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| Archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]]"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wx1oM6FXs-4C&pg=PA164&dq=Polrugaria&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zdePUrLfLoOO7Aba2YHgCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Polrugaria&f=false David Caute, ''Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic''], Yale University Press, 2013, p. 163.</ref> in [[Isaac Deutscher]]'s 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister". |
| Archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]]"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wx1oM6FXs-4C&pg=PA164&dq=Polrugaria&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zdePUrLfLoOO7Aba2YHgCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Polrugaria&f=false David Caute, ''Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic''], Yale University Press, 2013, p. 163.</ref> in [[Isaac Deutscher]]'s 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister". |
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Revision as of 23:34, 16 November 2022
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it – as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Absurdistan | Absurdistan | ||
Abuddin | Tyrant | Middle Eastern parliamentary republic which is in fact a totalitarian dictatorship struggling to free itself. | |
Aburĩria, Free Republic of | Wizard of the Crow | African country ruled by a totalitarian dictator known only as the "Ruler" in the novel by Kenyan author, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.[1] | |
Achu, Atchoo, Kingdom of | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir | Fictional monarchic country where its whereabouts are unknown, but based on the complexion of its inhabitants, it could possibly be in The Middle East/Horn of Africa. Not much of it is known outside of "Princess Fragrance". Its climate is mainly tropical and the only known person of the monarchy is Prince Ali. | |
Adjikistan | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 | Central Asian country, located between Afghanistan and Pakistan and devastated by a civil war. Post-Soviet Republic | |
Aemonkia | Dead or Alive | A federal democratic communist nation in North America in the Dead or Alive video game series. | |
Aerugo | Fullmetal Alchemist | Country located in south of Amestris. | |
Al Qolnidar | What We Do in the Shadows | Kingdom located on the border of southern Iran, once ruled by Nandor the Relentless. Nandor learns in 2019 that his nation was dissolved in 1401. | |
Aldorria | Scorpion | South American nation of Spanish-speaking people engaged in a long term border war. | |
Aldovia | A Christmas Prince | Monarchical European nation ruled by the family of the movie's titular character. | |
Allebahst, Kingdom of | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth | Originally a part of Cohdopia, it existed until Cohdopia's reunification in 2019. Allebahst was especially known for having the strictest immigration policy in the world. | |
Alvonia | My Pal, the King | Small European kingdom ruled by a child king. | |
Almaigne | The Alteration | During the state funeral of the late King Stephen III of England, a brother of the Emperor of Almaigne is mentioned as being in attendance. Almaigne is a unified German nation-state, however, its national boundaries do not match those of the real-life Germany. | |
Altis and Stratis, Republic of | ARMA 3 | Mediterranean island nation located to the south of Italy and formerly a territory of the British Empire; its geography (and culture) are based on the Greek islands of Lemnos and Agios Efstratios. By the events of the game's timeline in the 2030s, the country has been ravaged by a brutal civil war and is being led by a military junta. Its capital is Pyrgos. | |
Amber, The Republic of | Ace Combat | ||
Ambrosia | Billy Liar | A presumably European country over which the protagonist rules in a quasi-military dictatorship. | |
Americas, Federation of the | Call of Duty: Ghosts | Fascistic superstate comprising Latin America, with militarily-occupied territories in North America stretching from Panama to South Texas and Southern California in the United States. | |
America, Pacific States of | The Man in the High Castle | 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. | |
America, People's Republic of | East of West | Nation formed by Mao Zedong and his followers fleeing China located in the Western United States. It is a dynastic state operating in name as a single party socialist state. | |
Amestris | Fullmetal Alchemist | Country ruled by a military dictatorship that used the powers of the Alchemists, in the story the country has many parallels with fascist regimes of Europe. | |
Anchuria, Republic of | Cabbages and Kings | American writer O. Henry coined "banana republic" to describe the Republic of Anchuria. Central American banana republic. | |
Anchuria, Republic of | Sunset | Fictional South American republic ruled by a military dictator and in the middle of a civil war. | |
Angosia, Kingdom of | Royal Hearts | European kingdom. The Kingdom of Angosia and the Kingdom of Meravia were once united as the Kingdom of Ambrosia. The King at the time had twin sons and couldn't decide who would be king. So, he divided the Kingdom into two separate kingdoms. If there was ever a time with no male heir on the throne, the two kingdoms would be united again. | |
Angrezi Raj | The Peshawar Lancers | After 'The Fall' of 1878, a meteor shower which rendered the Northern Hemisphere inhospitable, millions of British refugees as well as the British Government relocated to the peripheries. By 2025, the Angrezi Raj has become the successor to the British Empire with its capital based in Delhi. It consists of the Indian subcontinent; Australasia; Southern Africa; colonial outposts in the British Isles, Northern Europe and North America; and protectorates over Madagascar and the Batavian Republic (a post-Fall Dutch state). | |
Annexia | Naked Lunch | European country, inspired by Soviet Russia. | |
Arandas, Kingdom of | Argevollen | ||
Arendelle, Kingdom of | Frozen (2013 film) | Monarchy in Scandinavia ruled by Queen Elsa, inspired by Norway. | |
Arstotzka | Papers, Please | Totalitarian, possibly communist nation that faces large-scale immigration at its border after a six-year war with neighboring Kolechia. | |
Arulco | Jagged Alliance 2 | Governed by a Queen, but after a coup is transformed in a police state. | |
Arvee | Lucky Loser | Small Southeast Asian state bordering Thailand in the 2006 Thai film. It has a fledgling national soccer team that is coached by Thai soccer player Pong after he is passed over as the coach of the Thai national team. Originally the country in this comedy was intended to be Thailand's real life neighbor Laos and involving its national team but Laotian diplomats saw the trailer and felt that the film's depiction of the team might be seen as offensive by Laotians and could trigger anti-Thai violence in Laos.[2] The film's release was delayed so it could re-edited and re-shot to replace Laos with the fictional country "Arvee". All prints of the original version of the film were burned at an event in the presence of the film's producers.[3][4] | |
Aslerfan | The Abominables | Poorly treated country between Turkey and Iran. | |
Atlantis | Timaeus, and Critias | Fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias.[5] It represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state.[6] Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. In many other works Atlantis has become an advanced prehistoric civilization in contemporary fiction, from comic books to films.[7] | |
Attica | United States Army | Fictional unstable country in the Middle East used for training exercises by the United States Army. | |
Attolia | The Thief (Turner novel) | Situated in the minor peninsula, sharing it with the countries of Sounis and Eddis, in the fictional world of the book series The Queen's Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner. | |
Auradon, United States of | Descendants | Peaceful country in the Southern Hemisphere inhabited by fairy-tale "good guys". | |
Aurelia, The Federal Republic of | Ace Combat | Country on the southeastern South Osean continent in Strangereal. Despite being a small nation, Aurelia is very wealthy and developed. It contains the Gaiuss Tower, the tallest skyscraper on Earth. Its capital is Griswall. | |
Auroa Archipelago | Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Archipelago-based nation, owned by multimillionaire Jake Skell. Taken over by the "Wolves" and "Sentinel PMC". | |
Azmenistan | The Expendables 3, The Onion Movie | Post Soviet country, whose army is hired by the main antagonist in The Expendables 3. Also involved in a conflict with their neighbor, Sloravia, who needs to listen to their women more in The Onion Movie.[8] | |
Axphain | Graustark | Neighbor of Graustark in several novels. | |
Ayx Empire | Ninja Gaiden | Fascist absolute monarchy under a totalitarian dictatorship in North America, ruled by the evil Emperor Garuda. | |
Azakstan[9] | Spooks | Fictional country in series 9 episode 3 of the series Spooks. MI5 is forced to work with FSB Officer to track down Aibek, a rogue nationalist from the ex-Soviet state of Azakstan. |
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Babar's Kingdom | Babar the Elephant series | Country, supposedly in Northern Africa, inhabited by intelligent elephants that are usually bipedal and civilized. | |
Babahl, Republic of | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth | Babahl was a European country that existed in the 2010s. It was one of two states formed from the dissolution of Cohdopia, and it existed until Cohdopia's reunification in 2019. | |
Bacteria | The Great Dictator | Satire of Fascist Italy, the country is ruled by 'Il Diggedy' Benzino Napaloni, a satire of Benito Mussolini. | |
Bahari | Scorpion | North African country that at one time was occupied by the Third Reich; circa early 2016, they uncovered a prototype "Sun Gun". | |
Bahavia | Cory In The House | Country from the Disney Channel show Cory In The House. | |
Bakalakistan | Rucka Rucka Ali | Joke country made by satirist Rucka Rucka Ali.[10] | |
Baltish | Baltish | Country from a Lithuanian TV show of the same name. | |
Bandara | Abdullah the Great | Fictional version of King Farouk's Egypt. | |
Bandiaterra | Geography Now | Danish-speaking archipelago nation with Bantu influences, located in the Indian Ocean. Created by YouTube channel Geography Now as an April Fool's Day prank. | |
Bandrika | The Lady Vanishes | Western European country based on Nazi Germany. | |
Bangalla/Bengalla | The Phantom | Central African nation (located in Asia in the 1996 film of the same name). | |
Bangistan | Bangistan | Country featured in the Bollywood film by the same name. | |
Banoi Archipelago | Dead Island | Archipelago devastated by crime, poverty and a kuru epidemic. Despite this is home to magnificent resort. The capital is Moretsby. Its local forces are being trained by Australian Defence Force and SAS-R. | |
Baracas | CSI: Miami | Pro-American South American country which supports the torture teams of the U.S. force in the region. | |
Barama | The Beasts of Clawstone Castle | Beautiful country made rich by oil reserves. | |
Barou Island | Neo Ranga | Tiny island kingdom near Indonesia in the 1998 comic anime, protected by an enormous statue of its god. | |
Barsarato | The Paradise Virus | Caribbean island between Cuba and the United States. | |
Bartovia | The Simpsons | Appearing in "The Italian Bob", Bartovia is an Eastern European country shaped like Bart Simpson's face. When Sideshow Bob decided to leave Springfield after trying unsuccessfully to kill Bart, he chose a destination at random by spinning a globe but got undesirable locations including Bartovia, North Korea and Florida. | |
Basenji | I Dream of Jeannie | Middle Eastern country of which Jeannie's great-uncle Suleiman was Maharaja until his abdication. It is the sworn enemy of the bordering country Qasha. | |
Bashkortostan | Largo Winch 2 | Post-Soviet Republic, with access to the Black Sea. Not to be confused with the real Bashkortostan, which is a federal subject of Russia. | |
Basran | Roy of the Rovers | Middle Eastern country where 8 members of the Melchester Rovers were killed by terrorists. | |
Bekkastan | Relic Hunter | Central Asian country that resembles Afghanistan. | |
Belavia (Велавия) | The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon | Denmark's dependent Slavic country somewhere in the Balkans or Eastern Europe. | |
Belgravia | NCIS | European country with a monarchy. The episode "Defiance" involves the Defence Minister and his daughter. | |
Belka | Ace Combat | Country on the northeastern Osean continent in Strangereal. Known for its advanced technology, it was a federation at the time of the Belkan War, but was reduced to a principality thereafter. Many Belkans seek vengeance against other world powers for fighting them in the Belkan War; this vengeance is usually done by pitting world powers against each other. Its capital is Dinsmark. | |
Beninia | Stand on Zanzibar | African nation that aspires to become a first world country. | |
Bernai Island | Watch Dogs | Micro-nation located in a lake between Chicago and Pawnee in the State of Illinois. Its sovereignty comes from a legal loophole, however isn't recognized by any entity, even at local level. Is designated as a constitutional monarchy and has imposed trade sanctions to North Korea. | |
Berzerkistan | Doonesbury | Located between Iran and Russia.[11] Its capital is either called Bmzklfrpz City[11] or Trff City.[12] | |
Besźel | The City & the City | City state in Eastern Europe, occupying the same geographical space as the rival city of Ul Qoma | |
Bialya | DC Comics | Persian Gulf country in the DC Comics Universe. | |
Blefuscu | Gulliver's Travels | Land where all the people are tiny from the book by Jonathan Swift. | |
Bolumbia | The Shadow of a Titan | South American dictatorship, from Felix Wedgwood's novel.[13] | |
Boñigolandia | Mort & Phil | African country that aims to enter a nationally sponsored team into the Formula One World Championship. | |
Borduria | The Adventures of Tintin | Totalitarian state from the comics series, located in the Balkans. | |
Borostyria | Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar | Balkan principality modeled on Montenegro.[14] | |
Borginia | Ace Attorney | Northern European republic that is stated to be very small in size, and is best known in the series for being home to the world-famous singer Lamiroir. | |
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 | |
Bowser's Kingdom | Super Mario | Absolute monarchy ruled by Bowser, King of the Koopas. | |
Bozatta | Scorpion | Nation in Sub-Saharan Africa, where poachers are a threat to wildlife conservation. | |
Braganza, Dominion of | The Peshawar Lancers | Shadowy post-Fall nation based around Rio de Janeiro ruled by a caudillo of the month. | |
British States of America | Sliders | In the episode Prince of Wails, set in a reality where the American Revolution was suppressed, the BSA is a heavily taxed and dictatorially-run section of the British Empire (albeit due to the ambitions of the Sheriff of San Francisco). | |
Brobdingnag | Gulliver's Travels | Land occupied by giants from the book by Jonathan Swift. | |
Brungaria | Tom Swift, Jr. | Eastern European dictatorship similar to the Soviet Union, in the Tom Swift, Jr. series. | |
Bruzundanga | Os Bruzundangas | Iignorant, corrupt and impoverished country satirizing Brazil. | |
Buchistan | I Dream of Jeannie | Middle Eastern country where Jeannie lived before she became trapped in her bottle for 2,000 years. | |
Bufferia | Marionettes | Eastern European anti-Bolshevik monarchy from the 1933 Soviet comedy. | |
Bulgurdarest | Ace Combat | Country located on the eastern region of the Usean continent. | |
Bultan | Designated Survivor | Southeast Asian country with a harsh legal system governed by a Prime Minister. | |
Buenaventura | Air America | Small Latin American nation which served as the setting for the TV series. | |
Buranda | Yes Minister | Developing African country, formerly known as British Equatorial Africa. |
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Cagliostro | The Castle of Cagliostro | Tiny, mountainous European duchy in the Lupin III film. | |
Calbia | The King Maker | Tiny Balkan republic in the Doc Savage adventure. | |
Caledonia[15] | Scandal | European monarchy featured in the season 5 premiere episode which bears strong similarities to the United Kingdom. | |
Cambrai | Guiding Light | War torn European country on the long-running U.S. soap opera. | |
Carbombya, Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of | Transformers | Oil-rich coastal desert kingdom in North Africa ruled by Abdul Fakkadi, intended to be a thinly-veiled jab at 1980's Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. | |
Carjackistan | Tank McNamara | Backward country in the sports-themed comic strip. | |
Carnelia, Republic of | Marvel Comics | Small eastern country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Pershyy Misto. | |
Carovia | Trouble for Two | Country in Europe. | |
Carpania | The Great Race | Setting for the great pie fight and the film's spoof of Prisoner of Zenda. | |
Carpathia | The Sleeping Prince | Balkan kingdom in the play by Terence Rattigan and the subsequent film The Prince and the Showgirl. | |
Carphatian Republic | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race | Balkan authoritarian and militaristic country under an embargo. Its political ideologies are a mix between Nazism, communism, and racism. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet. | |
Cascadia | Mirror's Edge Catalyst | Corporocratic country, located in South-East Australia. Border the countries of OmniStat and Sabaeus. | |
Central Usea, Federation of | Ace Combat | Large country located on the Usean continent in Strangereal. Despite apparently being a major country, the location and capital of Central Usea is never shown, though the Skully Islands are part of it. It was the first country depicted in the Ace Combat series, being the setting of Air Combat. | |
Chernarus | Arma 2 and DayZ | Former Soviet republic in Eastern Europe. Located on the coast of the fictional Green Sea, Chernarus shares its northern border with Russia. Its capital is Novigrad. The country's native population, language and much of its geography are modelled respectively after the Czech Republic; however, Chernarus also has a sizeable ethnic-Russian population, especially in the northern border regions. One such region in the north east, called South Zagoria, is the primary focus of game's campaign. An expanded, post-apocalyptic depiction of Chernarus is the setting for the DayZ standalone game. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Cohdopia, Principality of | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth | Country located in Europe. Sometime in the 2010s, it was split into two countries, Allebahst and Babahl, but was reunited in March 2019. | |
Cobra Island | G.I. Joe | Terrorist organization Cobra Command caused the formation of the island in the Gulf of Mexico, claimed the island and declared sovereignty. They used it as a base and as a front that gave Cobra agents around the world diplomatic immunity. | |
Commonwealth of American States (CAS) | The Hammer of God | CAS is located in the territory of what was once the United States. Its capital is located in Washington, its legislature is called the General Assembly, whose members are referred to as senators, and West America is one of its constituent regions.[16][17] | |
Congaree Socialist Republic | Southern Victory | One of a few African-American Communist states established during the Red Rebellion (1915-1916) during the First Great War (an analogue of the First World War in a reality where the Confederacy became independent). | |
Congotanga | Congo Crossing | Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters | |
Country of the Blind | The Country of the Blind | Country where all the population are blind, situated in a hidden valley near Ecuador, from a short story by H. G. Wells. | |
Coalition States | Rifts | Fascist empire founded upon the post-apocalyptic ruins of the American Midwest.[18] | |
Concordia | Romanoff and Juliet | Unstable European country, where every day is Independence Day. Is considered a joke by the United Nations. | |
Cobrastan | Papers, Please | Fake country likely made up by Jorji Costava, in his fake passport, presented on day 4. According to the passport, Cobrastan has at least one city, Bestburg, which Jorji also likely made up. | |
Confederate States | Numerous | Numerous works of alternate history detail the workings of the Confederate States as an independent regime after defeating the U.S. in the American Civil War. Such works include Bring the Jubilee, the Southern Victory Series, East of West, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and The Guns of the South. | |
Cordinia | A Royal Christmas | Small sovereign country – kingdom – from a 2014 American holiday romance television film called Cordinia, which is loosely based on Monaco (but amalgamates the place names, Corsica and Sardinia). | |
Corona | Tangled | Small European kingdom with German and Polish influences. | |
Cortina, Republic of | United States Army | Unstable U.S. ally located on the Island of Aragon, used for training exercises by the United States Army. | |
Corto Maltese | DC Comics | Small island nation off the coast of South America. In The Dark Knight Returns, Corto Maltese was the location of the Corto Maltese Revolution and a military standoff between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Superman which resulted in a Soviet nuclear EMP attack on the United States. In Batman, photojournalist Vicki Vale's photos of the revolution were featured in Time Magazine. | |
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. | |
Cortuguay | The Adventurers | Civil war ravaged Latin American country, based on the Harold Robbins novel of the same name. | |
Costa Sentava | Secret Service | South American island country under a dictatorship. The leader; a man named Vargas, used nerve gas against civilians and is hostile to the US. | |
Costaguana | Nostromo | South American country under a dictatorship. Based on pre-Castro Cuba. | |
Costa Luna | Princess Protection Program | Small island kingdom where Rosie Gonzales comes from. | |
Costa Gravas | Chuck | Latin American Communist country that eventually became democratic after an unsuccessful coup d'état. Its name is a reference to film director Costa-Gavras. | |
Crashbania | The Bad Barons of Crashbania and other books by Norman Hunter |
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Creta | Fullmetal Alchemist | Country located in west of Amestris. | |
Cromania | Close Enough | Cromania is an amalgamation between the Balkan countries of Croatia and Romania. | |
Czervenia | America's Army 3 | Eastern European country, in war with the United States. The language is based on Spanish, Slovenian and Czech.[19] |
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Dai-Nippon, Empire of | The Peshawar Lancers | A Japanese-ruled Chinese country located in Far East. It's capital is Beijing (still known as Peking). | |
Damascus, Caliphate of Damascus | The Peshawar Lancers | Formed after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during the Fall, the Caliphate stretches from Persia to Hungary. | |
Danu | The Redundancy of Courage | Based on East Timor, the setting of the novel by Timothy Mo. | |
Dahomalia | Stand on Zanzibar | African nation created by merging of Dahomey, Upper Volta and Mali. | |
Darrar, Federal Republic of | Borderlines | African nation in the Horn of Africa based on Ethiopia in the legal thriller novel, Borderlines by Michela Wrong.[20][21] | |
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.[20][21] | |
Datlof | The Yogscast | Nation created originally by Lewis Brindley in a game of Civilization V, the nation was later published in the Yogscast's book, described as a communist dystopia with a pig-centered culture and economy. | |
Daventry, Kingdom of | King's Quest (series) | Fantasy kingdom ruled by King Graham that is the setting of several games in the series. | |
Dawsbergen | Novels by George Barr McCutcheon | Country in Eastern Europe mentioned in several novels by author George Barr McCutcheon. | |
Deltora | Deltora Quest | Land created by Emily Rodda, divided into 7 tribes and lands and ruled over by the southern state of Del. | |
Democratic Republic of Dahum | James Bond novel Solo | Western African breakaway state, in a war with Zanzarim. | |
Diamantara, Republica de | Michiko e Hatchin | South American nation inspired by Brazil. | |
Dictionopolis | The Phantom Tollbooth | One of two capital cities of the divided Kingdom of Wisdom in the book by Norton Juster, and home to King Azaz the Unabridged. | |
Digitopolis | The Phantom Tollbooth | One of two capital cities of the divided Kingdom of Wisdom in the book by Norton Juster, and home to the Mathemagician, brother of King Azaz. | |
Dinotopia | Dinotopia | Hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books and featured in several other related works. | |
Djebana | Superlópez | Arabic country ruled by the Bey of Djebana, which Superlópez visits to investigate incidents related to nuclear radiation, and later to inquire about the Bey's connections with a Mafia family. | |
Drachma | Fullmetal Alchemist | Country located in north of Amestris. | |
Draka, The Domination of | The Domination | Originating from the Crown Colony of Drakia (the Cape Colony having been transferred from the Netherlands to Great Britain after the American Revolutionary War) which had been settled by Boers, American Loyalists, Hessian mercenaries, French royalists and former Confederates, the Domination became an expansionist slavocratic empire. | |
Drome | The Light Beyond novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim | Underdeveloped Eastern European kingdom interesting to both Italy and Turkey. | |
Drusselstein | Phineas and Ferb | Eastern European country that is the birthplace of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. | |
Druznia | Regular Show (International version only) | Anti-American country in Europe. Based on Russia. | |
Durhan | Archer | Kingdom that is the birthplace of the Prince of Durhan. | |
Derkaderkastan | Team America: World Police | Islamic republic overrun by terrorists. The team fails to stop their attack on the Panama Canal and their aircraft get shot down trying to invade the country. | |
Dreamland | Disenchantment |
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Eastasia | Nineteen Eighty-Four | totalitarian dictatorship encompassing much of Asia. It follows an ideology described as "Death-worship", and is the smallest and youngest of the three super-states in George Orwell's novel. | |
Eastern Slav Republic | Resident Evil: Damnation | A country in Eastern Europe formed after the fall of the Soviet Union. Its capital is Holigrad. | |
East Hun Chiu | Designated Survivor | Totalitarian country in East Asia located on the fictional Hun Chiu Peninsula off the coast of China. Ruled by Chairman Kyung Kim, is in constant rivalry with its democratic neighbour West Hun Chiu. Its capital city is Lu'Tan. It bears similarities to the real life nation of North Korea. | |
Ecotopia | Ecotopia | An ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach. | |
Eddis | The Thief (Turner novel) | Situated in the minor peninsula, sharing it with the countries of Sounis and Attolia, in the fictional world of the book series The Queen's Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner. | |
Edonia | Resident Evil 6 | East European-themed country featured in Resident Evil 6 embroiled in a civil war. | |
Elbonia | Dilbert | fourth-world post-communist Eastern European country, whose economy is based on mud. | |
El Ohtar | Protocol | Middle Eastern nation. Its name is 'Rathole' spelled backwards. | |
Elfia | Elfia (festival) | Elfia is a realm that is only visible and accessible to humans once in a while. ‘Gateways’ appear as a way for us humans to enter this in-between area and come into contact with other Elfian citizens. | |
Eldia | Attack on Titan | In the past Eldia was an empire that controlled much of the world for centuries thanks to the power of the giants known as the Titans. It disappeared when the nine houses of the families that controlled the empire went into civil war. After this the last remnant of the Eldian empire takes refuge on Paradis Island and become a hermit kingdom. Its population lives surrounded by three walls to protect themselves from the Titans. | |
Emmeria, The Republic of | Ace Combat | Country encompassing most of the central and western Anean continent in Strangereal. It was once a group of small warring states until King Aurelius II ended their conflicts in the 1400s. It is said to have one of the most effective and capable militaries in the world. Its capital is Gracemeria. | |
Enclave | Fallout | Remnants of the United States government after a nuclear war. | |
Endostan | Relic Hunter | Middle Eastern kingdom. The military attempt a coup d'état, while trying to recover the Star of Nadir. | |
The Environment | Nineteen Ninety-Four, Nineteen Ninety-Eight | Country defined by mass consumerism, unlimited credit, the pursuit of leisure, ‘lifestyle packages’ and recreational employment formerly known as the United Kingdom. It was created in the aftermath of 'The Difficulties' of the 1980s and governed by the Department of the Environment, a combined governmental and corporate entity which in 1994 was abolished in favour of mega-markets. In 1998, the Environment was annexed by the AmJap Corporation and converted into a power station, its citizens enslaved to generate electricity via treadmills. | |
Equatorial Kundu | The West Wing, The Newsroom, IZombie (TV series) | West African republic. | |
Erewhon | Erewhon | Country satirizing aspects of Victorian society. | |
Erusea, The Kingdom of | Ace Combat | Large country encompassing much of the western coast of the Usean continent in Strangereal. It was a federal republic at the time of the Continental War, and was reverted to a monarchy in 2011, remaining as such eight years later during the Lighthouse War. Its capital is Farbanti. | |
Estoccia | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Country where Joe King is based with the Emergency Aid Organisation. | |
Estovakia, The Federal Republic of | Ace Combat | Country on the eastern coast of the Anean continent in Strangereal. A thriving nation in the 20th century, it declined rapidly after the Ulysses impact heavily damaged it but left neighboring Emmeria practically untouched. A military regime took power in a civil war in 2013. | |
Etchechuria | The Stolen March | Lost Pyrenean country lying between France and Spain where nursery rhyme characters come to life. | |
Eurasia | Nineteen Eighty-Four | totalitarian Communist super-state from the George Orwell novel, consisting of Europe, except the British Isles, and Russia. It was created when the USSR annexed Europe. It follows a political ideology called "Neo-Bolshevism". |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Farfelu | The Kingdom of Farfelu | Surrealistic place in the novel by André Malraux.[22] | |
Fe'ausi | Diplomatic Immunity | South Pacific island from the New Zealand television series. | |
Federated Commonwealths of America | A Different Flesh | In an alternate reality where Homo erectus populate the New World instead of Native Americans, the Federated Commonwealths is analogous with the United States. However, the former British colonies which formed the FCA broke away in 1738, the government of the FCA is based on the Roman Republic even more so (having two equally powerful chief executives called Censors and lifelong-serving Senators) and, due to the existence of 'sims', westward expansion began much sooner and human slavery was abolished by 1804. | |
Feldenberg | The Abominables | Beautiful Alpine country now famed for its well-beloved but useless Rescue Dogs. | |
Felistia | Dead or Alive | Communist monarchy in South Asia in the Dead or Alive video game series. | |
Flausenthurm | The Smiling Lieutenant | Kingdom in Eastern Europe. | |
Florin | The Princess Bride | Setting of the 1973 fantasy romance novel and 1987 film. | |
Fook Island | Imagined island created by the South African artist Walter Battiss. | ||
Fourecks | Discworld | Part of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels influenced by Australian culture. Fourecks is both a country and a continent. It is a largely desert land which for some time remained unfinished, | |
France-outre-mer | The Peshawar Lancers | After 'The Fall' of 1878, a meteor shower which rendered the Northern Hemisphere inhospitable, many European fled to the imperial peripheries of their respective empires. By 2025, France-outre-mer, with its capital based in Algiers, is beginning to recolonise Metropolitan France. | |
Franchia | Welcome to Night Vale | Country filled with nothing but natural arches and a monster that doesn't stop hunting. It is also known for not needing to learn another language to be able to talk to someone else. | |
Freedonia | Duck Soup | European country from the 1933 Marx Brothers film. Rufus T. Firefly, played by Groucho Marx, is appointed leader of the troubled nation. Conflict with neighbouring Sylvania looms. Chaos ensues. | |
Freedonia | Despicable Me 3 | Mediterranean European Anglophone country. Is shaped like a pig's head. The name was inspired by the 1933's film Duck Soup. |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Gafir | Fictional nation situated at the cross roads of the Red Sea, littered with desert, once under British rule until the year 1950, was created as an April Fools' Day joke as Instagram's country of the day in 2018. | ||
Garnia, Republic of | Black Jack | Small Eastern European republic, been through 25 years of civil war. A known city is San Mérida. | |
Gebet | Ace Combat | Country located in northeastern Osea. | |
Genosha | Marvel Comics | Island nation that has been home to a mutant sanctuary and concentration camp at various points. | |
Genovia | The Princess Diaries | European principality from novels and film adaptations. Borders France and Spain. | |
Gerolstein | The Mysteries of Paris | Rodolphe Grand Duke of Gerolstein is the hero of Eugène Sue novel. | |
Gérolstein | La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein | 18th-century German principality in the opéra bouffe. | |
Gilead, Republic of | The Handmaid's Tale | Theocratic country occupying the territory of the former United States in the novel by Margaret Atwood and its associated adaptations. | |
Gindra | Metal Gear: Ghost Babel | War-torn country in East Africa. Is mentioned to be landlocked and a former French colony. | |
Glovania | Gasoline Alley | Home country of the biological parents of the character Skeezix in the comic strip. Skeezix's father Col. Henri Coda was the ruling Grand Duke prior to a revolution. Glovania's capital and major seaport is Ragpo, located on the Mediterranean to the east of Italy.[23] | |
Glubbdubdrib | Gulliver's Travels | Small island nation (about one-third the size of the Isle of Wight) governed by a tribe of magicians; from the novel by Jonathan Swift. | |
Gondal | Imaginary world created by Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë. | ||
Gondor | The Lord of the Rings | Greatest realm of Men, kingdom in the west of Middle-earth during the Third age. | |
Gondour | The Curious Republic of Gondour | Ideal republic imagined by Mark Twain in his short story. | |
Goritania | Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | In the episode "Death and the Queen", Goritania is a kingdom which by the 1800s had known five centuries of peace due to a perception filter placed around the country. The Doctor suggested that it would become a People's Republic and fight against Napoleon. | |
Greenhorne | Miitopia | Greenhorne is in the southwest region of Miitopia and is the only Miitopian kingdom to be mostly covered in grass. Greenhorne's also the only country in Miitopia with a known king. Greenhorne's name is a reference to the word "greenhorn" meaning "beginner." Greenhorne's only known settlements are Greenhorne Town and The Greenhorne Castle, with the rest of it is settled by monsters and travellers. | |
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. | ||
Grand Fenwick | The Mouse That Roared | Duchy in The Mouse That Roared (1955) and sequels by Leonard Wibberley. | |
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere | Various Works | In some fictions based on a hypothetical Axis victory in World War II, alongside depictions of the Greater German Reich are mentions or equally detailed depictions of a farther-expanded Co-Prosperity Sphere, such as In The Presence of Mine Enemies (encompassing all of Oceania) or The Man in the High Castle (including the Pacific States of America and Western South America). | |
Graustark | Various Works | Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon. | |
Gramovian Federation | This War of Mine | Neighbour country of Graznavia. Sends peacekeepers to end the civil war in Graznavia. Called "Confederation of the North" in Romance languages like French or Brazilian Portuguese. | |
Graznavia | This War of Mine | Eastern European republic ravaged by civil war in This War of Mine, a video game by 11 bit studios. | |
Great Britain, Republic of | Doctor Who | In a parallel universe visited by the Third Doctor in Inferno, Great Britain is a republic with a fascist government. In the later episodes Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel, a different Republic of Great Britain is depicted as a democratic and more technologically advanced nation, the origin place of a new race of Cybermen. | |
Grenyarnia | 30 Rock | "Country only known by the richest people on earth," from NBC's 30 Rock. | |
Greylock | The Republic of Sarah | Small town between New Hampshire and Quebec that declared independence from the US after the discovery of coltan. | |
Groland | Canal+ | Country featured in various humorous programs on French television channel Canal+. | |
Gruzinia | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Setting of Bertolt Brecht's play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, first performed in 1948. Though the extent of Gruzinia's sovereignty and international recognition is unclear, it is a heavily capitalist society ruled by autocratic monarch Georgi Abashvili. The country is likely inspired by Georgia. Alternative spellings include "Grusinia". | |
Guilder | The Princess Bride | "The sworn enemy of Florin". |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Halla | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne | Kingdom from the 1969 Satyajit Ray film. | |
Hallownest | Hollow Knight | Ruined, subterranean kingdom populated by intelligent insects in the 2017 video game Hollow Knight. | |
Halwan, The Kingdom of | Marvel Comics | Country located in North Africa. | |
Hatch Islands | Michael Vey: Storm of Lightning | Formerly the country of Tuvalu, the country was renamed after the series antagonist following a coup against the prime minister and subsequently used as the temporary headquarters of Elgen Inc, a company that builds and operates power plants powered by genetically modified rats. | |
Hav | Last Letters from Hav | independent country in the Eastern Mediterranean, described in an epistolary novel by Jan Morris. | |
Herland | Herland | Nation populated entirely by women who gained the ability to reproduce asexually following a volcanic eruption two-thousand years prior which both swiped out the nation's men and isolated it from the outside world. With the name 'Herland' being attributed to the country by an all-male expedition party, they chose to conceal its exact location to prevent further intrusions. | |
Hidalgo | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze | South American country, not to be confused with a similarly named state of Mexico. | |
Holy Alliance | The Two Georges | Dynastic union between France and Spain whose overseas empire includes most of Latin America (territories named include Nueva España and New Granada) and North Africa. The Holy Alliance is one of the British Empire's greatest rivals. | |
Holy Britannian Empire | Code Geass | Nation born from the defeated remnants of the British Empire that is the world's dominant military superpower. It occupies the entirety of the Americas and much of Eurasia, including Japan. | |
Horizon Islands | ARMA 3 | Francophone federative state comprising an archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean, between Vanuatu and Fiji. Its capital is La Roche. The Federation is split into four Divisions; the Northern Division, sometimes synonymous with its largest province, Tanoa, is the setting for ARMA 3's "Apex" expansion. |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Idris | The Shadowhunter Chronicles, Shadowhunters | Shadowhunter home country. | |
Illéa | The Selection | North American state comprising the former territories of the entire continent, composed of 35 states. Formed after the events of a Chinese-American war. Its capital is located in California. | |
Illyria | Dirty Hands | Eastern European country that surrounds the plot of Les Mains Sales. | |
Impor | Papers, Please | Coastal country to the southwest of Arstotzka. It is bordered by Kolechia to the east, Republia to the north, the United Federation to the west, and is one of the four countries that do not border Arstotzka directly. | |
Indocarr | Mile 22 | Southeast Asian country, based on Indonesia. | |
Ingelmia | Argevollen | ||
Irania | Trouble for Two | Country in Europe. | |
Ishkabar | The Suite Life of Zack and Cody | Small island between India and Thailand. | |
Ishtar | Ishtar | Middle Eastern country with a low intensity war. | |
Islandia | Islandia | Self-isolated country in Austin Tappan Wright's novel of the same name. | |
Isla Island | American Dad! | Dictatorial Caribbean island featured in the episode "Moon Over Isla Island". | |
Isla Trueno | Sniper: Ghost Warrior | Latin American country, whose democratic government was overthrown in a coup. | |
Islamic States of America | Prayers for the Assassin | Islamic half of the United States after much of the country's populace undergoes mass conversions to Islam. | |
Isle of Fogg | San Sombrèro | Only one of the 23 (fictional) Outcropp Islands off the west coast of Scotland to be inhabited, mentioned in a parody travel guidebook. | |
Isthmus Republic | Licence to Kill | Central American country, based on Panama. Hideout of Franz Sanchez. |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Jark Empire | Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh | ||
Jakovia | Jeremiah and the Princess novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim | Eastern European country ruled by a playboy monarch. |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Kadir | The Jewel of the Nile | North African country, ruled by a dictator dealing with an insurgency. Based on Libya. | |
Kahndaq | DC Comics | Ancient Middle-Eastern country in located on the Sinai Peninsula, between Egypt, Israel and Jordan. | |
Kallipolis | Republic | ||
Kamaria | Australian Army | Fictional country used for military training purposes. Appears on maps as an upside-down Tasmania. | |
Kambezi | MacGyver | Southern African country, located near Zimbabwe. It is home of a huge population of black rhinos which is approaching extinction due to poachers. It is also a military dictatorship and relies heavily on dagga exports. | |
Kambezi | Blindspot | Central African nation in war with its neighbour for the control of a pipeline. | |
Kamistan, Islamic Republic of | 24 | Middle Eastern Islamic republic reminiscent of Iran. | |
Kangan | Anthills of the Savannah | West African country ruled by the dictator Sam in the novel by Chinua Achebe. | |
Karifistan | Ernest in the Army | Middle Eastern country. | |
Karistan | Legend of the White Horse | Central European country, based on Poland. | |
Karzhegistan | ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead | Central Asian country. | |
Kasnia | DC Comics | War-torn Eastern European monarchy. | |
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.[24][25][26][27][28] The novel's protagonist, Lucy Stone, is a computer programmer who grew up in Krassnia when it was still part of the Soviet Union.[24] At the time of the novel's setting in 2008, she is working for a videogame company in Edinburgh, Scotland.[24][26] Stone's mother, commissions her company to create an MMORPG based on Krassnian mythology which leads into the rest of the novel's plot.[24][25] 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.[26][27] | |
Kastovia | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Client-state of Russia and former Soviet republic, located where South Ossetia should be. It was inspired by Donetsk People's Republic. The capital city is Verdansk. Later invaded by Al-Qatala terrorist group. | |
Kaukistan | 24 | Country that was a state in the Soviet Union. After 1991, was annexed by the Russian Federation. A terrorist group called New Dawn try to restore the country's independence. | |
Kazirstan | Beyond Two Souls | Country with a rift with its neighbour. | |
Kazahrus | Blindspot | Russian-speaking absolute monarchy known for human rights violations. The former king raped an embassy employee, who later gave birth to an heir. Is also stated to be an ally of the United States, which have a military base in the country. | |
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. | |
Kenyopia | Totally Spies! | African country, | |
Kekistan | Meme culture | Country that acts as a refuge for internet trolls, shitposters, and other types of people that according to them are "opressed" by political correctness and normie culture. According to internet users is led by President Big Man Tyrone. | |
Kerplankistan | Big Time Rush | Country where Big Time Rush got their first number one record. As seen in the episode "Big Time Wedding", it is shown to have a monarchy. | |
Khemed | The Adventures of Tintin | Arabic emirate from the comic. | |
Khura'in | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice | Absolute monarchy located on the western edge of the Far East. | |
Kijuju | Resident Evil 5 | Central African country, devastated by an epidemic. | |
Kinakuta | Cryptonomicon | Island state from Neal Stephenson's novels. | |
Kingdom of Wisdom | The Phantom Tollbooth | From the children's fantasy book by Norton Juster. | |
Kingdom of Loathing | Kingdom of Loathing | Small island nation ruled by King Ralph XI. Most of the game takes place here. | |
Klopstokia | Million Dollar Legs | Small bankrupt country which enters the 1932 Olympic Games to earn funds for its treasury. | |
Kolechia | Papers, Please | Neighbouring country west of Arstotzka. After the Six-Year War with Arstotzka, entrants from and via Kolechia are finally able to enter Arstotzka through the border town Grestin, although entrants from Kolechia are occasionally harassed by the Ministry of Admission and the Arstotzkan government due to the terrorist threat they pose. | |
Koratvia | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 | Eastern European country which act as the game's setting. | |
Kreplachistan | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Breakaway former Soviet republic from which Dr. Evil steals a nuclear warhead. | |
Krakozhia | The Terminal | Slavic Eastern European country from the 2004 film. During the events of the film, civil war breaks out and is resolved in 9 months. | |
Krasnovia, Democratic People's Republic of | U.S. Army training exercises[29] | Enemy state to the US, standing in for the Soviet Union. After the Cold War, it was replaced by the breakaways republics like Donovia, Gorgas, Minaria, Atropia and Ariana. | |
Krastava | The Mourner | Small central European country, located between Czechoslovakia and Poland. | |
Kravonia | Sophie of Kravonia book by Anthony Hope, first published 1906 | ||
Krpshtskani | Science Fair | Very poor country ruled by Grdankl the strong about the size of Luxembourg with only one car. | |
Kubanacan | Kubanacan | Small Caribbean island country. | |
Kulagong | Paper Tiger | South East Asian country dealing with an insurgency and inspired by Malaysia. | |
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. | |
Kumbolaland | Good Omens | African nation which is devastated after War (one of the Horsemen of the Apolcalypse) instigates an all-out civil war. It had known three thousand years of peace and had formerly been the colony of Sir-Humphrey-Clarksonland. | |
Kumsa | Far Cry 4 | Country that borders the west of Kyrat, which can be seen in some maps. | |
Kunami | Designated Survivor | Emirate and Middle Eastern nation in the Persian Gulf. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and maritime borders with Qatar, Bahrain and Iran. A unitary parliamentary monarchy, it is ruled by Emir Farhad Abbasi. Its capital city is Raza'a, and the minority state religion is Shia Islam. | |
Kundu, Republic of Equatorial | The West Wing | African nation mentioned in several episodes of The West Wing. | |
Kurjikistan | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | War-torn Arab-speaking Middle Eastern country. Appear on the episode 9 "Blowback" of the 2nd season. Based on Iraq and Afghanistan. | |
Kyrat | Far Cry 4 | East Asian nation in the Himalayas, roughly equivalent to Nepal. Is a landlocked country and border India and other three fictional countries: Papir Republic, Yinke and Kumsa. When the game starts is ruled by a ruthless dictator called Pagan Min and a civil war between the country's armed forces and an insurgent group called "The Golden Path", and by the end of the game, the protagonist Ajay Ghale becomes the leader of the country. | |
Kyria | The Vagabond | North African kingdom shown in the South Korean TV series. | |
Kumar | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 | Middle Eastern wartorn country between Syria and Lebanon. |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes | |
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Lasria | Dark Sector | Eastern European country and Soviet Union's satellite country. | ||
Latveria | Marvel Comics | Isolated European kingdom ruled by the tyrannical Doctor Doom. | ||
Laurania | Savrola | European country located on the Mediterranean torn by civil strife. | ||
Leasath | Ace Combat | Country on the northeastern South Osean continent in Strangereal. A small but militarized state, Leasath's government became a fascistic dictatorship after a destructive civil war in the 2010s. Its capital is Alendal. | ||
Leirkrakeegovnia | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | |||
Leutonia | SCTV | Homeland of The Shmenge Brothers, Yosh and Stan, played respectively by John Candy and Eugene Levy. | ||
Lichtenburg | Saved by the Bell | Season 3 episode "Palm Springs Weekend." An Eastern European monarchy. | ||
Lichtenburg | The Son of Monte Cristo | Eastern European kingdom ruled by General Gurko Lanen. | ||
Liechtenhaus | Piccolo grande amore | Small Western European principality. | ||
Liechtenhaus | Piccolo grande amore | Small Western European principality. | ||
Lichtenslava | The Simpsons comics | Eastern European country. Governed by Generalissimo Monsanto. | ||
Lilliput | Gulliver's Travels | Land where all the people are tiny from the book by Jonathan Swift. | ||
Limberwisk | Geography Now! | Arctic nation located in the Norwegian Sea between Norway and Greenland. It was created by YouTube channel Geography Now as a 2018 April Fools' Day joke. | ||
Listenbourg | Created as an internet meme in late-October to early-November 2022.[30] | Fictional country attached to the west of the Iberian Peninsula designed to poke fun at the poor geographical knowledge of Americans.[30] | ||
Livonia | ARMA 3: Contact | Polish-speaking country that is a member of NATO and borders four other countries, Poland, Russia through Kaliningrad, Lithuania, and Belarus.[31][32] | ||
Loompa Land | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Jungle nation home to the Oompa Loompas, A human-like species that highly worship Cocoa Beans in the book by Roald Dahl. | ||
Lovitzna | Biggles Goes to War | Presumably Slavic monarchy situated in Europe. In the book Biggles Goes to War, Biggles aids a neighbouring country, Maltovia, against Lovitzna in a war. | ||
Lower Slobbovia | Li'l Abner | Occasional exotic setting for the classic hillbilly comic strip by Al Capp. | ||
Luftnarp | Welcome to Night Vale | Alpine country where the people are all somewhat disfigured and speak in guttural rattles. | ||
Lugash | The Pink Panther | South Asian country whose greatest national treasure is the Pink Panther diamond. Was ruled by a Maharajah until a revolution which forced the royal family to flee to Italy. | ||
Luxenstein | Bratz | Another fictional country located in Europe in the series. | ||
Lyonesse | The Stolen Lake | South American country, neighbour to New Cumbria. | ||
Lyrobia | Totally Spies! | African country. |
M
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Madripoor | Marvel Comics | Island nation located in Southeast Asia. | |
Magisteria | Dead or Alive | A Germanic, Romance and Slavic English, French, German and Dutch-speaking monarcho-fascist country in North America in Dead or Alive video game series. | |
Mahishmathi / Magzhmathi | Baahubali (franchise) | Fictional country in ancient India | |
Malagawi | The Professional (1981 film) | African dictatorship, led by Colonel Njala. | |
Maldonia | The Princess and the Frog | Fictional country named mixed with Maldives and Macedonia. | |
Malicuria | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Monarchy run by Emperor Aleister from the episode "April's Fool" of 1987 animated TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[33] | |
Maltovia | Biggles Goes to War | European nation. Intimidated by its neighbour, Lovitzna, with which it is at war. | |
Malynera | Patalliro! | Kingdom located in South Seas, a major producer of diamonds. | |
Mandorra | The Brigand | Kingdom in southwestern Europe. | |
Marina Venetta | The Man from Acapulco | Republic from the French movie Le Magnifique (The Man from Acapulco). | |
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. | |
Markovia | DC Comics | Independent Alpine nation in DC Comics, ruled by the superhero Geo-Force. | |
Marley | Attack on Titan | Fascist empire that controls a huge portion of the world. This was born after the fall of the ancient Eldian empire during the great Titan War. It is characterized by being extremely racist with the Eldians and having in their control the power of the Titans. | |
Marshovia | The Merry Widow | Kingdom in Eastern Europe. | |
Maru, Kingdom of | Elena of Avalor | Country where Avalor City is located. | |
Matobo | The Interpreter | State in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. | |
Maurania | Hercule Poirot's The Kings of Club | Country where Prince Paul of Maurania came from. | |
Medici | Just Cause 3 | Island country located in the Mediterranean, home country of the main character Rico Rodriguez. The country is a republic in name, but is ruled de facto by Generalissimo Sebastiano Di Ravello. Medici's provinces are often the home of numerous outposts and at least one major military base for its forces and militia. | |
Meeskatania | "Some Assembly Required" | Country where Mrs. Bubkes is from and Candance didn't realize is a place. | |
Mendorra | One Life to Live | European monarchy on the long-running U.S. soap opera. | |
Merania, Kingdom of | Royal Hearts | European kingdom of Merania was once part of the Kingdom of Abrosia. The King at the time had twin sons and couldn't decide who would be king, so he divided the Kingdom into two separate kingdoms. If there was ever a time with no male heir on the throne, the two kingdoms would be united again. | |
Meropis | Philippica | Parody of Atlantis created by Theopompus of Chios. | |
Meruza | Aconcagua | Andean mountainous country, from the Japanese videogame. Under a military dictatorship. | |
Metrofulus | Cicak Man | Cold city-state in the Cicak-Man movies. | |
Milagua | Lou Grant | Dictatorship in Central America. | |
Miranda, Republic of | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Unplaced country somewhere in South America. One of the characters in the film, Don Rafael Acosta, is the ambassador to France for the nation of Miranda. | |
Moldavia | Dynasty | European monarchy ruled by King Galen in the TV series Dynasty. At the end of the show's fifth season, rebels storm the palace during the wedding of Galen's son Prince Michael to Amanda Carrington, killing some guests and exiling the royal family. | |
Moldovakia | Recess | Country from the animated TV series. | |
Moloni Republic | Metal Gear Acid | Southern African country, where the game is set. | |
Molvanîa | Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry | Former Post-Soviet Republic from a parody guide | |
Mombaka | Red Scorpion | African Marxist country, in the middle of a civil war, which involves Soviet, Cuban and Czechoslovakian soldiers. Based on Mozambique and Angola. | |
Monroe Republic | Revolution | Republic in the northern United States, from the TV show Revolution. | |
Montequinto | Fast and Furious 9 | Central American country, which features tropical rainforest and instability. | |
Montland | Dead or Alive | An English-speaking country in Europe where the characters Amy and Luna were born. | |
Moronika | You Nazty Spy! | Country used in this, and a few subsequent The Three Stooges shorts, to satirize the Nazis and the Third Reich. | |
Mundania | The Beasts of Clawstone Castle | Alpine country ruled by a neighbouring country. | |
Mypos | Perfect Strangers | Country that Balki Bartokomous came from. | |
Mikene Empire | Great Mazinger | ||
Meeskatania | Some Assembly Required | Country that Mrs. Bubkes came from, At war with its neighbor Zeeskatania |
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Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Nairomi | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | African country appearing in the DC Extended Universe. | |
Nambutu | Casino Royale | African nation with an embassy in Madagascar. Presumably a former French colony, given bilingual signage seen in the embassy. | |
Naruba | Designated Survivor | Western African nation stated to be one of the poorest in the world. It is located in between Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso. The capital is the city of Soji. | |
The Nation of the American Endless | East of West | Lakota nation located in the Great Plains. Founded as a confederacy of various Plains tribes. Currently at the forefront of technogical development, supplying arms and technology to the other American nations. Its government is located in the Machine City, and consists of a tribal council. | |
National Socialist America | The Man in the High Castle | Contiguous United States east of the Mississippi River headed by a pro-German puppet government after a German victory in World War II. In the television series, however, the German-occupied section of the U.S. is depicted as a mere province of Germany, not a puppet state, and includes parts of Canada (which remained a free, neutral, and democratic nation in the book). | |
Neksdor | Miitopia | desert. The name references the phrase "next door" |as it is the next place the traveller goes to. | |
Nerdocrumbesia | Match Game | "Sleazy" country from the TV game show. | |
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. | |
New California Republic | Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas | Self-proclaimed republic located in what was once the U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Oregon, with territory in the Baja strip. Founded by Vault 15 survivors and surrounding powers in 2186. The benevolent republic supports many old-world values. | |
New Cumbria | The Stolen Lake | South American country ruled by Queen Ginevra, visited by Dido Twite on her return from Nantucket. | |
New England, Republic of | The Alteration | In 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. | |
New Germany | Doctor Who | Mentioned by Pete Tyler in Rise of the Cybermen. | |
New German Republic | Rifts | Technologically advanced Post-apocalyptic society encompassing Central Europe that is governed by the Triax megacorporation in the Rifts role-playing game.[34] | |
New Orleans, The Kingdom of | East of West | Absolute monarchy founded by freed slaves after the alternate American Civil War. A major economic power in the region, as it owns many oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
Republic of New Macedonia | Elementary | Republic of Macedonia agrees to a name change in order to access the European Union and the Eurozone. In real life, Macedonia did change its name in 2019 but the name was North Macedonia. | |
Republic of New Rearendia | Cars 2 | Former European colony and now republic that gained its independence shortly before 2011. It exists on the alternative Earth inhabited by anthropomorphic vehicles.[35] | |
New Spain, Republic of | Sliders | Most powerful country in North America in a parallel universe where the Spanish Empire never lost control of the New World to the British Empire featured in "As Time Goes By". Canadians frequently cross the border into New Spain to find jobs and escape persecution in their native country. | |
New Zanzibar | The Simpsons | While the Simpson visit Tanzania, the country is involved in a coup and change name to "New Zanzibar" before changing name again in "Pepsi present : New Zanzibar". The President of the country promote himself as benefactor and builder, even despite he obtained power by asphyxiation of his political opponents. He is later deposed and replaced by the Simpons's tour guide. | |
Nibia | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Small Central African State, the setting of the movie. | |
Ninjago | Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu | Large island shaped like one half of a Yin Yang, its capital being New Ninjago City. It has a very diverse set of biomes, each community perfectly fledged out and working in harmony. The only thing ruining the circle of harmony are the evil forces attempting to either destroy the land or to rule it. | |
Nogova | Operation Flashpoint: Resistance | Island nation located in Northern Europe; its capital is the small city of Ligny. Formerly run by a pro-Soviet government from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s, at which point growing dissent, and disinterest from Moscow, led to the country becoming a fully-fledged democracy. A Soviet-backed coup takes place in the early 1980s; the resistance to which forms the basis of the game's campaign. | |
Nordennavic, The Kingdom of | Ace Combat | Country on the northwestern coast of the Anean continent in Strangereal. A kingdom with a cold climate, it has maintained a policy of diplomatic neutrality for centuries. However, it is still capable of sending its air force to assist its allies and pacify threats to its neutrality. | |
Norland | Danger! and Other Stories | Small European country which defeats the mighty British Empire by effective submarine warfare, in Arthur Conan Doyle's story "Danger! Being the Log of Captain John Sirius". | |
Nordlands | Ace Combat | Country located on the easternmost point of the Osean continent. | |
Norgborg | San Sombrèro | Small nation located within the Arctic Circle, featured in a parody travel guidebook. | |
Norteguay | Scorpion | Central American country suffering from sanctions. | |
North American Confederacy | The Probability Broach | Country in an alternate timeline where the Whiskey Rebellion resulted in a libertarian utopia free of governmental interference and consequently a more advanced world, technologically and civilization-wise. | |
North American Union | The Two Georges | In an alternate timeline where the American Revolution never occurs, British America becomes a self-governing dominion within the British Empire. | |
Nova Africa | Fire on the Mountain | After Harriet Tubman participates in John Brown's uprising in 1859, a full-scale slave revolt results in the creation of a free African-American republic in the Deep South. The establishment of Nova Africa results in the creation of a socialist utopian world by 1959. | |
Novistrana | Republic: The Revolution | From the 2003 computer game. | |
Novoselic, The Kingdom of | Danganronpa | Small absolute monarchy in Europe. | |
Nuevo Rico | The Adventures of Tintin | South American nation within the classic Belgian comic series, adjacent to the also-fictional country of San Theodoros. | |
Nuku'la Atoll | San Sombrèro | Archipelago in the South Pacific and former colony of the French colonial empire featured in a parody travel guidebook. | |
Numbani | Overwatch | Technologically advanced and prosperous West African city-state with a solarpunk aesthetic, which borders Nigeria and has humans and robots living together peacefully. |
O
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Obristan | Papers, Please | Neighbor country north of Arstotzka, Kolechia, United Federation, and Antegria. Jorji Costava describes Obristan as a good place, and also comes off as more stable than war-torn Arstotzka. The inspector is given a choice to flee to Obristan, alone or with his family, when travel restrictions for Arstotzkan citizens are put in place on day 29. EZIC also evacuates the inspector's family to Obristan to safety in case he is arrested on day 23. | |
Oceania | [36] | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Totalitarian superstate governed by Big Brother and Ingsoc compromising the Americas, the British Isles, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Oceanian control over India is mentioned as having been achieved following the sudden availability of tea.[37] |
Octavia, the Empire of | The Onion | Fictitious totalitarian dictatorship that succeeded the United States following a fake coup created by the government as part of a scheme to erase the country's national debt. It is ruled by and named after Supreme Commander Octavius Del Monte, who is played by former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Conner. | |
Odan | Blindspot | Country in Central Africa, in war with its neighbour for the control of a pipeline. | |
OmniStat | Mirror's Edge Catalyst | Communist country in South-East Australia. Border the countries of Sabaeus and Cascadia. | |
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. | |
Osean Federation | Ace Combat | Large country encompassing most of the western half of the Osean continent in Strangereal. A global superpower, it had expansionist ideologies until the 21st century, when it shifted to a more peaceful defense-based approach. It has one of the largest and strongest militaries in the world. Its capital is Oured. | |
Osterlich | The Great Dictator | Representing Austria, it is a neighbour of Tomainia (Germany) and Bacteria (Italy), both of which seek to invade it. It is eventually invaded by Tomainia, and left to an uncertain fate. | |
Outer Heaven | Metal Gear | Militarized South African state centred around mercenaries, led by Big Boss, who possesses a nuclear-equipped bipedal walking tank. | |
Oz, Land of | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Absolute monarchy divided into four quadrants, Munchkin Country, Winkie Country, Gillikin Country, and Quadling Country. |
P
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Palombia | Spirou et Fantasio | Home of the Marsupilami. | |
Panau | Just Cause 2 | Island country in Southeast Asia under dictatorial rule and the setting for the 2010 game. | |
Panem | The Hunger Games | In the novel, the nation of "Panem" has risen from the ashes of a post-apocalyptic North America.[38][39] Panem's seat of power is a utopian city, called "The Capitol", located in the Rocky Mountains. Outside of the Capitol, the nation is divided into twelve districts under the hegemony of a fascist, totalitarian dictatorship, headed by a tyrannical and cruel dictator. | |
Papir Republic | . | Far Cry 4 | Country that border the south of Kyrat, which can be seen in some maps. |
The Adytite Republic of Polynesia (SCP-4036) | SCP Foundation | Termed SCP-4036 by the Foundation. SCP-4036 is an anomalous theocratic republic comprising 300 islands in Polynesia. created in 1857 by Norman Taylor (Known as PoI-432) upon hearing rumours of a "virgin island" located in Polynesia. Upon its creation. Taylor ruthlessly annexed the surrounding islands until attacking British New Zealand, igniting a war between itself and a coalition of the Foundation and several colonial powers. It was beaten back to its borders by the coalition during a battle on New Zealand's south island. Taylor was overthrown by Ohashi Hachigoro (PoI-433) and his rebels. In the present day, SCP-4036 is isolated, its location fabricated to prevent knowledge of its existence to the general public. Although freedom of religion is guaranteed in SCP-4036's constitution. Practising outside the state religion of Sarkicism is discouraged. | |
Parador | Moon Over Parador | South American country and location of events. | |
Patch Amberdash | Geography Now! | Country spread across three islands in separate oceans. Each island is populated by immigrants from the Baltic states. This was created by YouTube channel Geography Now! as a 2019 April Fools' Day joke. | |
Patusan | Various | Island nation somewhere in the South China Sea in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. Also mentioned in the 1993 film Surf Ninjas as well as in the film The Last Electric Knight and the TV series Sidekicks. | |
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). | |
Perbla | Ace Combat | Country located in South Osea and north of Leasath. | |
Perryland | Lab Rats | Since the island wasn't previously registered as a country, Perry took the liberty of fixing that and wrote her own national anthem. | |
Petoria | Family Guy | Micronation created after Peter Griffin's household was allowed to secede from the United States due to a zoning error. It was repatriated in less than a week after it invaded U.S. territory to "annex" Joe Swanson's swimming pool, leading to a brief war and armed blockade. | |
Petria | Road 96 | Impoverished country under a tyrannical dictatorship in the 2021 video game Road 96.[40] As of summer 1996 (when the start of the game takes place), the president is a dictator called "Tyrak" who is running for re-election against opposition leader "Flores".[40] The unnamed teenage protagonist has the option of either staying in Petria to campaign for Flores or leaving the country in search of a better life by illegally crossing the border into Petria's unnamed northern neighbor.[41] | |
Phaic Tăn | Phaic Tăn: Sunstroke on a Shoestring | Indochinese country from a parody travel guidebook. | |
Phantom City | The Phantom City: A Volcanic Romance (1886) by William Westall | Incan city hidden in a Guatemalan volcano, where they maintain a pre-Conquest level of civilization. | |
Pineland | US Army | U.S. ally located in the continent of Atlantica. Its currency is the don. Created for military exercises. | |
Piresia | Opinion poll | Fictional nation invented by Tárki, a Hungarian social science research institute, to establish baseline xenophobia in their poll. | |
Pobreza Republic | Tropico 6 | Mentioned neighbour country of Tropico. Is implied that is heavily dependent on grain imported by Tropico and a poor country. Pobreza means poverty in Spanish. | |
Poictesme | Biography of the Life of Manuel | Country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell. | |
Pokolistan | DC Comics | Former Soviet Republic in the DC Comics universe formerly ruled by General Zod. | |
Pokrovia | Kiki Strike series | Central European monarchy in the books of Kirsten Miller. | |
Polrugaria | The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister | Archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on Poland"[42] in Isaac Deutscher's 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister". | |
Pontenero | Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film) | This musical comedy focuses on a warship from Pontenero. | |
Pontevedro | Merry Widow | The embassy in Paris of the poverty-stricken Balkan principality of Pontevedro is holding a ball to celebrate the birthday of the sovereign when the beautiful young rich widow Hanna Glawari appears... | |
Potarneyland, Republic of | The Navy Lark | Republic that is located on the Indian subcontinent. Over the course of the series, it is revealed that Potarneyland had recently been granted independence from Great Britain, and had joined NATO because the Potanis considered it to be a "free gift scheme". | |
Pottsylvania | The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | From Jay Ward's animated TV series. An imaginary nation parodying the USSR. | |
Poyais | A financial fraud committed by Gregor MacGregor | Micronation in Central America created by Scottish adventurer and conman Gregor MacGregor in the 1820s, actually a part of the real country of the Mosquito Coast in what is now part of the south-east coast of Honduras.[43][44] Poyais consisted of roughly a trangle with corners at Cape Gracias a Dios, Cape Camarón and the Black River's headwaters.[45] Its capital city was the (fictitious) seaside town of St Joseph which MacGregor claimed to have 20,000 people living in it.[46][47][48] While MacGregor was given ownership of the territory in 1820 by the king, George Frederic Augustus I, he did not actually handover its sovereignty and it remained part of the Mosquito Coast. In 1821, MacGregor went to Britain and claimed that George Frederic Augustus made him "Cazique" (prince) of Poyais and announced that he was there to find investment and settlers for the new country.[44] MacGregor claimed that the land was extremely fertile,[49] there was plenty of fish and animals to eat[50] and that large amounts of gold were found in the rivers[43] although none of these were true.[51] MacGregor sold lots of land to settlers[43] and had them exchange their British pounds for (fraudulent) Poyais dollars.[43] Some 250 people took up the offer and sailed to Poyais in 1821 and 1822, finding that it was not was claimed with some getting sick and dying of malaria with only fewer than 50 returning to Britain.[43] MacGregor was tried for fraud after he tried the Poyais scam in France.[43][44] | |
Pullamawang | Micro Nation | Island micronation that "forgot to mail in their paperwork" at the Federation of Australia and remained a separate country.[52] |
Q
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Qasha | I Dream of Jeannie | Middle Eastern country that borders Russia, Afghanistan and its sworn enemy Basenji and contains the only known deposits of phinkilium, needed by NASA for the construction of Saturn XII. | |
Qalif | Princess Diaries | Middle Eastern country ruled by His Highness General Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Faisal. | |
Qitzikwaka | Geography Now! | Country in the middle of the Sahara between Libya, Chad and Niger. A big part of its infrastructure is underground. and has many allies. This country was created as an April's Fools day joke in 2020. | |
Quebec, Republic of | Southern Victory Series | During the First Great War, the United States (a member of the Central Powers) creates the puppet state in Quebec to aid in the post-war U.S. occupation of Canada, later the suppression of Canadian guerrillas during the Second Great War. | |
Qumar | The West Wing | Middle Eastern state from the television series. | |
Qumran (Kumrahn) | Yes Minister | Arabic oil sheikhdom. | |
Qurac | DC Comics | Persian Gulf country in the DC Comics Universe, often used when DC needs a terrorist state. |
R
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Ragaan | Embassy | South-East Asian country located halfway up the Malay Peninsula, somewhere between Thailand and Malaysia; from the Australian television series Embassy. | |
Rapture | BioShock | Underwater city founded on the principles of pure laissez-faire capitalism by business magnate Andrew Ryan that is slowly turning to despotism after a civil war. | |
Ratio | Ace Combat | Country located in eastern Osea. | |
Realia | Boiling Point: Road to Hell | South American country based on Bolivia. | |
Recta | Ace Combat | Country located in eastern Osea. | |
Redania | The Witcher | Kingdom featured in the book and game series The Witcher. Loosely based on medieval Poland | |
Reichtenburg | Blood Royal, Fire Below | Central European principality loosely based on Liechtenstein. | |
Republia | Papers, Please | Relatively small land-locked country surrounded by Antegria, Kolechia, Impor, and the United Federation. It is one of the four countries on the map that do not border Arstotzka. It was recently at war with Antegria. | |
Republican Union of Nigeria and Ghana | Stand on Zanzibar | African country formed by merging of Nigeria and Ghana. | |
Rhelasia | Young Justice | Originally two nations of North and South, based on North and South Korea, from the TV series Young Justice. | |
Ritimba | Dictator | Banana republic controlled by the player in this 1983 strategy video game. | |
Robo-Hungarian Empire | Futurama | Parody of Austria-Hungary, it is mentioned as home of Bender's uncle. It is ruled over by Emperor Nikolai. | |
Rolisica | Mothra | Thinly-veiled fictional interpretation of the United States. Its largest city, New Kirk City, is home to Clark Nelson (Jerry Ito), whose kidnapping of the Shobijin results in Mothra arriving to rescue them, attacking the city until the Shobijin are delivered to her at the airport. | |
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. | |
Romanovia | Inspector Gadget | Fictitious kingdom in Europe ruled by King Woodlig visited by Inspector Gadget in search of the kingdom's royal (coat of arms) seal. The country itself is supposed to be made up of gypsies and gypsy caravans. (season 1 episode 45) | |
Romanza | Rosalie | Kingdom that forms part of the setting of the musical Rosalie (and film of the same name), that sees a democratic revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy. | |
Rovinia | Pursuit to Algiers | Constitutional monarchy located near the Mediterranean which figures on the plot of the 1945 Sherlock Holmes film Pursuit to Algiers. | |
Rue St. Gingolphe, Paris | The Slave of the Lamp by Henry Seton Merriman | Situated between the Boulevard St. Germain and Quai Voltaire. | |
Ruffino | Three Investigators and the Secret of the Haunted Mirror | The main characters get into a plot of a former dictator of a Spanish-speaking island nation strongly resembling the Dominican Republic during/after the Trujillo era. | |
Ruritania | The Prisoner of Zenda | German-speaking kingdom in central Europe from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works. Also used in Ernest Gellner's nonfictional Nations and Nationalism as a stereotypical country developing nationalism. | |
Rusalka | Ultraman Orb | Stand-in for Russia featured in the television series, Rusalka is a nation which Orb visited in 1908, fighting various monsters there; Rusalka was also the setting of a climactic battle between Orb and Maga-Zetton, the results of which created a gigantic explosion called the "Rusalka Great Explosion", a possible reference to the real-world Tunguska Event. | |
Rook Islands | Far Cry 3 | Failed state within Indonesia, the archipelago is the location of Ubisoft's Far Cry 3. | |
Russian Democratic Union | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | After ultra-nationalists take over the Russian Federation sometime prior to 2008, they rename the country to the Russian Democratic Union and invade and annex Georgia over the objections of the international community. After the RDU invades the Baltic States, NATO counter-attacks into Russian territory, captures Moscow, and deposes the RDU's ultra-nationalist regime. |
S
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Sabaeus | Mirror's Edge Catalyst | Theocratic and hermetic country, located in South-East Australia. Borders the countries of Cascadia and OmniStat. | |
St. 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. | |
Sahrani, Kingdom of | ARMA: Armed Assault | Island nation of Hispanophones located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Prior to the events of the game's campaign, the nation is split between the pro-capitalist, monarchist South and the pro-Communist, republican North. However, a US-led intervention reverses an invasion from the North, which ultimately leads to the collapse of the Communist government. A royal coup in post-unified Sahrani forms the basis for the story line of ARMA: Queen's Gambit. | |
Saint Marie | Death in Paradise | Caribbean island on which the series is set. | |
Sakhovia | Final Score | Breakaway state located in North Caucasus, Russia. Tried to become independent with a war in 1999. | |
Samavia | The Lost Prince | Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel. | |
San Blas, Republic of | The Outer Limits | South American country located "west of the Orinoco Basin, slight north of the Equator" featured in "Tourist Attraction". Its major exports are coffee, copra, mahogany, maize and saffron. In 1963, it is ruled by General Juan Mercurio, who came to power in the latest of a string of revolutions. | |
San Cristobal | Guiding Light, Another World | Caribbean principality on the long-running U.S. soap operas. | |
San Escobar | internet meme | San Escobar is a Latin American country that originated as a blunder of Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski and later have become an internet meme.[53][54] | |
San Esperito | Just Cause | Island country ruled by the dictator Salvador Mendoza. | |
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. | |
San Glucose | The Simpsons | South American island country. | |
San Lorenzo | Cat's Cradle | Tiny rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea in the Kurt Vonnegut novel. | |
San Lorenzo | Hey Arnold! | Country in Central America where the protagonist was born and his parents went missing. | |
San Lorenzo | Leverage, The Six Million Dollar Man | Small European nation featured in the third season of the TV series | |
San Madeiro | DC Comics | Small Central American country. King Faraday saved its President Ortega the night before his potential reelection and got mistaken for the assassin.[55] | |
San Marcos | Bananas, Archer Vice, The A-Team, Bourbon Street Beat, MacGyver, Don Quixote, U.S.A. (1966) | Latin American banana republic. | |
San Miguel, 15th Federated Republic of | Gomer Pyle, USMC | Latin American banana republic, surrounded by Brazil, whose president, Manuel Cortez (played by Larry Storch, visits Camp Henderson in two episodes: "Wild Bull of the Pampas" and "The Wild Bull Returns". | |
San Miguel | Firewalker | Central American country located in the Yucatan peninsula. | |
San Monique | Live and Let Die | Caribbean country led by drug lord and Bond villain Dr Kananga. | |
San Salvacion | Ace Combat | Small country on the northwestern Usean continent in Strangereal. A neutral country, it was occupied by the Eruseans during the Continental War and the Lighthouse War. Its capital is the city of San Salvacion; whether this means it is actually a city-state is unknown. | |
San Salvador | Ryhmy ja Romppainen | Banana republic in constant, but frivolous civil wars that are fought for show only, in the humor book series Ryhmy ja Romppainen by pseudonym Armas J. Pulla.[56] | |
San Serriffe | The Guardian | Island nation created for April Fools' Day, 1977. | |
San Sombrèro | San Sombrèro | Central American country from a parody travel guidebook. | |
San Theodoros | The Adventures of Tintin | South American nation featured in several of The Adventures of Tintin stories, home of General Alcazar. | |
San Pasquale | Commander-in-Chief | South America dictatorship ruled by General Sanchez. Juan Duran later reassumes the Presidency of San Pasquale. | |
San Pedro | The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge | South American country from the Sherlock Holmes story. | |
Santa Prisca | DC Comics | Caribbean nation in the DC Universe, home to Batman villain Bane. | |
Santo Marco | Marvel Comics | South American nation appearing in Marvel Mainstream Continuity, Earth-616, which was briefly occupied by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants until they were driven out by a mutant superhero team, X-Men. | |
Santo Tondo | Tropico 6 | Caribbean dictatorship, rival of Tropico. The President of the country issued numerous absurd laws like a single legal haircut or banned underwear in name of equality. | |
São Rico | The Adventures of Tintin | Portuguese-speaking South American country. | |
Sapin, The Kingdom of | Ace Combat | Country located in eastern Osea. | |
Saradia | Godzilla vs. Biollante | Middle Eastern country with an arid climate. The government of Saradia seeks the assistance of geneticist Genichiro Shiragami to create drought-resistant crops by modifying plants with DNA from Godzilla; Japan is then caught in the middle of a multinational battle for Godzilla's DNA between Saradian agents and the American organisation Bio-Major. | |
Sarcozia | WinBack | Country in North America from where the terrorist group the Crying Lions originate from. The U.S supported the Sarcozian Government in a civil war with the rebel faction, resulting in the rebel's defeat, thus, they form the Crying Lions and raid the U.S military base that controls the United States government's secret weapon. The GULF satellite to attack the Center for Space development, and threaten the government to attack more targets if they don't meet their demands. Thus the government sends in the SCAT team to stop them. | |
Sardovia | Scorpion | Neighbor county of Belarus that shares Cold War-era infrastructure. | |
Sarkhan | The Ugly American | Small, peaceful kingdom in Southeast Asia, from the 1965 novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick. | |
Sauville | Gosick | Small, French-speaking European kingdom that stretches from Switzerland, through the Alps between France and Italy, to the Mediterranean Sea. | |
Scandinavia | Ransom aka The Terrorists | Scandinavian country inspired by Norway. | |
Seko | Far Cry 2 | Sotho-speaking Small Central African country, devastated by a war between the Communist UFLL (United Front for Liberation and Labour) and the Pan-African APR (Alliance for Popular Resistance). Former monarchy but the monarch escaped with all the country's gold. | |
Selatapura | Ace Combat | City-state on the southwestern Usean continent in Strangereal. It was formerly part of Erusea, but seceded after the Continental War. The International Space Elevator was constructed off the coast of Selatapura. | |
Selgina | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | Mountainous country situated in the Himalayas, ruled by a monarchy and bearing resemblance to Nepal, Bhutan and the Indian state of Sikkim. The heir to the Selginese throne, Princess Maas Doulina Salno, is possessed by the spirit of a Venusian intending to warn the Earth about the impending arrival of King Ghidorah after fleeing to Japan following the assassination of her father, the King. | |
Seyrun | Gosick | Ancient kingdom, mentioned in Episode 8 of the series. | |
Serdaristan | Battlefield: Bad Company, Mirror's Edge | Central Asian country ruled by the dictator Zavomir Serdar, which border Russia and have access to the Caspian Sea. Under Russian occupation when the game takes place. Also mentioned in Mirror's Edge. | |
Serena Republic | Metal Gear Acid 2 | Small South American country, devastated by a civil war. Under control of General Delgado. | |
Shangri-La | Lost Horizon | Mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel. | |
Shitschtorchnia | Sugar Pine 7 | Eastern European country, home country of Alfredo. | |
Sierra Gordo | G.I. Joe | South American country often used as a satire of banana republics in the comic book series published by Marvel Comics. | |
Sim Nation | The Sims | Fictional country where The Sims takes place. Although mostly reminiscent of the United States, it contains elements of multiple real-world countries. | |
Slaka | Rates of Exchange, Why Come to Slaka? | Balkan communist country in Malcolm Bradbury's Rates of Exchange and its sequel, Why Come to Slaka?. | |
Slovetzia | The Beautician and the Beast | Small Eastern European country, bordered by Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine. | |
Sodor | The Railway Series, Thomas & Friends | Between England and the Isle of Man, the setting for the Reverend W. Awdry's The Railway Series and its TV adaptation, Thomas & Friends. | |
Sokovia | Marvel Cinematic Universe | War-torn Eastern European country appearing on the Earth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe where Quicksilver. Scarlet Witch, and Helmut Zemo used to reside. It was destroyed after a battle between Ultron and the Avengers, creating an international scandal over collateral damage caused by the Avengers' responses. It briefly became the headquarters of Hydra and the hiding place of Loki's spear with the Mind Stone inside. | |
Solís | Just Cause 4 | South American island country, governed by the dictator Oscar Espinoza. Devastated by a war between the insurgent Army of Chaos and the Black Hand PMC, which serves as the country's armed forces. | |
Sontar | Doctor Who | In the episode War of the Sontarans, an event known as the Flux allowed the Sontarans to rewrite human history. Replacing both the Russian Empire and China and occupying their respective territories, the Sontarans fight against Britain in that reality's version of the Crimean War, serving as a pilot scheme for the conquest of Earth for its entire history. | |
Sotoa | Ace Combat | Country located in the western region of the Verusan continent and southwest of Yuktobania. | |
Sounis | The Thief (Turner novel) | Situated in the minor peninsula, sharing it with the countries of Attolia and Eddis, in the fictional world of the book series The Queen's Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner. | |
South Africa, Federal Republic of | Vortex | Successor state to the real world Republic of South Africa. After a civil war in South Africa during the 1990s over apartheid, South Africa ends apartheid and reconstitutes itself as a democratic federal republic. | |
South Africa, United States of | 2001: A Space Odyssey | The successor state to the Republic of South Africa after the emigration of most white people and collapse of the economy in 2001: A Space Odyssey. | |
The Sovereign Sandian Republic | Better Call Saul | When scouting for clients, Jimmy McGill encounters Richard Sipes, a conservative eccentric who wished for his 1100-acre New Mexico estate to secede from the United States and become a business-friendly sovereign nation, a 'Vatican of the United States' as he described it. McGill declined to serve as Sipes's legal counsel after he offered to pay him one million Sandian dollars (resembling US dollar bills but bearing Sipes's portrait) for his services. | |
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf | "Last existing appendage republic of the USSR", a country created by monochrom for theatre performances and computer games. | ||
Sovonthak | Geography Now! | Country built near-entirely on coral reefs in the Andaman Sea. It was created by YouTube channel Geography Now! as a 2021 April Fools' Day joke. | |
Spensonia | Thomas Spence works | Island between "Utopia and Oceana", where English mariners form a communal society in Thomas Spence's 18th century writings. | |
Squamuglia | The Courier's Tragedy | Duchy ruled by the evil duke Angelo in The Courier's Tragedy, a fictional Jacobean revenge play by Richard Wharfinger, performed in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. | |
Strackenz | Royal Flash | Duchy in the 1970 The Flashman Papers novel Royal Flash. | |
Sultanistan | Criminal Case | Oil-exporting Arabic country. One of the game's cases revolves around the murder of its king, Khalid Souleyman, during a visit to America. | |
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.[57] | |
Sunda | State of Siege | In Eric Ambler's novel State of Siege, is similar to Indonesia but much smaller, confined to a single island. | |
Svenborgia | 30 Rock | Country known only to rich people. Jack Donaghy assumes Jerry Seinfeld had traveled there in the SeinfeldVision episode.[58] | |
Syldavia | File:Flag of Syldavia.jpg | The Adventures of Tintin | Balkan monarchy featured in four stories of The Adventures of Tintin, neighbouring Borduria. |
Sylvania | Duck Soup | Belligerent neighbor to Freedonia in the 1933 film. | |
Symkaria | Marvel Comics | Country located in Europe. |
T
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Takistan | ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead | Central Asian republic; the setting for the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack for ARMA 2. It borders Chernarus and its history, culture, and geography is reminiscent of Afghanistan. Its capital is Takmyr.[59] | |
Tajinkistan | Lol:-) | Central Asian country, shown in the Canadian TV show Lol:-). | |
Tanquir | Guiding Light, Another World | Mediterranean kingdom on the long-running U.S. soap operas. | |
Taronia | Thirty-Day Princess | Ruritanian country. | |
Tazbekistan[60] | Ambassadors | Central Asian republic, setting for the 2013 BBC TV comedy series Ambassadors. | |
Tazbekstan[61] | Spooks | Fictional country in Series 8 - Episode 2 of the series Spooks. The British Government are running low on gas after an explosion at a gas processing plant. They try to broker a deal to buy gas from Tazbekstan. | |
Taured | Urban legend | Country between France and Spain, supposedly located where Andorra should be. According to the legend, a Taured national appeared at Tokyo International Airport and disappeared when detained. | |
Tcherkistan | Supercondriaque | Eastern European country from the 2014 film. While France receives and accepts refugees from the country, it doesn't have diplomatic relations with it because of the civil war against a dictatorship. | |
Tecala | Proof of Life | South American Andean country from the 2000 film. | |
Teristan | Snake's Revenge | Middle Eastern country inspired by Iran. Have access to sea, and have various biomes such as jungles and deserts. The leader of the terrorist group "Rolla Radicals", called Highrolla Kockamaeme as taken control of a WMD in the province of Ishakibibil. | |
Terra Verde, Republic of | Marvel Comics | Country located in Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north and east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Costa Verde to the south. | |
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. | |
Texas, Republic of | Numerous | The continued existence or the revival of the Republic of Texas has featured in numerous works of fiction often set during a Second American Civil War or a Second American Revolution and occasionally in tandem with American Civil War alternate histories. | |
The Great Fusion | The Great Fusion | English-speaking country formed in 2015 by the union of countries with huge public debts, and which by 2022, comprise all the world. Is an authoritarian regime, which condemns copyright infringement and digital piracy as the worst crimes. It is divided between very poor areas and a rich one. From the Spanish mobile game of the same name. | |
Themyscira | DC Comics | Hidden island queendom in either the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea settled by the Greek mythological all-female warrior Amazons ruled by DC's version of the mythical Queen Hippolyta. Original home of Wonder Woman. Originally called "Paradise Island." Not to be confused with the real-world ancient Greek town Themiscyra (note the different placements of the vowels "i" and "y"), legendary home of the Amazons. | |
Thessalie | Un Journaliste du Siècle dernier, La Tunique de Nessus (1900) | Its king Carle is a lover of the fille galante Léna de Mauregard | |
Thulahn | The Business | Asian kingdom located in the Himalayas based on Bhutan in the Iain Banks novel The Business. The country is depicted as very poor and in the process of being purchased by a millennia-old, benevolent, democratic but secretive commercial organisation known only as "the Business" so it can gain Diplomatic immunity and a seat in the United Nations. Negotiations for the acquisition take place between Business executive, Kate Telman (the novel's protagonist) and Thulahnese Crown Prince, Suvinder Dzung. | |
Tibecuador | Fairly OddParents | Spanish-speaking Central American country, created by a wish of Timmy Turner. Is a poor and undeveloped country, and the inhabitants behave like the indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. | |
Tijata | The In-Laws | Central American island country from the 1979 film | |
Tirania, Republic of | Mort & Phil, La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón | Country governed by dictator Bruteztrausen; Spanish secret agents Mortadelo and Filemón helped depose Bruteztrausen and president Rompetechen was then elected. Another version of this country appears in the film La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón. | |
Tomainia | The Great Dictator | Setting of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, lampooning Nazi Germany. It is headed by Adenoid Hynkel, a parody of Adolf Hitler. | |
Tomasia | Father Hilary's Holiday by Bruce Marshall[62] | Latin American country ruled by a dictatorial Generalissimo known as "el Libertator". This ruler convenes a sort of ecumenical conference attended, among others, by the British Father Hilary - a humble but outspoken Franciscan friar who is the book's protagonist. | |
Trans-Carpathia | G.I. Joe | Eastern European Cobra stronghold; location of many stories from the G.I. Joe comic book line. | |
Transia | Marvel Comics | European country on the Earth of the Marvel Universe. | |
Tropico | Tropico | Caribbean Spanish-speaking banana republic that serves as the main setting for the game. The country was a British colony before independence and the country goes through many eras whilst its leader (El Presidente or The Player) makes rational decisions on how to run and govern the country. It is located off the south-eastern coast of USA and north-west of Cuba. The country is inspired by Cuba. | |
Tsergovia | Don't Ask | Eastern European country mentioned in the novel by Donald E. Westlake. | |
Tundrabania | Liv and Maddie | Very cold country where Diggie Smalls goes to be a foreign exchange student. | |
Turaqistan | War, Inc. | Fictional war-torn desert country from the 2008 political action comedy film. | |
Turgistan | Borgen, 6 Underground | In Borgen it is a former Soviet republic, featured in "State Visit" in Series 1.[63] In 6 Underground it is a Central Asian dictatorship ruled by President Rovach Alimov, and appears to share borders with Uzbekistan and Mongolia. Its capital city is named Tyrus, and its native language appears to be a variant of Turkmen. | |
Tyranistan | San Sombrèro | Asian country and former member of the Soviet Union featured in a parody travel guidebook. |
U
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Ul Qoma | The City & the City | City-state in Eastern Europe, occupying the same geographical space as the rival city of Besźel. | |
Ugigistan | War Inc. | ||
Umbutu, National Republic of (Republique Nationale d'Umbutu) | Independence Day: Resurgence | Dictatorial nation in Central Africa and a former province of the Congo, which declared its independence after the events of Independence Day. It is regarded as a breakaway state and is not recognised as an official country by the United Nations. Its official languages are English and French. | |
Unaudited Arab Emirates | San Sombrèro | Parody of the United Arab Emirates in a mock tourist guide. | |
The Union of The United States of America | East of West | Alternate version of The Union, formally established in 1910. Rife with civil unrest due to corruption. Its capital is Washington D.C. | |
United Federation | Papers, Please | The United Federation (sometimes shortened to United Fed.) is a country located far to the west of Arstotzka, one of the four countries that do not border Arstotzka. Entrants from the United Federation are identified by a blue passport with a silver emblem of an eagle on the front. During the game, a polio outbreak happens here. | |
United Islamic Republic | Executive Orders | Nation created by the conquest of Iraq by Iran in the Tom Clancy novel. | |
United Kingdom, the | V for Vendetta | A dystopian United Kingdom ruled by a fascist dictatorship called the Norsefire Party. | |
United States of America | Fallout | Alternative United States that collapsed prior to a nuclear war. Later reforming into "The Enclave" | |
Uqbar | Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius | Nation in Asia Minor in Jorge Luis Borges's 1940 short story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" that is fictional within the story. | |
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. | |
Urkesh | Forever | Eastern European country, and a former member of the USSR. A pivotal crossroads of the Orient Express is located within the country. | |
Urmania | The Tick | Eastern European country, and a former member of the USSR. | |
USEA Federation | Ace Combat Infinity | Large country encompassing much of Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. It was formed by the terrorist organization "Sons of Troia" in 2019 as a response to the United Nations' supposed mishandling of the Ulysses Disaster. | |
Ustinkistan | The Fairly OddParents | Home country of Vlad and Gladys, Timmy's maternal grandparents. The economy of the country is based on turnips. | |
Ustio, The Republic of | Ace Combat | Country on the northeastern Osean continent in Strangereal. Once a territory of Belka, Ustio was allowed to secede during an economic crisis in Belka. When the crisis did not subside and resource deposits were discovered in Ustio, Belka invaded, occupying almost the entire country; Belkan forces were eventually pushed out during the Belkan War. Ustio is known to supplement its regular military forces with mercenaries. Its capital is Directus. | |
Utopia | Utopia | Thomas More's island located in the New World. Usually described as a beautiful place where nothing can go wrong. | |
Urzikstan | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Arab-speaking country located in the Caucasus, bordering Russia and Georgia. Capital city is Sahkra. Inspired by Syria. Under Russian occupation for two decades. |
V
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Vadeem | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | State whose Prime Minister gangsters try to kidnap in the episode "Raphael Drives 'em Wild" of the 1987 animated TV series[64] | |
Val Verde | Commando, Predator, Die Hard 2, Supercarrier | Spanish-speaking country resembling Nicaragua, in the films Commando, Predator, and Die Hard 2, and the TV series, Supercarrier. | |
Valeska | Saved by the Belle | "Thriving kingdom in the tropics"; The Three Stooges are clothing salesmen trying to earn enough money to get home. | |
Varania | The Mystery of the Silver Spider | Small principality in Europe, possibly based on Liechtenstein or Luxembourg. | |
Vermillion Kingdom | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | Small European country in the Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won. | |
Veyshnoria | Zapad 2017 exercise | A neighboring country of Belarus, located northwest of Minsk. It was an enemy of Belarus in the 2017 military exercise. | |
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 | |
Vigoor Empire | Ninja Gaiden | Imperialistic and landlocked nation in Western Asia. | |
Vilena | The Expendables | Spanish-speaking Caribbean country, located between the Gulf of Mexico and South America, governed by a corrupt general and a corrupt CIA agent. | |
Vlatava | DC Comics | Eastern European kingdom; birthplace of supervillain Count Vertigo. | |
Volanca | Geography Now! | The country of quiet secret agents with no land, yet access to almost anywhere in the world. World's only leased country with hidden headquarter capitals, and partially declassified status, yet recognized by the UN. Originally referred to as Villanka in the Sovonthak episode of Geography Now (another April Fools episode), nobody is born a citizen but rather trained in elite humanitarian service fields to earn it. After about 8 decades of covert existence as a recognized entity, Volanca had finally disclosed their "statehood" to the public in 2014. | |
Vosnia | State Secret | European dictatorship in a 1950 film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
Vyseni, Republic of | This War of Mine | Breakaway state, inhabited by the Lechitic Vyseni people. Claim Pegoren as the capital. During the game is at war with the Graznavian government. | |
Vulgaria | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don't Drink the Water | Far-off, make-believe land in the film version of the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, its name based on Bulgaria. "Vulgaria" is also the tourist destination in Woody Allen's play and film Don't Drink the Water, a country located behind the Iron Curtain. "Vulgaria" is also used as the name of a fictional country in some of Lawrence Durrell's short stories based on the character of Antrobus, a British diplomat. |
W
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Wadiya | The Dictator | Country in the movie The Dictator located in the Horn of Africa (in the area of Eritrea). | |
Wakanda | Marvel Comics | Small African nation featured in the Marvel Comics series The Avengers. The nation is ruled by King T'Challa, also known as the superhero Black Panther. | |
Wellington Wells | We Happy Few | Microstate off the coast of what used to be the United Kingdom. Formed after an alternative World War II in which the United States never entered the war, causing the Allies to lose to the Axis. In exchange for Wellington Wells' independence, the Germans forcefully removed all children from the country, leaving the people with traumatic memories. As a result, the government mandated the use of hallucigenic drugs. This caused the people to stop producing goods and drove the country to a famine that no one's aware of. | |
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. | |
West Hun Chiu | Designated Survivor | Democratic republic in East Asia located on the fictional Han Chiu Peninsula off the coast of China. Ruled by President Han, it shares borders with China to the west and the totalitarian East Hun Chiu to the east. Its capital city is Gyeon. An ally of the United States, it is similar to the real life South Korea. | |
West Britannia | Futurama | In the episode "All the Presidents' Heads", Professor Farnsworth travels back in time to 1775 to prevent his ancestor's treachery during the American Revolution. However, Fry causes Paul Revere to mistakenly warn that the British are attacking by land, not by sea. As a result, the American Revolution fails and all of North America is united as 'West Britannia' under British rule. | |
Wongnaileum | The Bodyguard 2 | South East Asian country, the setting of the Thai comedy. | |
The World State | Brave New World | All-encompassing state that governs Earth in a dystopian fashion. The Motto of the nation is "Community, Identity, Stability". | |
Wredpryd | Civilization | European country. |
X
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Xerxes | Fullmetal Alchemist | An ancient country that existed in the Great Desert to the east of Amestris. | |
Fullmetal Alchemist | A monarchy country located east of Amestris, across the Eastern Desert. |
Y
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Yamapalu | Chew | Island nation; home to the Gallsaberry. | |
Yara | Far Cry 6 | Caribbean nation governed by Antón Castillo and inspired by Cuba. Its capital is Esperanza (Hope). | |
Yatakang | Stand on Zanzibar | Former Dutch colony located in South East Asia. Inspired by Indonesia. | |
Yellow Empire | Blake and Mortimer | Fascist Asian power in Blake and Mortimer. | |
Yerba | Victorious | Insular country featured in the series Victorious, in the episode "Locked Up!", located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, ruled by a fierce dictatorship. It is the home country of Festus, the owner of the food truck at Hollywood Arts. | |
Yewaire | Operation Red Sea | Middle Eastern country, based on Yemen. Some Chinese citizens are taken as hostages and the People's Liberation Army send a team to free them. | |
Yudonia | Drake and Josh | Eastern European country based on the former Yugoslavia featured in the episode "We're Married?", whose citizens worship the goat as the national animal. | |
Yuktobania | Ace Combat | Large country encompassing most of the northeastern coast of the Verusan continent in Strangereal. It is a global superpower known for its advancements in military technology, having developed numerous submarine aircraft carriers with ballistic missiles and railguns. Its capital is Cinigrad. | |
Yinke | Far Cry 4 | Country that borders the east of Kyrat, which can be seen on some maps. |
Z
Name | Image | Work | Notes |
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Zahiristan | Das Ende der Wahrheit | Fictional country in the German film Das Ende der Wahrheit. | |
Zahrain | Escape from Zahrain | Middle Eastern Arabic country dealing with a rebel movement. | |
Zalay | Dead or Alive | South American country in the Dead or Alive video game series. | |
Zandar | Power Rangers Dino Charge | European country, home country of gold and graphite rangers. | |
Zangaro | The Dogs of War | Fictional African republic based on Equatorial Guinea which is the subject of a mercenary-led coup in Fredrick Forsyth's book and the film based on the book. | |
Zanzarim | James Bond novel Solo | West African country, in a civil war with the breakaway Democratic Republic of Dahum. | |
Zanzibar Land | Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake | Country bordering the Middle East and, for a time, the only country to possess nuclear weapons in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. | |
Zekistan | Full Spectrum Warrior, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers | Middle Eastern country between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan in the video game Full Spectrum Warrior and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers; its history and setting closely resemble Afghanistan's. | |
Zamunda | Coming to America, Coming to America (TV pilot), Coming 2 America | Country of origin for Prince Akeem in Eddie Murphy films. | |
Zubrowka | The Grand Budapest Hotel | East European country in Wes Anderson's 2014 film. | |
Zendonia | Dead or Alive | Communist nation in South America in the Dead or Alive video game series. | |
Zephyria | Son of Zorn | East European country in Fox's 2016 show. | |
Zanda | The Persuaders! | African country ruled by a friend of Lord Brett Sinclair. | |
Zembla | Pale Fire | "Distant northern land" whose deposed king the narrator weaves into a critical apparatus; possibly based on Novaya Zemlya. | |
Zemenia | Monk | Eastern European war-torn country, based on Croatia. | |
Zeon | Mobile Suit Gundam | Country in Mobile Suit Gundam. | |
Zeeskatania | Some Assembly Required | Country near Meeskatania, as seen on the episode "Raindrop Rabbit". | |
Zheng Fa, Republic of | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth | Republic of Zheng Fa is a small Asian country whose economy is recovering from the actions of an international smuggling ring. |
See also
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