.
- Lutha: a small Balkan kingdom from the novel The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- L'Manberg: a small unrecognised country based on the United Kingdom from the YouTube series Dream SMP.
M
edit- Madelvia: a small European kingdom that appears in the Freeform film My Christmas Prince.
- Magyaristan: Islamic state in the former Hungary. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Malaria: a kingdom in the animated film Igor.
- Mandrika: Mountainous European country on Alfred Hitchcock's film The Lady Vanishes (1938).
- Margoth: European kingdom in Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Rider.
- Marisi: appears in Rex Stout's A Prize for Princes ("Ruritanian romance" set in Fasilica and Marisi; serialized in 1914 and reprinted as a book in the 1990s; author is the later creator of the Nero Wolfe mystery series).
- Medioka: Ruritania type of mid-European country presented in the Mickey Mouse comic strip story "The Monarch of Medioka" (1937–38).
- Mervo: island principality in The Prince and Betty by P. G. Wodehouse
- Misty Isles: an island nation in the Mediterranean in Harold Foster's Prince Valiant.
- Mittenheim: grand duchy in The Heart of Princess Osra by Anthony Hope
- Moldavia: Eastern European country from the first episode of Batman and later Dynasty
- Monaco: Western European country and the main setting of the second season of Yakitate!! Japan anime. Unlike the real life Monaco, the Monaco from the anime series is not a principality and is ruled by a King.
- Monte Lucio: state ruled by a count in Violet Needham’s novel, The Changeling of Monte Lucio and also mentioned in some of her other works.
- Montland: an English-speaking constitutional monarchy in the Dead or Alive video game series. It is a home country of Amy and Luna.
- Moronica also appeared in 2010's Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros.
- Morvania: An Eastern European country in Jem, ruled by Queen (formerly Princess) Adriana Slododac.
- Morvania (2): the Eastern European setting of Andre Norton's first published novel, Ruritanian romance The Prince Commands (1934). Though tiny, it seems to have been important due to strategic location; on his way there, the title character had to attend state occasions in London, Paris, and Berlin.
- Mypos: Native home of Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers.
N
edit- Nafrece: a country in Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story.
- Neustria: A French-speaking 14th-century western European kingdom in Leslie Barringer's Neustria cycle of historical fantasy. An actual Neustria existed from about the 6th to the 10th century, when it was absorbed into France.
- Neutralia: Fictional version of Portugal from Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler.
- Neutralia: Mediterranean republic in Scott-King's Modern Europe by Evelyn Waugh
- Nexdoria: a country from Coming 2 America, the neighbors of Zamunda
- Nihilon: a country somewhere in central Europe, run by nihilists, in Alan Sillitoe's comic novel Travels in Nihilon.
- Niroli: focus of a series of Harlequin Presents novels.
O
edit- Ornowitza: a Dutchy that appeared in Violet Needham's Betrayer (1950) and other novels by the author.
- Orsinia: Featured in Ursula K. Le Guin's Orsinian Tales and Malafrena.
- Osia, of which the capital was Bleiberg: setting of Harold MacGrath's, The Puppet Crown (1901, in which year the book was the #7 US fiction best seller; a film version was released in 1915).
- Ostania: A country for the set of Spy × Family, based on the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War era.
P
edit- Paldea: European region based on the Iberian peninsula in the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
- Pannonia: Appeared in Guy Boothby's Long Live the King (1900).
- Panquita: European monarchy mentioned in second season of Yakitate!! Japan anime. A member of that nation's royal family, Princess Anne, was a guest judge at the baking exhibition.
- Papilloma: Small European Kingdom, later Republic, from film Kath & Kimderella. Papilloma is a tiny and poor Spanish outpost on the heel of Italy. Last ruler was King Javier.
- Penguin Island (L'île des Pingouins): in the 1908 novel by Anatole France, an island in the North Sea where penguins were miraculously transformed into humans (and which is in fact a satirical view on France).
- Perusalem is a satire of Germany (Preussen, i.e. Prussia) in The Inca of Perusalem by George Bernard Shaw.
- Pfennig Halbpfennig: presumably German/Eastern European Grand Duchy and setting for the operetta The Grand Duke, by Gilbert and Sullivan. Notable for an unusual law regarding "Statutory Duels", in which duelists compete by drawing playing cards – the loser then dies and becomes a "legal ghost".
- Poictesme: a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell.
- Poland: Eastern European country similar to the real Poland in the play King Ubu by Alfred Jarry.
- Poldavia: a small country presumably in Eastern Europe in The Blue Lotus from The Adventures of Tintin.
- Pontevedro: a poverty-stricken Grand Duchy situated deep in the Balkans from the comedy play L'Attache d'ambassade by Henri Meilhac and the subsequent operetta and film The Merry Widow. Pontevedro is a veiled reference to the Balkan country of Montenegro.
- Pottibakia: Balkan country from the short story "What Does it Matter? A Morality" by E. M. Forster. Capital city: Ekarest.
- Prydain: Welsh kingdom, ruled by the High King, in The Chronicles of Prydain novels by Lloyd Alexander.
- (Kalbsbraten-)Pumpernickel: German duchy, a caricature of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in Vanity Fair, The Fitz-Boodle Papers, and other works by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Réndøosîa: a fictional Eastern European country plagued by natural disasters to the point that its flag is always depicted with a hole in it. It is also at war with the neighboring nation of Grimzimistan. Homeland of Enk, Adi and Xan, the main characters on the animated series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers.
- Republic of Krovtonova: A fictional Eastern European nation referenced in the Father Ted episode "Speed 3", in which it is mentioned that Craggy Island has been helping to ease the republic's unusually high milk surplus.
- Rogash: A small Central European country featured in the Night Court episode "My Life as a Dog Lawyer". Despite its small size it possesses nuclear weapons and missiles supplied by the US government in exchange for maintaining a listening post to spy on Switzerland.
- Rongovia: Fictional country mentioned in Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris. It has an embassy to the US in Trumansburg, New York, and a very active Ministry of Fine Arts. The capital is Fat City. Rongovia is a state of mind.
- Rubovia: a kingdom in Eastern Europe that featured in Gordon Murray's BBC Television children's puppet series A Rubovian Legend, 1955–63.[9]
S
edit- San Lorenzo: An insular European dictatorship with no extradition treaties, in the series Leverage, specifically the episodes The Big Bang Job and The San Lorenzo Job.
- Samavia: Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Lost Prince.
- Sardovia: An Eastern European Dictatorship bordering Belarus from the CBS program Scorpion, also in FUBAR from Netflix.
- Saroczia: Eastern European country which the United States invades, which serves as the terrorist basis in the video game Winback.
- Sciriel: kingdom in Roland Pertwee's late (1927) Ruritanian romance A Modern Knight Errant, set just before and after World War I.
- Servia: appeared in Bessie Marchant's A Princess of Servia (c. 1925). Also an ancient foreign name for Serbia.
- Sercia: was a part of Genovia A Princess of Sercia Sercia get Independence from Kingdom of Genovia
- Skandistan: Islamic state comprising what was formerly Scandinavia. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: the "last existing appanage republic of the USSR", a fake country created by monochrom for theatre performances and computer games.
- St. Tulipe: A tiny European principality (ministate) in the 1981 Italian film Madly in Love. Its location is supposed to be between Germany and France.
- Strackenz: A tiny European duchy in the novel Royal Flash by George MacDonald Fraser that borders Denmark and Germany. It is threatened with invasion by both countries as a result of the Schleswig-Holstein Question.
- Tauri-Hessia: European country in the book The Circus of Adventure, part of the Adventure Series by Enid Blyton.
- Tescara: European island nation located in the Atlantic Ocean. As a free trade zone enrolled into the United Nations in 1991, it is used as place of origin for the suspects of CSI: New York's season 1 episode 19, "Crime and Misdemeanor".
- The Triple Monarchy of Scythia-Pannonia-Transbalkania: from Dr. Engelbert Eszterhazy stories by Avram Davidson.
- Transbalkania: a fictional kingdom featured in "Number 187", a story by Baroness Orczy.
- Tryphemia: King Pausole's country in The Adventures of King Pausole by Pierre Louÿs
- Ulgia: a politically unstable country from the anime Noir.
- Urseville-Beylestein: Prince Paul's country in the 1902 book Love and the Soul Hunter by John Oliver Hobbes.
V
edit- Vascovy: appeared in John Oxenham (William A. Dunkerley), A Princess of Vascovy (1899).
- Yakestonia: mountainous eastern European nation, where yodeling is prominent in local culture, but so is surfing on its coast. Important landmark is Mount Bubneboba, and its fresh mountain air is celebrated worldwide. A traditional greeting is doing an armpit fart while repeating the word "zwooba!". Home of exchange student Fentruck on the animated series Doug.
Z
edit- Zandar: A small principality seen in Power Rangers: Dino Charge. Home of Sir Ivan, the Gold Dino Charge Ranger, and Prince Philip, the Graphite Ranger. The people of Zandar speak with British accents.
- Zembla: Northern European country in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire
- Zindaria: a brand-new one that existed in Europe during the English Regency era of 1811–1820, Anne Gracie's The Stolen Princess (2008).
- Aemonkia: a federal democratic communist state under a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship in North America in Dead or Alive series.
- Magisteria: a North American Germanic, Romance and Slavic English, French, German and Dutch-speaking fascist absolute monarchy in Dead or Alive series. It is ruled by Lord Tatorusis.
- Opium: A country in the novel, The House of the Scorpion.
- Countries in The Man in the High Castle
- In the world of The Man in the High Castle the United States has been partitioned by the victorious Axis powers after World War II.
- Pacific States of America, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan consisting of the west coast of the former United States. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series it is an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States and does also include Alaska and the west coast of Canada.
- United States of America, a puppet state of Nazi Germany consisting of the northern east coast of the former United States and several central states. In the television series it is an occupied province called Nazi America or the American Reich.
- "The South", a racist regime in the Southeast of the former United States, which collaborates with Nazi Germany. It does not appear in the television series.
- Rocky Mountain States, a neutral buffer zone state consisting of the remaining territory of the former United States. Its capital is Canon City. In the television series it is portrayed as a lawless Neutral Zone. Countries in Revolution
- Monroe Republic was ruled by Sebastian Monroe. His government was a neo-feudal republic dictatorship controlling the former Northeastern United States including Michigan, Wisconsin, most of Virginia, New Jersey, as well as a small part of Canada. The Republic's military, the Monroe Militia, enforces strict laws against citizens owning firearms, which are often punished by death.
- The Patriots are neo-fascist, totalitarian, semi-Paramiltiary/Political group formed from the pre-blackout American government. Their "capital" was Guantánamo Bay before they returned to Washington D.C.
- Georgia Federation is a nation-state with a government largely modeled after pre-blackout america located in the former 'Dixie' states. They have a high population and standard of living.
- Plains Nation, is dominated by Native American-like tribes after blackout, whom circulate a specified territory in the Midwest. There are also many scattered settlements, though they are largely self-governed.
- Texas, a nation located in the former US state of Texas, as well as former Mexican Territory, this nation's governance is mostly like that of pre-blackout america, and a high standard of living is enjoyed. While not as advanced as the Georgia Federation, it is stated to be more militarily capable, and the 'Texas Rangers' are served as the main military force. Whilst military and farming technology here is mundane, Texans show great architectural skill, and even have networked newspapers, most notably the 'Austin Star Times'.
- California Commonwealth, a nation formed from the previous states of California, Oregon and Washington.
- Wasteland, an area shown on a map of the Former continental U.S., it is likely that this area is a lawless region, rather than a political entity.[10]
- Ecotopia: an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach. See also Cascadia, a secessionist idea based in part on Callenbach's Ecotopia.
- Greater Texas: successor state to the United States, encompassing most of North America, in the novel A Spectre is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber
- Opium: from the novel The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. It is a future nation between Aztlan (formerly Mexico) and the United States. This nation is part of a deal made between the Mexican and American governments and a powerful drug lord named El Patrón, promising that the drugs he makes will be sold in Europe and Asia and will also take care of the illegal immigrant problem if he is allowed a strip of land.
- Panem: A post-apocalyptic country in "The Hunger Games" Trilogy that exists in parts of what used to be the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It consists of a wealthy city known as The Capitol, as well as Districts 1 through 12, which each provide a certain material for the Capitol's residents. The Districts were forced to send challengers to compete in the Hunger Games, long contests with typically only one winner, the last contestant to remain alive.
- Countries in Fracture:
- The Atlantic Alliance, a nation create out Washington D.C. and most others on the Eastern Seaboard that practice extensive high technology and cyborging to augment it citizens survival. Its capital is very implied be Washington D.C. itself, ruled by Unnamed Atlantican president that have anti-biotechnology policies spark the Second American Civil War in 2161.
- Republic of Pacifica, a nation created out California and several other states on the Western Seaboard that practices extensive bioengineering to augment its citizens survival. Its capital is in San Francisco, it is ruled by General Nathan Sheridan, and its secession sparks the Second American Civil War in 2161.
- Porto Santo: a tiny island nation in Latin America visited by Steve Urkel in the Family Matters episode "South of the Border". (Note: Porto Santo is a real island of Madeira Archipelago)
- Republica Libra: island country in the Caribbean with similarities to the Dominican Republic, in the novel Shooting Script by Gavin Lyall. Capital: Santo Bartolomeo.
- Saint Andrews: island country where part of Neil Gaiman's novel Anansi Boys takes place.
- Yara: Caribbean island nation ruled as a dictatorship, ruled by Antón Castillo and inspired by Cuba. Appears in Far Cry 6.
- Balio: Meso-American nation with a population numbering nine million,5% of whom are indigenous Aztec. Featured in episode 18, season 2 of Scorpion.
- Boca Grande: Central American country based on El Salvador in A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion.
- British Hidalgo: tiny Central American country in the novel Limekiller by Avram Davidson (See Hidalgo).
- El Honduragua: a fictional country in Central America from the sketch show Spitting Image, whose politics are dominated by fascist parties all supported by the United States. Its name is a portmanteau of El Salvador, the British Honduras (now Belize) and Nicaragua.
- San Pequeño: Country where nurse Gina Cuevas came from on 1990s sitcom Nurses.Tibecuador: Central American country in The Fairly OddParents.
- Amazonia: country somewhere in northern South America, used as a fictional location in a movie script, mentioned in the novel Shooting Script by Gavin Lyall.
- Andes Mallorca: South American country in the computer game Strike Commander roughly resembling real-world Colombia.
- Aquilea: South American country in the film Les Trottoirs de Saturne
- Azuera: in the Sir John Appleby novel The Open House by Michael Innes
- Cordillera: country straddling the Andes in the novel High Citadel by Desmond Bagley. Capital: Santillana.
- Las Acacias (Republica popular de): Country located inside Argentinian territory, as seen in the Argentinian series Telenoche.
- Mandoras: A South American country where Adolf Hitler's brain was hidden in Madmen of Mandoras and its extended version, They Saved Hitler's Brain.
- Miranda / The Mirandan Republic: South American nation from Luis Buñuel's film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, from which the character Don Rafael is an ambassador to France. It is referred to by several characters as an unpleasant place with a strict military, oppressive leadership, and high murder rate.
- Nova Jambalaya: a Brazilian favela that has become a city-state with a communist-like dictatorship government in Brazilian sitcom Toma Lá, Dá Cá
- Olifa: country on the Pacific coast of South America in The Courts of the Morning by John Buchan.
- Olancho: The setting (described as "one of those little republics down there") of Richard Harding Davis' 1897 novel, Soldiers of Fortune.
- Pelotillehue: Fictional country which is developed Condorito comic series.
- San Monté: South American country at the brink of civil war from Action Comics #1.
- San Pasquale: South American country in Commander in Chief. Possibly based on Bolivia or Panama.
- San Pedro: South American country in the film Hour of the Assassin.
- Vespugia: South American nation located in Patagonia, site of ancient step pyramids and a history of some Welsh settlement, in books by Madeleine L'Engle. In an alternate timeline it was ruled by a dictator who threatened nuclear warfare.
- Zalay: a republic in South America from the Dead or Alive video game series.
- Zendonia: a communist state in South America from the Dead or Alive video game series.
- Curuguay: a generic Latin America country mentioned in The Equaliser (2021) S02E01
- San Nicasio: a small country from the TV miniseries Persons Unknown.
- Santa Fe de Tierra firme: A ficticional American country where Ramón del Valle-Inclán's novel Tyrant Banderas takes place.
- Sapogonia: imaginary country, located somewhere to the south of Mexico, where all mestizos come from, in the novel Sapogonia by Ana Castillo.
- Afromacoland: African country in the novel Chief the Honourable Minister by T. M. Aluko
- Azania: African country from Evelyn Waugh's novel Black Mischief but with earlier origins in Roman histories.
- Balic: A fictional African country featured in the Japanese anime television series Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid.
- Bapetikosweti: The "homeland" state in which the South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys (under the guise of his drag character, Evita Bezuidenhout) was the South African ambassador.
- Bulmeria: an African country mentioned in the webcomic, It's Walky!
- Buranda: African country in the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, formerly known as "British Equatorial Africa"
- Ishmaelia: a fictional African country from the novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.
- Kalya: West African country in the novel The Zinzin Road by Fletcher Knebel. Capital city: Ft. Paul.
- Kamanga: Southern African country between Namibia and Mozambique in the novel Tenth Man Down by Chris Ryan. Ruled from the poverty-stricken capital of Mulongwe, Kamanga is the very model of post-colonial corruption, nepotism, and greed. The territory, once a British possession, is now suffering from an AIDS epidemic, while poaching goes unchecked during a brutal civil war. Uranium, diamonds, and bauxite are key resources, although they remain in the hands of the European-descended elite. Kamanga uses the Kwacha as its national currency. This "Kwacha" is a fictional currency, but it has the same name as the Malawian kwacha and the Zambian kwacha.
- Kangan: African nation in the novel Anthills of the Savannah (1984) by Chinua Achebe
- Katanga: African country, neighboring Sierra Leone, in Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War (1974)
- Kivukiland: African kingdom in the 2001 South African comedy movie Mr Bones by Leon Schuster, starring Leon Schuster[11]
- Ngombia: West African country featured in the 1963 Tom Swift Jr. novel Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway.
- Orïsha: a West Africa country based on Nigeria in the fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone and its sequel by Tomi Adeyemi.
- Podoso: a fictional Central African country mentioned in the Turkish television series Valley of the Wolves. Ender Demiray is a character portrayed by Recep Aktuğ in the TV series Valley of the Wolves. (65-89) He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Podoso in Turkey. It has obtained this right due to its commercial relations with the country. He is placed at the disposal of Halil İbrahim Kapar by Kılıç to protect him with the privileges he has. When he started working with Halo, he bought a consulate building. He receives an order to bring the people of Podosos to Istanbul to distribute the goods collected in a large drug shipment. Although he has immunity, his car is searched and this right is violated. As a result of a major operation against the mafia, he is detained along with Süleyman. Although he says that what was done was illegal, the police officer said that the necessary correspondence was made with Podoso and that the consulate was canceled. It does not appear later.
- Sahelise Republic: African country mentioned in The West Wing, episode "In This White House"
- Sangala: A nation from 24: Redemption and 24 (season 7) where Jack Bauer comes to after running away from his life. A coup d'état takes place, with rebels using brainwashed children as soldiers. The nation is later invaded by the US in season 7.
- Seanfrika: A country from the movie Sean Banan inuti Seanfrika founded by the Iranian-Swedish comedian Sean Banan to escape the cold Swedish winters.
- Sonzola: an African republic mentioned in the novels of Christopher Brookmyre
- Transvalia: not actually a state in its own right, but rather a parody of Orania. Leon Schuster made a comedy film called Sweet 'n Short (1991), which was a parody of life in the New South Africa. The film was made in 1990 shortly after Nelson Mandela was released from prison - many of the fictional events portrayed therein actually came to pass in post-apartheid South Africa.
- Upper Gorm: Fictional African country in the 1980 comedy film First Family.
- Wadiya: Country ruled by the protagonist in the 2012 film The Dictator. Located by the Red Sea.
- West Angola: a fictional African country referred to in Scandal.
- West African Union: a fictional merger of Liberia and Sierra Leone in Seafighter a 1999 novel by James H. Cobb. Ruled by Premier-General Obe Belewa.[12]
- West Monrassa: Central African country in an episode of Spooks. Run by President Gabriel Sakoa, a corrupt leader planning a genocide against the people in the north of the country.
- Guadec: African country in an episode of Spooks. Led by reformist President Manu Baffong.
- Zambawi: African country from Patrick Neate's novel Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko (2000)
Name | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Chula, Republic of | Mort & Phil | Parody of Chile. South American country ruled by dictator Antofagasto Panocho (a parody of Augusto Pinochet), whom Mort and Phil are sent to kill. |
A
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Belgistan | fictional Middle Eastern country in the anime Gasaraki. | ||
Helmajistan | fictional area from the anime Full Metal Panic!. | ||
Chinese Federation | Code Geass | Monarchy comprising the entirety of East (except Japan), South, and Central Asia. Its capital is located in Luoyang, and is controlled by an emperor (who serves more as a symbolic head of state) and a council of eight eunuchs. | |
Achu, Kingdom of | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (2016) | A monarchic country located in a tropical climate. Home of Prince Ali. First mentioned in the episode "Princess Fragrance".[13] | |
Diamantara, Republic of | Michiko & Hatchin | South American nation inspired by Brazil. |
BOOKS
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Hav | Last Letters from Hav | independent country in the Eastern Mediterranean, described in an epistolary novel by Jan Morris. | |
Dahomalia | Stand on Zanzibar | African nation created by merging of Dahomey, Upper Volta and Mali. | |
Beninia | Stand on Zanzibar (1968) | African nation that aspires to become a first world country. | |
Republican Union of Nigeria and Ghana | Stand on Zanzibar | African country formed by merging of Nigeria and Ghana. | |
Yatakang | Stand on Zanzibar | Former Dutch colony located in South East Asia. Inspired by Indonesia. | |
Axphain | Graustark (1901) | Neighbor of Graustark in several novels. | |
Graustark | Various Works | Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon. | |
Dawsbergen | Novels by George Barr McCutcheon | Country in Eastern Europe mentioned in several novels by author George Barr McCutcheon. | |
Almaigne | The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (1976) | A monarchy with Emperor at the throne, located in Central Europe, which united German speaking states. It is based on German Empire, though its borders do not match those of real Germany.[14] | |
New England, Republic of | An alternate reality where Henry VIII never became King and Martin Luther and Thomas More became Pope, Protestantism was limited to the breakaway republic. The secular head is the First Citizen (Joseph Rudyard Kipling is mentioned as First Citizen, serving from 1914 to 1918) and the head of the 'schismatic' church is the Archpresbytor of Arnoldstown. Also mentioned is New England's war against Louisiana and Mexico from 1848 to 1850 (with Edgar Allan Poe as a leading general), its technological and scientific advance over the Papal jurisdiction, its productions of banned Shakespeare plays and its practice of 'separateness' against Native Americans. | ||
Annexia, Interzone, Abyssinia | Naked Lunch (1959) | European country, inspired by Soviet Russia. | |
Vespugia | A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Troubling a Star | Spanish-speaking country in the south of South America mentioned in Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Troubling a Star | |
Arnovia | Taylor & Rose Secret Agents: Peril in Paris by Katherine Woodfine (2018) | Small country between Switzerland, the German Empire, and Austria-Hungary in 1911 | |
Averna, Principality of | Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham (1933) | An oil-rich principality on the Adriatic Sea | |
Brungaria | Tom Swift, Jr. | Eastern European dictatorship similar to the Soviet Union, in the Tom Swift, Jr. series. | |
Socialist Democratic Republic of Corteguay | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Ultimate Escape | South American country located in an island in the Pacific Ocean. Totalitarian state. Capital city is named "Adello". Obtained independence in 2005. | |
Carpathian Republic | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race | Balkan authoritarian and militaristic country under an embargo. Its political ideology is a mix of Nazism and communism. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet. | |
Costaguana & Sulaco | Nostromo | South American country under a dictatorship, based on Colombia | |
Shangri-La | Lost Horizon | Mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel. A small, peaceful kingdom in the western Himalayan Mountains featured in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. | |
Etchechuria | The Stolen March | Lost Pyrenean country lying between France and Spain where nursery rhyme characters come to life. | |
Grinlandia | Novels by Alexander Grin | Name of the country is never mentioned by the author himself, and the name Grinlandia was suggested in 1934 by literary critic Korneliy Zelinsky. | |
Erewhon | Erewhon | Country satirizing aspects of Victorian society. | |
Samavia | The Lost Prince | Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel. | |
Bolumbia | The Shadow of a Titan | South American dictatorship, from Felix Wedgwood's novel.[15] | |
Borostyria | Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar | Balkan principality modeled on Montenegro.[16] | |
Bouazizi Empire | American War | Empire made up of a multitude of failed Middle Eastern and North African states in the late 21st century; influences the Second American Civil War by trying to prolong it | |
Penguina (L'île des Pingouins) | Penguin Island | In the 1908 novel by Anatole France, an island in the North Sea where penguins were miraculously transformed into humans (and which is in fact a satirical view of France). | |
Poictesme | Biography of the Life of Manuel | Country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell. | |
Polrugaria | The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister | Archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on Poland"[17] in Isaac Deutscher's 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister". | |
Krassnia | The Restoration Game | Country based on South Ossetia located in the Caucasus and republic of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus that declared independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union from the 2010 science fiction/techno-thriller novel The Restoration Game by Ken MacLeod.[18][19][20][21][22] The novel's protagonist, Lucy Stone, is a computer programmer who grew up in Krassnia when it was still part of the Soviet Union.[18] At the time of the novel's setting in 2008, she is working for a videogame company in Edinburgh, Scotland.[18][20] Stone's mother, commissions her company to create an MMORPG based on Krassnian mythology which leads into the rest of the novel's plot.[18][19] MacLeod was originally going to set his novel in the near future but was forced to change it when the Russo-Georgian War happened in August 2008 while he was writing it which not only brought the real South Ossetia to international attention (he wanted someplace obscure for Lucy Stone's homeland) but also made certain events in the book impossible, and was therefore now set in 2008, sometime before August that year.[20][21] | |
Zembla | Pale Fire | "Distant northern land" whose deposed king the narrator weaves into a critical apparatus; possibly based on Novaya Zemlya. | |
San Lorenzo The Republic of | Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle | A tiny, rocky island nation. The country's form of government is a dictatorship, under the rule of ailing president "Papa" Monzano, who is a staunch ally of the United States and a fierce opponent of communism. Its capital is the seaside city Bolivar. Its language is a fictitious English-based creole language | |
North Darrar | Borderlines | African nation in the Horn of Africa-based on Eritrea in the legal thriller novel, Borderlines by Michela Wrong. The capital city is called Lira. North Darrar neighbours the Federal Republic of Darrar and has fought a war against it over a border dispute based on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War.[23][24]Darrar, Federal Republic of: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Ethiopia in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong.
North Darrar: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Eritrea in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong. The capital city is Lira. The country neighbours the Federal Republic of Darrar and has fought a war against it over a border dispute based on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War. | |
Orsinia | Orsinian Tales, Malafrena | Central European country similar to Czechoslovakia or Hungary, the focus of Ursula K. Le Guin's Orsinian Tales and the novel Malafrena. |
TV
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Gran Colombian Empire | The Last Ship (TV Series) | A growing coalition of South American nations that seeks to rival/surpass the United States as a superpower. It serves as the main antagonistic force of the final season. | |
Caledonia[25] | Scandal | European monarchy featured in the season 5 premiere episode which bears strong similarities to the United Kingdom. | |
West Angola | Scandal | Coastal African nation framed for various terrorist attacks on the United States of America in season 4. Later invaded by the US military after President Fitzgerald Grant is blackmailed into doing so. | |
Kashfar | Scandal | Middle Eastern country mentioned in the episode "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot". Four US Army soldiers stationed there are taken hostage, causing President Fitzgerald Grant to send in a SEAL team to rescue them. | |
Tyrgyzstan | The State Within | in the BBC television drama | |
Tescara | CSI: NY | Atlantic island mentioned in the TV series CSI: NY by Jerry Bruckheimer. According to the show, this nation joined the UN in 1991 and is a free-trade port. | |
Baracas | CSI: Miami (2002-2012) | Pro-American South American country which supports the torture teams of the U.S. force in the region. | |
Pacific States of America | The Man in the High Castle | A puppet state governed by the Empire of Japan, consisting of the West Coast of the United States along with Alaska and Hawaii. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series, it is depicted as an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States, also occupying parts of British Columbia. | |
Rocky Mountains States | The Man in the High Castle | De facto buffer zone between the Japanese-allied Pacific States of America and the Nazi satellite United States with its capital based in Canon City. In the novel, the R.M.S. is depicted as a sovereign nation situated between California and the Mississippi River. However, in the television series, it is a 'Neutral Zone' based solely along the Rockies. Effectively an anarchistic, libertarian society, the Neutral Zone acts as a refuge for Nazi or Japanese targets but being subject to Nazi or Japanese agents. | |
Sangala | 24 | Western African republic and former French colony, it is said to share a border with the Republic of Congo. The democratic government led by Prime Minister Ule Matobo is overthrown in a coup by General Benjamin Juma of the Peoples Freedom Army in 24: Redemption. It is later invaded by the United States military in 24: Season 7 after the Juma regime begins to engage in genocide. The capital city is Mali Baso, and other notable locations include Sangala City and Kasanga Province. | |
Zephyria | Son of Zorn | East European country in Fox's 2016 show. | |
Tajinkistan | Lol:-) | Central Asian country, shown in the Canadian TV show Lol:-). | |
United States of America | Watchmen | Alternative United States that won the Vietnam War and annexed Vietnam, turning it into the 51st state due to the superpowered use of Doctor Manhattan in the war. In the Watchmen TV series, as of 2019, the country is shown to have abolished presidential term limits, redesigned the flag, incorporated other Southeast Asian countries (such as Thailand) as "commonwealths", and instituted a system of reparations for slavery for African-Americans. | |
Turmezistan | Doctor Who comics | a fictional country in Doctor Who. | |
People's Republic of Great Britain: An Fictional version of Great Britain featured in the Doctor Who episode "Rise of the Cybermen".
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San Marcos | Archer Vice | Latin American banana republic. | |
Marivella Islands | Tales of the Gold Monkey | South Pacific volcanic chain consisting of hundreds of mysterious and tropical islands featured in the 1982 adventure television series and now described as the Republic of the Marivelles. | |
Kumranistan | Yes, Prime Minister | Central Asian Islamic republic from the 2013 remake of Yes, Prime Minister, formerly part of the British Empire and a Soviet Socialist Republic; this country is a variation of Qumran (a fictional oil-rich sheikdom located in the Persian Gulf) which featured in the original series of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. | |
Qumran (Kumrahn) | Yes Minister | Arabic oil sheikhdom. | |
Buranda | Yes Minister | Developing African country, formerly known as British Equatorial Africa. | |
Saint George's Island | Yes, Prime Minister | Island nation located somewhere in the Arabian Sea. It was the centrepoint of the episode "A Victory for Democracy". A parliamentary republic and a Commonwealth member state, the island was on the verge of a communist coup. |
MOVIES
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Sakhovia | Final Score | Breakaway state located in North Caucasus, Russia. Tried to become independent with a war in 1999. | |
Vosnia | State Secret | European dictatorship in a 1950 film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
Vulgaria | Don't Drink the Water | tourist destination in Woody Allen's play and film Don't Drink the Water, a country located behind the Iron Curtain. | |
Saint Heron, Republic of | Rage to Kill (1988 film) | Beautiful caribbean island nation. | |
Pontenero | Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film) | This musical comedy focuses on a warship from Pontenero. | |
Bandara | Abdullah the Great (1955) | Fictional version of King Farouk's Egypt. | |
Pendrang | The 1946 Universal movie serial Lost City of the Jungle | Small Himalayan nation bordering China ruled by a dictatorial casino heiress. Capital city is Zalabar. | |
Congotanga | Congo Crossing | Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters | |
Panem | The Hunger Games | check books | |
North Africa, Republic of | Counterforce | Arab nationalist of the Mediterranean Sea. Closely analogous to Libya. | |
Maldonia | The Princess and the Frog | Fictional country named mixed with Maldives and Macedonia. | |
San Miguel | Firewalker | Central American country located in the Yucatan peninsula. | |
Scandinavia | Ransom aka The Terrorists | Scandinavian country inspired by Norway. |
EXTERNAL
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Urk (also Uruk) | Descendants of the Sun | War-torn Mediterranean country monitored by the United Nations. The South Korean government provides peacekeeping forces and private hospitals send volunteer medical teams. |
UNAVAILABLE
editName | Flag | Work | Notes |
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Gwinalia | fictional African country in the PBS show Chocolate. MAY BE BOGUS | ||
Arcacia | kingdom in the 1915 film A Royal Family | ||
Mandavia | Speed King | kingdom in the 1923 film | |
Chekia | The Only Thing | Balkan kingdom in the 1925 film | |
Coronia | King, Queen and Joker | kingdom from the 1921 film | |
San Gordio | kingdom in the film The Cowboy Prince | ||
San Marcos | South American country in an episode of Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei. | ||
Val Verde | Supercarrier | Spanish-speaking country in ONE EP OF the TV series Supercarrier. | |
San Marco | Bourbon Street Beat | Latin American banana republic IN "Green Hell" AND "Last Exit" | |
Val Verde | Supercarrier | Spanish-speaking country in the TV series Supercarrier. | |
Santhoma | Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Peddler | Country in Jimmy Sangster's novel, located on the west coast of South America. It extends a total of one hundred and eighty miles from north to south and reaches its maximum breadth of fifty miles from east to west. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the north, east and south by an extensive range of mountains which effectively cuts it off from the rest of the Latin American continent. The capital is called Canstartisville and is located on the coast about halfway between the north and south borders. Its president is Miguel Canstartis | |
Krastava | The Mourner | Small central European country, located between Czechoslovakia and Poland. | |
Sulvania | Prisoner of Swing (1937) | Central European monarchy where swing music is banned. This is a parody of the fictional country Zenda from The Prisoner of Zenda.[26]
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Crashbania | The Bad Barons of Crashbania and other books by Norman Hunter |
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Acquasorgiva | Acquasorgiva by Mura (1939) | A city built around a spring on top of a mountain near the sea in the Central African colony of the Fascist Italy.[27] UNAVAILABLE | |
Nevoruss | Breath of the Past, Russ we hadn't known about | Powerful state in the north of Russia and America created by Russian writer Grigoriy Demidovtsev. In the Breath of the Past and Russ we hadn't known about, Demidovtsev depicts a fictional European country named Nevoruss. "Nevoruss" is the Russian word for "Neva Russ", literally "Russ at the Neva river". Nevoruss is considered to be a successor state of the medieval Novgorod Republic. It managed to avoid Muscovite conquest in the 15th century and due to commercial activity of its inhabitants continued to thrive. Thus Russia had never united, so its place shares Nevoruss and Muscovy. Their opposition resembles that of Jesusland and the United States of Canada. Besides Russian territories Nevoruss due to its early colonial expansion also controlled the Baltic states, Scandinavia with Iceland and Greenland, some parts of North America (including Alaska and the whole Canada) as well as some important islands (among them Cuba, Canaries and Hawaiian Islands).
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United Socialist States of America | Back in the USSA | UNAVAILABLE | |
Zindawba | "Beloved Bonds". by F.E. Campbell | Dishonored | An African republic whose ruler and first president, Khalief Abhad, abuses two girls.
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Timbuktu, Republic of | The Lousy World | Country mentioned in the episode "Kiepski prezydent". In the episode, Ferdynant Kiepski, the main character of the show, is chosen to be the president of the country, after its citizens saw his election campaign during his failed run for the office of the President of Poland
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Africa
editCountries
edit- African Empire - Poul Anderson's "Ghetto" in William F. Nolan's short story collection A Wilderness of Stars
- Afrikaribesia - Enoch Ajunwa's novel Unknown Destination
- Afro-European Federation - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars
- Coptic Union - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
- Azania - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
- Republic of Dongo - Dambisa Moyo's nonfiction book Dead Aid
- Federal Africa - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It, p. 162
- Ishmaelia - Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop
- Kamanga - Chris Ryan's novel Tenth Man Down
- Ken-Tan-Moz - Ben Jeapes's novel Phoenicia's World
- Kingdom of Katanga - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 409
- Republic of Kikaya - Larry Viven and Steven Barnes's novel The Moon Maze Game
- Mancala - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, p. 217
- Buttata - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, pp. 4, 217
- Republic of Sundiata - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, pp. 8, 217
- Republic of Masada (Madagascar) - Christopher Priest's novel The Separation
- New Harare - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, pp. 374-387
- New Zimbabwe - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 387
- PanAfrica - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- Rhodesia (future sovereign fragment of contemporary Zimbabwe) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 387
- Ruratania (sub-Saharan Africa) - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
- Shurga - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, pp. 30, 38
- Trognika - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, p. 105
- Naraka - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, pp. 38, 105
- Dunia (East African Caliphate), a.k.a. Daru-i-riszwan or (Abode of Grace) - Anthony Burgess' novel Devil of a State
- Unnamed country with base in equatorial Africa that carries out nuclear attack on the United States in the Cold War scenario "The 36-Hour War," Life November 19, 1945. Vol. 19, No. 21. source
Antarctic
editCities and Towns
edit- City of the Invalidated Past - James Morrow's novel This is the Way the World Ends, p. 135
Arctic
editCountries
edit- Thule - Tobias S, Buckell's novel Arctic Rising
- Polario - One Way to Get Russia Right Moscow Times. August 26, 2012.
Australia
edit- Ross City - Gregory Benford's short story "The Scarred Man," Venture May 1970
North America
editStates and territories
edit- Alderney - Grand Theft Auto video games series
- Alleghany - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
- American Centaurian - Gini Koch's novel Alien Tango
- Calisota' - Duck universe in various Walt Disney comic books
- Catawba - Thomas Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel
- Chesepeake - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series: Green Idaho (northern half of Idaho after its partition) - Greg Bear's novel Heads, p. 48
- Euphoria - David Lodge's novel Changing Places
- Fremont - James A. Michener's novel Space
- Heavensylvania - "4th of July Under Attack" episode of Colbert Report, June 30, 2009
- Hohoq (a.k.a. Ar) - comedian John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise.
- Lost Quarter - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
- Manhattan - James Blish's short story "A Work of Art" in Science Fiction Stories July 1956
- Mercer - Motorama 1991 film
L Mexifornia - Bordertown television series
- Mikewa - Anthony Trollope's novel The American Senator
- Missitucky - Finian's Rainbow 1947 Broadway musical
- New England - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
- New Delaware - Daily Sow With John Stewart episode of January 16th, 2013
- Federal District of Sitka - Michael Chabon's novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Superior - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
- Statesota - Moral Orel Adult Swim television series
- United Rockies Emirates - A Wry Look at the Presidential Election, Year 2024 Steve Bodow. Wired. 16:3 March 3, 2008.
- Wabash - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
- Waldensia - Kingley Amis's novel The Alteration, p. 201
- Winnemac - Sinclair Lewis's novels
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Countries
edit- American Union - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes's novel The Moon Maze Game
- Archdiocese of Florida - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
- Atlantic Union - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
- Aristopia - Costello Holford's novel Aristopia: A Romance-History of the New World
- Blueland (island near Hawaii) - RIMPAC 98 (international maritime training exercise)
- California Republic - Colin Harvey's novel Damage Time
- Christian Federation of American States - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It, p. 161
- Cilenia - Karl Schroeder's "To Hie From Far Cilenia, in John Scalzi's short story collection Metatropolis
- Commonwealth of American States - Arthur C. Clarke's novel 'The Hammer of God
- Deseret - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
- Ecotopia - Ernest Callenbach's novels Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston and Ecotopia Emerging
- Efficistan - Steve Vanderheiden's nonfiction book Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change
- Empire of the Americas - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Great Asia - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Norrestand - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Empire of the Americas - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Midafrica - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Domination of Baikal - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
- Christian States of America - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
- United Arab States - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
- Pentocostal Gilead Heartland - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
- Kingdom of Louisiana - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
- Isreal - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
- Evangelical Republic of Texas - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
- Kingdom of Mississippi - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
- Rocky Mountain Independent Territories - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage (Homage to Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle?)
- Federated States of the Western Hemisphere - Douglas R. Mason's novel Matrix
- Free City of Boulder - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 128
- Grand Duchy of Hallifax - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
- Haijac Union - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers
- Higher Novo Mexico - Gregory Benford's nonfiction book Deep Time
- Free State of Chihuahua - Gregory Benford's nonfiction book Deep Time
- Icaria - The Zeno Narrative
- Frisland - The Zeno Narrative
- Drogeo - The Zeno Narrative
- Engroeneland (probably Greenland) - The Zeno Narrative
- Estotiland - The Zeno Narrative
- Janitoria - Scrubs You Tube
- Mecha (ruled by and for androids) - Madeline Ashby's novel vN, p. 67
- Normeroca - Poul Anderson's short story "SOS" in his collection Dialogue With Darkness
- Northwest Union - Robert A. Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon
- Oceania - George Orwell's novel 1984
- Omerta - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World
- Opium - Nancy Farmer's novel The House of the Scorpion
- Pacifica - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
- People's Republic of America - Invasion USA 1952 film
- People's Republic of the Northeast - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion
- Pollutia - Steve Vanderheiden's nonfiction book Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change
- Real America - John Barnes' novel Candle
- Republic of Gilead - Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale
- Republic of Hawaii/Free State of Hawaii - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Revolt in 2100
- Reunited States - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 128
- Salmon Nation - Ecotrust NGO conception of the Pacific Northwest
- Shasta-Tehachapi California Confederation - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 47
- Socialist Union of American States - Maureen F. McHugh's novel China Mountain Zhang
- Technate of North America - Mack Reynolds' novel The Cosmic Eye
- Western Hemisphere Union - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
- United America Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
- United Republic of America - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
- United States of North America (U.S.N.A.) - Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson's novel Variable Star
- United Vassal States of America - Otto Basil's novel Wenn dad der Fürher wusste (If Only the Fürher Knew)
- Zona Infectada - indie film
Other
edit- York Basin - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces
Islands
edit- New South Greenland
South America and Caribbean
editCountries
edit- Bolivarian Federation - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse, p. 59
- Brazilian Union - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- Costaguana - Juan Gabriel Vasquez's novel The Secret History of Costaguana ACTUALLY JUST PANAMA
- Costaguana - Michael Taussig's non-fiction? The Magic of the State
- Greater Brazil - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War and Evening's Empire, page 31
- Estados Unidos de Sud - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars
- Latinum - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- Euroasia - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- Europa - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- Federated Orinet Republics - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- Can-Am States - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- African Complex - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
- Macondo - Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Mayapan - Adrienne V. Parks's novel Acts of God
- Multinational Territory of Germany (former Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte) - Ignacio de Loyola Brandao's novel And Still the Earth
- New Bolivar - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Beyond This Horizon
- Republic of Vieques - October 17, 1962 U.S. Military Training Exercise for the invasion of Cuba (Source: Alex von Tunzelmann's 2011 Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean)
- San Theodoros - Hergé's cartoon Tintin and the Picaros
- Southern Hemisphere League - John Barnes's Million Open Doors series novels: A Million Open Doors, brief reference
- Tecala - Taylor Holden's novel Proof of Life
East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia
editCountries
edit- Agartha - Buddhist legend
- Arcadia - Cobra Gold 2009 joint Thai-American military exercise
- Australasian Republic - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Tunnel in the Sky
- Autarchy of Great Asia - Poul Anderson's short story "SOS" in his collection Dialogue With Darkness
- Basicland - Basically, It's Over hypothetical island in an economic essay
- Dahanga - Anthony Burgess' novel The Enemy in the Blankets
- Democratic Republic of China - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War
- Empire of the Great Khan - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Beyond This Horizon
- Erewhon (presumably New Zealand) - Samuel Butler's novels Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited
- Eurasian Coalition - David J. Williams' novel The Machinery of Light
- Kingdon of Agharti (religious, subterranean realm of the King of the World) - Ferdinand Ossendowski's Beasts, Men and Gods non-fiction book citation
- Grand Society of China - Poul Anderson's short story "A Man to My Wounding," in his collection The Horn of Time
- Great Asia Republic - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Door Into Summer
- Great China - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
- Great China - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- Greater Manchuria - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
- Pala - Aldous Huxley's utopian novel Island (inspiration for the Brotherhood of Eternal Love)
- Panasia - Poul Anderson's short story "Epilogue," in his collection Explorations
- Pan-Asian Republic - Colin Harvey's novel Damage Time
- Pacific Community - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War
- People's Republic of North China - Scott Mackay's novel Omega Sol
- Republic of Shanghai - A Wry Look at the Presidential Election, Year 2024 Steve Bodow. Wired. 16:3. March 3, 2008
- Republic of Wine - Mo Yan's novel Republic of Wine
- Siberian Republic - Gregory Benford's novel Eater, p. 282
- United Asia - John Barnes's Million Open Doors series novels
- Yatakang - John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar
South Asia
editCountries
edit- Beneghal - Poul Anderson's "Progress," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
- Pankot - Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom 1984 film
- Raspur - What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 Woody Allen film
Pacific
editIslands
edit- Enika Atoll (Marshall Islands) - Kevin J. Anderson's Ground Zero, an X Files novel
- Sangar Island - Robert Sheckley's novel The Journey of Joenes
- Skin Island - Jessica Khoury's novel Vitro'
Countries
edit- Equatorial New Guinea - Aloha 2015 film
- Maurai Federation - Poul Anderson's "Progress," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Europe
editIslands
edit- Caspiar (located in the Caspian Sea) - homeland of comedian Andy Kaufman's character Foreign Man
- Diavolino (Lake Trasimeno, Italy) - Horror novel Diavolino by Steve Emmett
- Merodia (archipelago in Lagodo)- Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) 2002 Exercize
Countries
edit- Astarkh Republic - David R. George III's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Allegiance in Exile
- Bacteria - The Great Dictator 1940 Charlie Chaplin film
- Balta - Evan Mandery's novel First Contact: Or, Its Later Than You Think. pp. 188, 214
- Borduria - Hergé's Tintin and the Picaros
- Borgravia - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
- Burgundy (real region but fictional independent country) - Brad Linaweaver's novella Moon of Ice
- Castalia - Hermann Hesse's novel Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game
- Common Europe - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
- Common Europe - John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar
- Euro Universe - Code Geass anime universe
- EuroFreezone - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 45
- European Alliance - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
- Eurore Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
- Free State of Bohemia - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 124
- Galway Republic - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
- Gazira-ul-Ragul (renamed and Islamized Isle of Man) - Anthony Burgess' essay/dystopian novella 1985, p. 243
- Greatbrit Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
- Greater Soviet Union - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
- High Republic of Heldon - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
- Jewish Free State (Balkans) - Stephen Fry's alternative history within a novel Making History
- Kingdom of the Azores - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
- Lagodo - Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) 2002 Exercize
- Luvania - trick question in One.Tel. 2004 public opinion survey
- Macedonion Free State - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
- Meccania - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
- Luniland - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
- Franconia - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
- Lugubria - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
- Northern Union (northern Europe) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
- Padania (northern Italian peninsula) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
- Republic of Scotland - Ken MacLeod's novel The Night Sessions, p. 73
- Russlavic Federation - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire, p. 594
- Schlaraffia - myth described in John Waller's nonfiction The Dancing Plague, p. 31
- States of Europe - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
- Waterberg State - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Earthworks
- New Angola - Brian W. Aldiss' novel Earthworks
- Australia-Zealand - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
- Soviet Complex - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
- Sycambia - Randolph Robban's Si l'Allemagne avait vainu
- Trobokistan - former Soviet satellite state in Totally Spies! television series
- United Federation of Britain - Total Recall 2012 remake of the adequate 1990 film adaptation
- United Free Europe - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
- Universal State - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
- Wolack - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
- Worldstate - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
- Zembla - Vladimir Nabakov's novel (or collection of cantos) Pale Fire
- Zind - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
- Unnamed country where Esperanto is the national language - Idiot's Delight 1939 film
Middle East and Central Asia
editCities and Towns
edit- Baleb (capital of Azaran) - Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's novel Andromeda Breakthrough
- Wadi al-Uyoun - Abdelrahman Munif's novel Cities of Salt
Countries
edit- Azaran (Muslim Middle East oil state) - Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's novel Andromeda Breakthrough
- Federation of Imamates - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse
- TransArabian Caliphates - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse
- Hamiya - Amjad Nasser's novel Land of No Rain
- Islamic Republic of Arabia - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 2
- Israeli Republics - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers
- Mooran - Abdelrahman Munif's novel The Trench
- Tallstoria (ruled by Persia) - Thomas More's novel Utopia
- Tebarou - Brian Aldiss' novel Super-State
- Turaqistan - War, Inc. 2008 film
- Ugigistan - War, Inc. 2008 film
- Yisroel (Yiddish speaking) - Michael Chabon's essay "Guidebook to a Land of Ghosts" Harper's October 1997 and also an addendum to his novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Uncertain Regional Location
editCities
edit- Marwencol - Marwencol 2010 film
- Satirev - James Morrow's 1990 novel City of Truth
- Urbania, Normland - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
- Veritas - James Morrow's 1990 novel City of Truth
- Descartes Borough
- Kant Borough
- Locke Borough
- Nietzche Borough
- Plato Borough
- Spinoza Borough
Countries
edit- Ambergris - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch
- Stockton Commonwealth - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch, p.14
- Crim Tartary - W.M. Thackeray's illustrated novel The Rose and the Ring
- Paflagonia - W.M. Thackeray's illustrated novel The Rose and the Ring
- Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist utopian novel Herland
- Gapnadesh - Gap Year Land opens near Tenby The Daily Mash, May 4, 2013
- Glennbeckistan - Letter to the Editor from WV U.S. Senator Robert Byrd
- Kalif's empire - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch, p. 14
- Kazohinia - Sándor Szathmári's novel Kazohinia
- Kirkesner - U.S. military medical training at Quantico, VA (source: Kyndra Miller Rotunda's memoir Honor Bound, pp. 14, 17, 21)
- Land Where Econfakers Dwell - John F. Weeks's nonfiction Economics of the 1% p. 5
- Linaria - Asuka Izumi’s manga The Lizard Prince
- Normland - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
- Outer Zone, a.k.a. OZ - Tin Man 2007 min-series
- Renewistan - Stewart Brand's nonfiction Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist's Manifesto
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Atlantis Bialya Bogatago - Batman #424 (October, 1988) Corto Maltese Del Canto - JLA Classified #26 (October, 2006) Devil Skull Island Dhabar - in Robin 44 a Middle-Eastern country also known as Karroca or the Karrocan Emirate, neighboring Edalji Gamorra Island Hunpar Jamil Island Jarhanpur Kafoonistan Kahndaq Karrocan Emirate - aka Karroca, aka Dhabar, Kaznia Khadym Kooey Kooey Kooey Korao Lamumba Lancho Largo Logamba Markovia Mikishawm Modora
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Rheelasia - Asian country in Young Justice, episode XXXX, a blatant stand-in for North Korea. (A united Rheelasia had appeared earlier in Black Canary & Oracle: Birds of Prey) _NOTHING North OR WEST/EAST? It was spelled Rhelasia in the Young Justice TV show, which split the country in two halves like Korea. North Rhelasia and South Rhelasia, although the nations have recently united, forming United Rhelasia.
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Numark Nurvania Olancho Oolong Island Oxnalia Paradise Island Parador - Police Comics #5 (December, 1941)
+ Eclipso etc
Quiana Qurac Ramistan Rangistan Raulo Rebolo Rembecco Rhapastan Rheelasia Robaria Samos San Miguel - neutral country in whose port a surface raider of an unnamed nation at war with the US is secretly resupplying in X-5, Secret Agent, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940) Much later in New Titans #70 (October, 1990) country has terrible rep but is grudgingly doing a peace process and has just released iconic freedom fighter from jail. In deathstroke movie, dictatorhsip under xxxx, whom Deathstroke uncharacteristically leaves alive, and has featureless red flag.
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Santa Bertriza - neighbor of Del Canto in JLA Classified #26 (October, 2006)_NOTHING - REALLY? Santa Flora - Latin American country https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sensation-Mystery-Comics/Issue-3?id=41043#28 Santa Prisca Sardona - republi Seljukana Slovekia - Eastern European monarchy on Earth-8, brutaly conquered by Lord Havok and the Extremists and converted into their stronghold (with the addition of "New" to the name)
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Countdown-Presents-Lord-Havok-and-the-Extremists/Issue-5?id=88138#4 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Slovekia?so=search
Souciyan Island
South OR WEST/EAST? Rheelasia - Asian country in Young Justice, episode XXXX, a blatant stand-in for South Korea. (A united Rheelasia had appeared earlier in Black Canary & Oracle: Birds of Prey) _NOTHING
Sunken Island
Tai-Yan
Talon
Tiger Empire
Tranbelvia
United States of AmeriKa
United States of Lions
United States of North America
Uslustan
Vendazia
Verdania
Vlatava - homeland of Count Vertigo. has flag in Suicide Squad Vol 1 #41 May, 1990
Volcania
Voldania
Voltania
Wooloo Island
Zambesi
Zandia
Zangaria
Zarikan
Zazarstan
Zhutan
Zorania
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[Arabic _ English] The motto on the seal of the Emirate of Deryabar in the 1947 movie _Sinbad the Sailor._ According to the script, it reads _In the eighth month, the winds are willing_ - is that correct? "في قمر الثمين النائم ألفين" ؟؟؟ I am just guessing . does that mean anything or is it just gibberish? It's either a different language or just gibberish. The font is usually associated with farsi/urdu. Can be used for Arabic but very rare. thanks for the clearer image. Can't quite make it all out but what I can see the given translation is roughly accurate? It's more like "In moon the eighth the breeze accepts" But it may not be Arabic, rather something close enough that it's roughly understandable. That or a really bad translation into Arabic (They started with what they wanted it to say in English and translated it into Arabic)
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Archie O'Toole was an American comic-strip written and drawn by Will Eisner, debuting as a two-page feature in Feature Funnies in July 1938, before moving to Smash Comics, another Quality anthology title, a year later.
History of 1930's platinum and golden age comics http://www.terryhoknes.com/comichistory1933.htm
The Steranko History of Comics https://archive.org/stream/historycomics11/History_comics_2_djvu.txt
By February 1941, Eisner had left the feature, which gradually transitioned to a one-page format. His successors (which included George Tuska) kept the pen name "Bud Thomas," but most of the continuity elements were discarded in favor of self-contained gag strips.
Premise
editArchie O'Toole was a native of the island dictatorship of Pyromania, located three thousand miles off the Atlantic coast of the U.S. Employed as a itinerant artist, he was thrown in jail after painting a portrait of an old man with a beard (the mercurial dictator of Pyromania, Gil O. Teen, having banned beards.) Gil O. Teen then commanded Archie to paint his own portrait, but the artist tricked the dictator into falling off a balcony, an embarrassment which (under the laws of Pyromania) meant his deposition. In gratitude, O'Toole was declared the new king of Pyromania.
The strip's first year in Feature Funnies consisted of O'Toole fending off attempts by Gil O. Teen to depose him and retake power, followed by a trip to America to secure a loan to address Pyromania's perennial budget shortfall, where the king was greeted as a celebrity and made a lot of money endorsing products. He also acquired a romantic interest in the angelic Suzy Sweet, the stepdaughter of a New York mobster who had tried to waylay him on the way home. The stories consisted of two pages and had a certain amount of continuity, including attempts to introduce recurring characters such as a upper-class British bodyguard or an offensively stereotyped black "Finkelstein's monster," that however rarely saw more than a few appearances. The plots included encounters with mobsters, visits by foreign dignitaries, and encounters with the supernatural, such as the ghosts haunting the Pyromanian royal castle (who left in a huff after O'Toole tried to charge them rent.)
In August 1939, the comic was moved to Quality's new title, Smash Comics, and the storytelling became less ambitious; Suzy Sweet was dropped without explanation after the penultimate Feature Funnies issue, while Gill O. Teen only outlasted her by one more. The royal advisers became one-off characters, and the title was gradually scaled down to a single page, with less narrative content and more of a single-joke structure. Archie O'Toole' was nonetheless popular enough to run for another nine years, in nearly seventy consecutive issues; the art however departed considerably from Eisner's original style, and there were several instances of unsubtly recycled plots.
Character Description
editTall, gangly, and red-headed, O'Toole was kind, eccentric, and fond of bad novelty music, in particular a tune called "Flat Foot Floogie" ("with a floy floy ya de da yo de do").
Publication History
editTitle | Appearances | First | Last | Issues | Notes |
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Feature Funnies | 11 | Jul 1938 | May 1939 | #10 - #20 | |
Feature Comics | 2 | Jun 1939 | Jul 1939 | #21 - #22 | |
Smash Comics | 72 | Aug 1939 | Feb 1949 | #1 - #41, #43 - 68, #70, #71, #78, #79, #81 | |
All Humor Comics | 1 (reprint only) | Oct 1949 | Oct 1949 | #16 |
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