Jump to content

User:Senix/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Senix/Brouillon

  • Absurdistan – sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong

The heat death of the universe is a cosmological subclass of the fundamental epistemological concept of twink death. It posits that the universe will evolve to a state of no thermodynamic free energy, and will therefore be unable to sustain processes that increase entropy. Heat death does not imply any particular absolute temperature; it only requires that temperature differences or other processes may no longer be exploited to perform work. In the language of physics, this is when the universe reaches thermodynamic equilibrium.

B[edit]

C[edit]

D[edit]

E[edit]

F[edit]

G[edit]

H[edit]

I[edit]

J[edit]

  • Jugendheit: kingdom of King Frederick in Harold MacGrath's The Goose Girl (1909, #8 US best seller) Note that the name is a kind of pig-German literally meaning "youthness".

K[edit]

L[edit]

M[edit]

N[edit]

O[edit]

P[edit]

Q[edit]

R[edit]

  • Razkavia: Germanic country in Philip Pullman's The Tin Princess.
  • Réndøosîa: a fictional Eastern European country plagued by natural disasters to the point that its flag is always depicted with a hole in it. It is also at war with the neighboring nation of Grimzimistan. Homeland of Enk, Adi and Xan, the main characters on the animated series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers.
  • Republic of Great Britain: A fictional version of Great Britain featured in the Doctor Who story Inferno.
  • Republic of Krovtonova: A fictional Eastern European nation referenced in the Father Ted episode "Speed 3", in which it is mentioned that Craggy Island has been helping to ease the republic's unusually high milk surplus.
  • Robo-Hungarian Empire: A fictional Eastern European nation in several Futurama episodes.
  • Rogash: A small Central European country featured in the Night Court episode "My Life as a Dog Lawyer". Despite its small size it possesses nuclear weapons and missiles supplied by the US government in exchange for maintaining a listening post to spy on Switzerland.
  • Romagna: A country in southern Europe in the Strike Witches universe.
  • Romanovia: Eastern European country featured in the comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Dodgeball is the national sport. This country was also mentioned in Inspector Gadget.
  • Rongovia: Fictional country mentioned in Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris. It has an embassy to the US in Trumansburg, New York, and a very active Ministry of Fine Arts. The capital is Fat City. Rongovia is a state of mind.
  • Rovinia: a kingdom mentioned in Pursuit to Algiers.
  • Rubovia: a kingdom in Eastern Europe that featured in Gordon Murray's BBC Television children's puppet series A Rubovian Legend, 1955–63.[25]
  • Rumekistan: a fictional Eastern European nation featured in Marvel Comics' Cable & Deadpool
  • Ruritania: a kingdom in central Europe from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works, which gave rise to the Ruritanian romance genre. Also used in Ernest Gellner's nonfictional Nations and Nationalism as a stereotypical country developing nationalism.

S[edit]

  • Ulgia: a politically unstable country from the anime Noir.
  • Ulmreich: Southern European state in James Elroy Flecker's King of Alsander (1914).
  • Urseville-Beylestein: Prince Paul's country in the 1902 book Love and the Soul Hunter by John Oliver Hobbes.

V[edit]

W[edit]

Y[edit]

  • Yakestonia: mountainous eastern European nation, where yodeling is prominent in local culture, but so is surfing on its coast. Important landmark is Mount Bubneboba, and its fresh mountain air is celebrated worldwide. A traditional greeting is doing an armpit fart while repeating the word "zwooba!". Home of exchange student Fentruck on the animated series Doug.
  • Yugaria: small Balkan nation from the Mission: Impossible: Operation Surma video game.

Z[edit]

  • Zamunda:Coming to America with Eddie Murphy.
  • Zandar: A small principality seen in Power Rangers: Dino Charge. Home of Sir Ivan, the Gold Dino Charge Ranger, and Prince Philip, the Graphite Ranger. The people of Zandar speak with British accents.
  • Zembla: Northern European country in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire
  • Zindaria: a brand-new one that existed in Europe during the English Regency era of 1811–1820, Anne Gracie's The Stolen Princess (2008).
  • Aemonkia: a federal democratic communist state under a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship in North America in Dead or Alive series.
  • Ayx Empire: a fascist absolute monarchy in North America in the Ninja Gaiden series. It is ruled by the evil Emperor Garuda.
  • Magisteria: a North American Germanic, Romance and Slavic English, French, German and Dutch-speaking fascist absolute monarchy in Dead or Alive series. It is ruled by Lord Tatorusis.
  • Opium: A country in the novel, The House of the Scorpion.
  • Brobdingnag: A fictional country from the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. As described by Swift, Brobdingnag extends some 2000 miles westward from Canada's Pacific coast, and is inhabited by a race of giants.
  • Countries in Fallout (video game series).
    • Caesar's Legion is an autocratic, ultra-reactionary, utilitarian slaver army founded in 2247 by Edward Sallow (Who later adopted the name "Caesar") and Joshua Graham. It is largely inspired and partially based on the ancient Roman Empire, though it isn't the Roman Empire, the Roman Republic or even its military, the Legion. It is a slave army with trappings of foreign-conscripted Roman legionaries during the late empire. All military, no civilian, and with none of the supporting civilian culture. It appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
    • The New California Republic (NCR) is a federal presidential republic founded in New California by Aradesh also formerly leader of Shady Sands, comprising five contiguous states and additional territories and holdings in pre-War regions in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and parts of Mexico. The Republic dedicates itself to the values of the old world: Democracy, liberty, the rule of law, all in order to make the wasteland a better place. However, its policies resulted in difficulties in recent years. It was founded in 2186, is mentioned in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4, and appears in Fallout 2 & Fallout: New Vegas.
    • The Enclave is a nation state established after the Great War, formed by members of the pre-War United States government and military industrial complex. It claims authority over the territory of the United States of America, considering itself the legal continuation of the U.S. government and styling itself as such. First appearing in Fallout 2, then later in Fallout 3, its add-on Broken Steel, and is mentioned from its few remaining now retired survivors appearing in Fallout: New Vegas with former soldiers, now followers for the Children of Atom in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.
    • Shi (Fictional Nation) is a post-apocalyptic nation that is against all post-great war politics. It was founded by survived Chinese spies that established most areas from ruins of San Francisco as City State and uses some elements of the Chinese culture, such as their ancestors' customs, clothing, language, and demeanor. The younger generations, however, seem to rely more on the surviving popular culture interpretations of Chinese culture (such as kung-fu holovideos), rather than actual cultural traditions. It appears in Fallout 2 and is indirectly mentioned in Fallout 4.[citation needed]
    • Republic of Dave (also formerly called Kingdom of Tom, Kingdom of Larry, the Republic of Stevie-Ray, Billsylvania, and the New Republic of Stevie-Ray) is a small farming settlement in the far northeast corner of the Capital Wasteland (Fallout 3) that is considered by its close-knit inhabitants to be a sovereign nation-state. This nation is actually closer to a Micronation, because since on-off monarchies and republics with an only family control it, and they only had one citizen working as a teacher or merchant (optional) during the game. This "Nation" only appears in Fallout 3.
    • The Free Economic Zone of New Vegas is a neoliberal autocratic faction led by Pre-Great War survivor Robert House in Fallout: New Vegas. Although it is formally founded if House establishes sovereignty over the Mojave region, in practice, it exists in a practical capacity throughout Mr House's rule in New Vegas.
In the world of The Man in the High Castle the United States has been partitioned by the victorious Axis powers after World War II.
  • Pacific States of America, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan consisting of the west coast of the former United States. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series it is an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States and does also include Alaska and the west coast of Canada.
  • United States of America, a puppet state of Nazi Germany consisting of the northern east coast of the former United States and several central states. In the television series it is an occupied province called Nazi America or the American Reich.
  • "The South", a racist regime in the Southeast of the former United States, which collaborates with Nazi Germany. It does not appear in the television series.
  • Rocky Mountain States, a neutral buffer zone state consisting of the remaining territory of the former United States. Its capital is Canon City. In the television series it is portrayed as a lawless Neutral Zone. Countries in Revolution
  • Monroe Republic was ruled by Sebastian Monroe. His government was a neo-feudal republic dictatorship controlling the former Northeastern United States including Michigan, Wisconsin, most of Virginia, New Jersey, as well as a small part of Canada. The Republic's military, the Monroe Militia, enforces strict laws against citizens owning firearms, which are often punished by death.
  • The Patriots are neo-fascist, totalitarian, semi-Paramiltiary/Political group formed from the pre-blackout American government. Their "capital" was Guantánamo Bay before they returned to Washington D.C.
  • Georgia Federation is a nation-state with a government largely modeled after pre-blackout america located in the former 'Dixie' states. They have a high population and standard of living.
  • Plains Nation, is dominated by Native American-like tribes after blackout, whom circulate a specified territory in the Midwest. There are also many scattered settlements, though they are largely self-governed.
  • Texas, a nation located in the former US state of Texas, as well as former Mexican Territory, this nation's governance is mostly like that of pre-blackout america, and a high standard of living is enjoyed. While not as advanced as the Georgia Federation, it is stated to be more militarily capable, and the 'Texas Rangers' are served as the main military force. Whilst military and farming technology here is mundane, Texans show great architectural skill, and even have networked newspapers, most notably the 'Austin Star Times'.
  • California Commonwealth, a nation formed from the previous states of California, Oregon and Washington.
  • Wasteland, an area shown on a map of the Former continental U.S., it is likely that this area is a lawless region, rather than a political entity.[33]


  • Babar's Kingdom: from children's book, a country of intelligent bipedal elephants.
  • Bahari: from the CBS television series, Scorpion, a small north African nation under the brutal rule of a dictatorship. The nation is a former Nazi German colony and there are several Nazi German military bases located in the deserts of the country.
  • Balic: A fictional African country featured in the Japanese anime television series Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid.
  • Bapetikosweti: The "homeland" state in which the South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys (under the guise of his drag character, Evita Bezuidenhout) was the South African ambassador.
  • Bongo Congo: African kingdom in animated cartoon series King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
  • Bulmeria: an African country mentioned in the webcomic, It's Walky!
  • Bulungi: A country located south of Côte d'Ivoire and southeast of Liberia featured in an article by satirical news group The Onion. In the article, the United States' "ambassador" to Bulungi is accused of making the country up. Bulungi's capital city is Yabba-Dabba.
  • Buranda: African country in the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, formerly known as "British Equatorial Africa"
  • Darrar, Federal Republic of: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Ethiopia in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong.[34][35]
  • North Darrar: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Eritrea in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong. The capital city is Lira. The country neighbours the Federal Republic of Darrar and has fought a war against it over a border dispute based on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War.[36][37]
  • Equatorial Uqbar Orbis: Dictatorship in Africa originally depicted in Better Call Saul (S1:E10). The country appears to be a reference to Jorge Luis Borges’s short story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.
  • Guadec: African country in an episode of Spooks. Led by reformist President Manu Baffong.
  • Gwinalia: fictional African country in the PBS show Chocolate.
  • Ishmaelia: a fictional African country from the novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.
  • Kalya: West African country in the novel The Zinzin Road by Fletcher Knebel. Capital city: Ft. Paul.
  • Kamanga: Southern African country between Namibia and Mozambique in the novel Tenth Man Down by Chris Ryan. Ruled from the poverty-stricken capital of Mulongwe, Kamanga is the very model of post-colonial corruption, nepotism, and greed. The territory, once a British possession, is now suffering from an AIDS epidemic, while poaching goes unchecked during a brutal civil war. Uranium, diamonds, and bauxite are key resources, although they remain in the hands of the European-descended elite. Kamanga uses the Kwacha as its national currency. This "Kwacha" is a fictional currency, but it has the same name as the Malawian kwacha and the Zambian kwacha.
  • Kambezi: Southern African country occurring in several MacGyver episodes, located somewhere near Zimbabwe and home to a population of black rhinos, a protected species approaching rapid extinction thanks to South African poachers. Kambezi is also in fact a military dictatorship, and relies heavily on the smuggling of dagga. Kambezi was later used in season 3 of Blindspot, but was a Central African monarchy at war with its neighbor and seeking control of a pipeline.
  • Kangan: African nation in the novel Anthills of the Savannah (1984) by Chinua Achebe
  • Katanga: African country, neighboring Sierra Leone, in Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War (1974)
  • Kivukiland: African kingdom in the 2001 South African comedy movie Mr Bones by Leon Schuster, starring Leon Schuster[38]
  • Ligeria: African home of the agent Benjamin N’udu in the Canadian TV series InSecurity.
  • Logosia: African country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Crane".
  • Lombuanda: an independent white-supremacist African country on the Gulf of Guinea in the Mission: Impossible episode "The Diamond". Underdeveloped and densely forested, Lombuanda is ruled by French-speaking settlers who keep two million black citizens starved and without 'schools, hospitals, or any voice in government'. The title of prime minister is held by Hendrik Durvard, a despotic white Lombuandan who plans to use a 27,000-carat diamond to finance his seizure of tribal reserves.
  • Mombaka: an African country featured in the films Red Scorpion and Jagga Jasoos.
  • Mumbambu: African nation occupying the Central and East region as portrayed in a video by The Onion about the United States sending US$3 billion worth of aid to Andorra as it was believed to be south of Mumbambu in Africa, not Europe.[39]
  • Naruba: a fictional West African country in Designated Survivor. It is located in between Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso. Its capital city is Soji. It is mentioned to be one of the poorest nations on the planet, with conflicts arising from warlords such as Atsu Kalame.
  • Narubu: fictional country from Army Wives.
  • Natumbe: African country from Dynasty TV series
  • New Zanzibar: featured in The Simpsons episode "Simpson Safari", this country only existed for a few moments between Tanzania and Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar.
  • Ngombia: West African country featured in the 1963 Tom Swift Jr. novel Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway.
  • Niberia: African country in the 2009 film The International
  • Orïsha: a West Africa country based on Nigeria in the fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone and its sequel by Tomi Adeyemi.
  • Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar: featured in The Simpsons episode "Simpson Safari", this country came into being after civil war in Tanzania created the country New Zanzibar, which moments later was purchased by Pepsi.
  • Podoso: a fictional Central African country mentioned in the Turkish television series Valley of the Wolves.
  • Republic of West Africa: Highlighted in the episode 6 of season 1 of Madam Secretary ("The Call"), the Republic of West Africa is lodged in between Gabon and Cameroon (around the area of Equatorial Guinea) and is said to be ruled by a military junta following a coup. In the context of the episode, the ruling council of the RWA is aiming to commit ethnic cleansing against the Beko people, marching on the city of "St. Juste", one of the Beko peoples' primary population centres. The North and Interior of the RWA are said to be ruled by warlords armed with "RPGs and Machine Guns". One of the official languages of the RWA is French, although some of the Beko people are noted to speak Igbo. It is also implied that a heavy number of the Beko people within the RWA follow the Christian faith, primarily Roman Catholicism.
  • Sahelise Republic: African country mentioned in The West Wing, episode "In This White House"
  • Sangala: A nation from 24: Redemption and 24 (season 7) where Jack Bauer comes to after running away from his life. A coup d'état takes place, with rebels using brainwashed children as soldiers. The nation is later invaded by the US in season 7.
  • Seanfrika: A country from the movie Sean Banan inuti Seanfrika founded by the Iranian-Swedish comedian Sean Banan to escape the cold Swedish winters.
  • Sonzola: an African republic mentioned in the novels of Christopher Brookmyre
  • Transvalia: not actually a state in its own right, but rather a parody of Orania. Leon Schuster made a comedy film called Sweet 'n Short (1991), which was a parody of life in the New South Africa. The film was made in 1990 shortly after Nelson Mandela was released from prison - many of the fictional events portrayed therein actually came to pass in post-apartheid South Africa.
  • United Mitanni Commonwealth: A fictional African country in Lee Correy's science fiction novel Manna.
  • Upper Gorm: Fictional African country in the 1980 comedy film First Family.
  • UAC: An unnamed African country depicted in the video game Far Cry 2, can also be presumed to be named Seko.
  • Wadiya: Country ruled by the protagonist in the 2012 film The Dictator. Located by the Red Sea.
  • West Angola: a fictional African country referred to in Scandal.
  • West African Union: a fictional merger of Liberia and Sierra Leone in Seafighter a 1999 novel by James H. Cobb. Ruled by Premier-General Obe Belewa.[40]
  • West Monrassa: Central African country in an episode of Spooks. Run by President Gabriel Sakoa, a corrupt leader planning a genocide against the people in the north of the country.
  • Zambawi: African country from Patrick Neate's novel Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko (2000)
Name Flag Work Notes
Chula, Republic of Mort & Phil Parody of Chile. South American country ruled by dictator Antofagasto Panocho (a parody of Augusto Pinochet), whom Mort and Phil are sent to kill.

A[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
Belgistan fictional Middle Eastern country in the anime Gasaraki.
Helmajistan fictional area from the anime Full Metal Panic!.
Chinese Federation Code Geass Monarchy comprising the entirety of East (except Japan), South, and Central Asia. Its capital is located in Luoyang, and is controlled by an emperor (who serves more as a symbolic head of state) and a council of eight eunuchs.
Achu, Kingdom of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (2016) A monarchic country located in a tropical climate. Home of Prince Ali. First mentioned in the episode "Princess Fragrance".[41]
Diamantara, Republic of Michiko & Hatchin South American nation inspired by Brazil.
Franbel Science Ninja Team Gatchaman 01 "Gatchaman Versus Turtle King"

11 "The Mysterious Red Impulse" 19 "Speed Race from Hell" 35 "Burn, Desert Fires" 43 "A Romance Destroyed By Evil" 46 "Gatchaman in the Valley of Death" 50 "Trachadon, the Dinosaur Skeleton" 51 "Cata-Roller, the Revolving Beast" 52 "Red Impulse's Secret" 53 "Farewell Red Impulse" 54 "Gatchaman Burns with Rage" 56 "The Bird Missile of Bitterness" 61 "The Phantom Red Impulse" 64 "A Christmas Present of Death" 66 "The Devil's Fashion Show" 69 "The Cemetery in the Moonlight" 77 "The Successful Berg Katse" 80 "Come Back! Boomerang"

Doria Kingdom Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Shosken Kingdom Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Wale Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Country in South Africa, filled with poverty and plagued by a famine.
Congol Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Indelhia Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Assham Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Amehon Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Bien Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Amerishima Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

BOOKS[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
Hav Last Letters from Hav independent country in the Eastern Mediterranean, described in an epistolary novel by Jan Morris.
Dahomalia Stand on Zanzibar African nation created by merging of Dahomey, Upper Volta and Mali.
Beninia Stand on Zanzibar (1968) African nation that aspires to become a first world country.
Republican Union of Nigeria and Ghana Stand on Zanzibar African country formed by merging of Nigeria and Ghana.
Yatakang Stand on Zanzibar Former Dutch colony located in South East Asia. Inspired by Indonesia.
Axphain Graustark (1901) Neighbor of Graustark in several novels.
Graustark Various Works Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.
Dawsbergen Novels by George Barr McCutcheon Country in Eastern Europe mentioned in several novels by author George Barr McCutcheon.
Almaigne The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (1976) A monarchy with Emperor at the throne, located in Central Europe, which united German speaking states. It is based on German Empire, though its borders do not match those of real Germany.[42]
New England, Republic of The Alteration 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.
Alsander, Kingdom of King of Alsander by James Elroy Flecker (1914) A kingdom in the Southern Europe[43]
Annexia, Interzone, Abyssinia Naked Lunch (1959) European country, inspired by Soviet Russia.
Vespugia A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Troubling a Star Spanish-speaking country in the south of South America mentioned in Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Troubling a Star
Arnovia Taylor & Rose Secret Agents: Peril in Paris by Katherine Woodfine (2018) Small country between Switzerland, the German Empire, and Austria-Hungary in 1911
Averna, Principality of Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham (1933) An oil-rich principality on the Adriatic Sea
Brungaria Tom Swift, Jr. Eastern European dictatorship similar to the Soviet Union, in the Tom Swift, Jr. series.
Socialist Democratic Republic of Corteguay Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Ultimate Escape South American country located in an island in the Pacific Ocean. Totalitarian state. Capital city is named "Adello". Obtained independence in 2005.
Carpathian Republic Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race Balkan authoritarian and militaristic country under an embargo. Its political ideology is a mix of Nazism and communism. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
Costaguana & Sulaco Nostromo South American country under a dictatorship, based on Colombia
Shangri-La Lost Horizon Mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel.
Etchechuria The Stolen March Lost Pyrenean country lying between France and Spain where nursery rhyme characters come to life.
Grinlandia Novels by Alexander Grin Name of the country is never mentioned by the author himself, and the name Grinlandia was suggested in 1934 by literary critic Korneliy Zelinsky.
Erewhon Erewhon Country satirizing aspects of Victorian society.
Samavia The Lost Prince Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.
Bolumbia The Shadow of a Titan South American dictatorship, from Felix Wedgwood's novel.[44]
Borostyria Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar Balkan principality modeled on Montenegro.[45]
Bouazizi Empire American War Empire made up of a multitude of failed Middle Eastern and North African states in the late 21st century; influences the Second American Civil War by trying to prolong it
Penguina (L'île des Pingouins) Penguin Island In the 1908 novel by Anatole France, an island in the North Sea where penguins were miraculously transformed into humans (and which is in fact a satirical view of France).
Poictesme Biography of the Life of Manuel Country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell.
Polrugaria The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister Archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on Poland"[46] in Isaac Deutscher's 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister".
Krassnia The Restoration Game Country based on South Ossetia located in the Caucasus and republic of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus that declared independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union from the 2010 science fiction/techno-thriller novel The Restoration Game by Ken MacLeod.[47][48][49][50][51] The novel's protagonist, Lucy Stone, is a computer programmer who grew up in Krassnia when it was still part of the Soviet Union.[47] At the time of the novel's setting in 2008, she is working for a videogame company in Edinburgh, Scotland.[47][49] Stone's mother, commissions her company to create an MMORPG based on Krassnian mythology which leads into the rest of the novel's plot.[47][48] 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.[49][50]
Zembla Pale Fire "Distant northern land" whose deposed king the narrator weaves into a critical apparatus; possibly based on Novaya Zemlya.
San Lorenzo The Republic of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle A tiny, rocky island nation. The country's form of government is a dictatorship, under the rule of ailing president "Papa" Monzano, who is a staunch ally of the United States and a fierce opponent of communism. Its capital is the seaside city Bolivar. Its language is a fictitious English-based creole language
North Darrar Borderlines African nation in the Horn of Africa-based on Eritrea in the legal thriller novel, Borderlines by Michela Wrong. The capital city is called Lira. North Darrar neighbours the Federal Republic of Darrar and has fought a war against it over a border dispute based on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War.[52][53]
Orsinia Orsinian Tales, Malafrena Central European country similar to Czechoslovakia or Hungary, the focus of Ursula K. Le Guin's Orsinian Tales and the novel Malafrena.

TV[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
Gran Colombian Empire The Last Ship (TV Series) A growing coalition of South American nations that seeks to rival/surpass the United States as a superpower. It serves as the main antagonistic force of the final season.
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.
Kabulstan MacGyver very hostile third world country that does not like strangers
Caledonia[54] Scandal European monarchy featured in the season 5 premiere episode which bears strong similarities to the United Kingdom.
West Angola Scandal Coastal African nation framed for various terrorist attacks on the United States of America in season 4. Later invaded by the US military after President Fitzgerald Grant is blackmailed into doing so.
Kashfar Scandal Middle Eastern country mentioned in the episode "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot". Four US Army soldiers stationed there are taken hostage, causing President Fitzgerald Grant to send in a SEAL team to rescue them.
Tyrgyzstan The State Within in the BBC television drama
Baracas CSI: Miami (2002-2012) Pro-American South American country which supports the torture teams of the U.S. force in the region.
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.
Pacific States of America
The Man in the High Castle A puppet state governed by the Empire of Japan, consisting of the West Coast of the United States along with Alaska and Hawaii. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series, it is depicted as an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States, also occupying parts of British Columbia.
Rocky Mountains States The Man in the High Castle De facto buffer zone between the Japanese-allied Pacific States of America and the Nazi satellite United States with its capital based in Canon City. In the novel, the R.M.S. is depicted as a sovereign nation situated between California and the Mississippi River. However, in the television series, it is a 'Neutral Zone' based solely along the Rockies. Effectively an anarchistic, libertarian society, the Neutral Zone acts as a refuge for Nazi or Japanese targets but being subject to Nazi or Japanese agents.
Sangala 24 Western African republic and former French colony, it is said to share a border with the Republic of Congo. The democratic government led by Prime Minister Ule Matobo is overthrown in a coup by General Benjamin Juma of the Peoples Freedom Army in 24: Redemption. It is later invaded by the United States military in 24: Season 7 after the Juma regime begins to engage in genocide. The capital city is Mali Baso, and other notable locations include Sangala City and Kasanga Province.
Patusan Various Island nation somewhere in the South China Sea in:

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad NOT REALLY A COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH SHOULD BE MENTIONED AS SOURCE FOR OTHERS

film The Last Electric Knight

TV series Sidekicks.

Zephyria Son of Zorn East European country in Fox's 2016 show.
Tajinkistan Lol:-) Central Asian country, shown in the Canadian TV show Lol:-).
United States of America Watchmen Alternative United States that won the Vietnam War and annexed Vietnam, turning it into the 51st state due to the superpowered use of Doctor Manhattan in the war. In the Watchmen TV series, as of 2019, the country is shown to have abolished presidential term limits, redesigned the flag, incorporated other Southeast Asian countries (such as Thailand) as "commonwealths", and instituted a system of reparations for slavery for African-Americans.
Turmezistan Doctor Who comics a fictional country in Doctor Who.
Val Verde Predator Spanish-speaking country in the film Predator.
San Marcos Archer Vice

MacGyver

Vivir Para Ti

Latin American banana republic.
Marivella Islands Tales of the Gold Monkey South Pacific volcanic chain consisting of hundreds of mysterious and tropical islands featured in the 1982 adventure television series and now described as the Republic of the Marivelles.
Kumranistan Yes, Prime Minister Central Asian Islamic republic from the 2013 remake of Yes, Prime Minister, formerly part of the British Empire and a Soviet Socialist Republic; this country is a variation of Qumran (a fictional oil-rich sheikdom located in the Persian Gulf) which featured in the original series of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Qumran (Kumrahn) Yes Minister Arabic oil sheikhdom.
Buranda Yes Minister Developing African country, formerly known as British Equatorial Africa.
Saint George's Island Yes, Prime Minister Island nation located somewhere in the Arabian Sea. It was the centrepoint of the episode "A Victory for Democracy". A parliamentary republic and a Commonwealth member state, the island was on the verge of a communist coup.

MOVIES[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
Sakhovia Final Score Breakaway state located in North Caucasus, Russia. Tried to become independent with a war in 1999.
Jazeristan The Misfits
Krakozhia, Republic of 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.
Vosnia State Secret European dictatorship in a 1950 film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Vulgaria Don't Drink the Water tourist destination in Woody Allen's play and film Don't Drink the Water, a country located behind the Iron Curtain.
Saint Heron, Republic of Rage to Kill (1988 film) Beautiful caribbean island nation.
Pontenero Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film) This musical comedy focuses on a warship from Pontenero.
Bandara Abdullah the Great (1955) Fictional version of King Farouk's Egypt.
Boa Vista Gunmen Cocaine-producing South American country. Its capital city is Boa Vista City.
Pendrang The 1946 Universal movie serial Lost City of the Jungle Small Himalayan nation bordering China ruled by a dictatorial casino heiress. Capital city is Zalabar.
Congotanga Congo Crossing Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters
Panem The Hunger Games check books
North Africa, Republic of Counterforce Arab nationalist of the Mediterranean Sea. Closely analogous to Libya.
Maldonia The Princess and the Frog Fictional country named mixed with Maldives and Macedonia.
San Miguel Firewalker Central American country located in the Yucatan peninsula.
Scandinavia Ransom aka The Terrorists Scandinavian country inspired by Norway.

EXTERNAL[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
Urk (also Uruk) Descendants of the Sun War-torn Mediterranean country monitored by the United Nations. The South Korean government provides peacekeeping forces and private hospitals send volunteer medical teams.

UNAVAILABLE[edit]

Name Flag Work Notes
San Marcos South American country in an episode of Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei.
Val Verde Supercarrier Spanish-speaking country in ONE EP OF the TV series Supercarrier.
San Marco Bourbon Street Beat Latin American banana republic IN "Green Hell" AND "Last Exit"
Val Verde Supercarrier Spanish-speaking country in the TV series Supercarrier.
Santhoma Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Peddler Country in Jimmy Sangster's novel, located on the west coast of South America. It extends a total of one hundred and eighty miles from north to south and reaches its maximum breadth of fifty miles from east to west. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the north, east and south by an extensive range of mountains which effectively cuts it off from the rest of the Latin American continent. The capital is called Canstartisville and is located on the coast about halfway between the north and south borders. Its president is Miguel Canstartis
Krastava The Mourner Small central European country, located between Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Sulvania Prisoner of Swing (1937) Central European monarchy where swing music is banned. This is a parody of the fictional country Zenda from The Prisoner of Zenda.[55]

UNAVAILABLE

Crashbania The Bad Barons of Crashbania
and other books by
Norman Hunter 		UNAVAILABLE
Acquasorgiva Acquasorgiva by Mura [it] (1939) A city built around a spring on top of a mountain near the sea in the Central African colony of the Fascist Italy.[56] UNAVAILABLE
Nevoruss Breath of the Past, Russ we hadn't known about Powerful state in the north of Russia and America created by Russian writer Grigoriy Demidovtsev. In the Breath of the Past and Russ we hadn't known about, Demidovtsev depicts a fictional European country named Nevoruss. "Nevoruss" is the Russian word for "Neva Russ", literally "Russ at the Neva river". Nevoruss is considered to be a successor state of the medieval Novgorod Republic. It managed to avoid Muscovite conquest in the 15th century and due to commercial activity of its inhabitants continued to thrive. Thus Russia had never united, so its place shares Nevoruss and Muscovy. Their opposition resembles that of Jesusland and the United States of Canada. Besides Russian territories Nevoruss due to its early colonial expansion also controlled the Baltic states, Scandinavia with Iceland and Greenland, some parts of North America (including Alaska and the whole Canada) as well as some important islands (among them Cuba, Canaries and Hawaiian Islands).

UNAVAILABLE

United Socialist States of America Back in the USSA UNAVAILABLE
Zindawba "Beloved Bonds". by F.E. Campbell Dishonored An African republic whose ruler and first president, Khalief Abhad, abuses two girls.

UNAVAILABLE

Timbuktu, Republic of The Lousy World Country mentioned in the episode "Kiepski prezydent". In the episode, Ferdynant Kiepski, the main character of the show, is chosen to be the president of the country, after its citizens saw his election campaign during his failed run for the office of the President of Poland

UNAVAILABLE

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Africa[edit]

Countries[edit]

African Empire - Poul Anderson's "Ghetto" in William F. Nolan's short story collection A Wilderness of Stars
Afrikaribesia - Enoch Ajunwa's novel Unknown Destination
Afro-European Federation - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars
Coptic Union - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
Azania - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
Republic of Dongo - Dambisa Moyo's nonfiction book Dead Aid
Federal Africa - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It, p. 162
Ishmaelia - Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop
Kamanga - Chris Ryan's novel Tenth Man Down
Ken-Tan-Moz - Ben Jeapes's novel Phoenicia's World
Kingdom of Katanga - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 409
Republic of Kikaya - Larry Viven and Steven Barnes's novel The Moon Maze Game
Mancala - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, p. 217
Buttata - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, pp. 4, 217
Republic of Sundiata - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, pp. 8, 217
Republic of Masada (Madagascar) - Christopher Priest's novel The Separation
New Harare - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, pp. 374-387
New Zimbabwe - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 387
PanAfrica - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Rhodesia (future sovereign fragment of contemporary Zimbabwe) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 387
Ruratania (sub-Saharan Africa) - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
Shurga - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, pp. 30, 38
Trognika - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, p. 105
Naraka - Anthony Burgess's novel Devil of a State, pp. 38, 105
Dunia (East African Caliphate), a.k.a. Daru-i-riszwan or (Abode of Grace) - Anthony Burgess' novel Devil of a State
Unnamed country with base in equatorial Africa that carries out nuclear attack on the United States in the Cold War scenario "The 36-Hour War," Life November 19, 1945. Vol. 19, No. 21. source

Antarctic[edit]

Cities and Towns[edit]

City of the Invalidated Past - James Morrow's novel This is the Way the World Ends, p. 135

Arctic[edit]

Countries[edit]

  • Thule - Tobias S, Buckell's novel Arctic Rising
  • Polario - One Way to Get Russia Right Moscow Times. August 26, 2012.

Australia[edit]

Ross City - Gregory Benford's short story "The Scarred Man," Venture May 1970

North America[edit]

States and territories[edit]

Alderney - Grand Theft Auto video games series
Alleghany - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
American Centaurian - Gini Koch's novel Alien Tango
Calisota' - Duck universe in various Walt Disney comic books
Catawba - Thomas Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel
Chesepeake - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series: Green Idaho (northern half of Idaho after its partition) - Greg Bear's novel Heads, p. 48
Euphoria - David Lodge's novel Changing Places
Fremont - James A. Michener's novel Space
Heavensylvania - "4th of July Under Attack" episode of Colbert Report, June 30, 2009
Hohoq (a.k.a. Ar) - comedian John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise.
Lost Quarter - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
Malebolgia - Minuet in Hell episodes of Doctor Who
Manhattan - James Blish's short story "A Work of Art" in Science Fiction Stories July 1956
Mercer - Motorama 1991 film

L Mexifornia - Bordertown television series

Mikewa - Anthony Trollope's novel The American Senator
Missitucky - Finian's Rainbow 1947 Broadway musical
Moosylvania - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show television series
New England - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
New Delaware - Daily Sow With John Stewart episode of January 16th, 2013
Federal District of Sitka - Michael Chabon's novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Superior - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
Statesota - Moral Orel Adult Swim television series
United Rockies Emirates - A Wry Look at the Presidential Election, Year 2024 Steve Bodow. Wired. 16:3 March 3, 2008.
Wabash - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero, Daybreak series
Waldensia - Kingley Amis's novel The Alteration, p. 201
Winnemac - Sinclair Lewis's novels

ADVERTISEMENT

Countries[edit]

American Union - Larry Viven and Steven Barnes's novel The Moon Maze Game
Archdiocese of Florida - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
Atlantic Union - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
Aristopia - Costello Holford's novel Aristopia: A Romance-History of the New World
Blueland (island near Hawaii) - RIMPAC 98 (international maritime training exercise)
California Republic - Colin Harvey's novel Damage Time
Central - "Inside Probe" episodes of NBC television series My Name is Earl
Christian Federation of American States - M.J. Locke's novel Up Against It, p. 161
Cilenia - Karl Schroeder's "To Hie From Far Cilenia, in John Scalzi's short story collection Metatropolis
Commonwealth of American States - Arthur C. Clarke's novel 'The Hammer of God
Deseret - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
Ecotopia - Ernest Callenbach's novels Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston and Ecotopia Emerging
Efficistan - Steve Vanderheiden's nonfiction book Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change
Empire of the Americas - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Great Asia - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Norrestand - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Empire of the Americas - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Midafrica - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Domination of Baikal - Poul Anderson's "The Communicators," a short story in Robert Hoskin's collection Infinity One
Christian States of America - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
United Arab States - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
Pentocostal Gilead Heartland - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
Kingdom of Louisiana - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
Isreal - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage
Evangelical Republic of Texas - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
Kingdom of Mississippi - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp. 235-237
Rocky Mountain Independent Territories - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage (Homage to Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle?)
Federated States of the Western Hemisphere - Douglas R. Mason's novel Matrix
Free City of Boulder - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 128
Grand Duchy of Hallifax - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
Haijac Union - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers
Higher Novo Mexico - Gregory Benford's nonfiction book Deep Time
Free State of Chihuahua - Gregory Benford's nonfiction book Deep Time
Icaria - The Zeno Narrative
Frisland - The Zeno Narrative
Drogeo - The Zeno Narrative
Engroeneland (probably Greenland) - The Zeno Narrative
Estotiland - The Zeno Narrative
Janitoria - Scrubs You Tube
Mecha (ruled by and for androids) - Madeline Ashby's novel vN, p. 67
Normeroca - Poul Anderson's short story "SOS" in his collection Dialogue With Darkness
Northwest Union - Robert A. Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon
Oceania - George Orwell's novel 1984
Omerta - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World
Opium - Nancy Farmer's novel The House of the Scorpion
Orangeland (island near Hawaii) - RIMPAC 98 (international maritime training exercise)
Pacifica - Chris Roberson's Further: Beyond the Threshold
People's Republic of America - Invasion USA 1952 film
People's Republic of the Northeast - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion
Pollutia - Steve Vanderheiden's nonfiction book Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change
Real America - John Barnes' novel Candle
Republic of Gilead - Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale
Republic of Hawaii/Free State of Hawaii - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Revolt in 2100
Reunited States - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 128
Salmon Nation - Ecotrust NGO conception of the Pacific Northwest
Shasta-Tehachapi California Confederation - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 47
Socialist Union of American States - Maureen F. McHugh's novel China Mountain Zhang
Technate of North America - Mack Reynolds' novel The Cosmic Eye
Western Hemisphere Union - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
United America Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
United Republic of America - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
United States of North America (U.S.N.A.) - Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson's novel Variable Star
United Vassal States of America - Otto Basil's novel Wenn dad der Fürher wusste (If Only the Fürher Knew)
Zona Infectada - indie film

Other[edit]

York Basin - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces

Islands[edit]

New South Greenland

South America and Caribbean[edit]

Countries[edit]

Bolivarian Federation - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse, p. 59
Brazilian Union - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Costaguana - Juan Gabriel Vasquez's novel The Secret History of Costaguana ACTUALLY JUST PANAMA
Costaguana - Michael Taussig's non-fiction? The Magic of the State
Greater Brazil - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War and Evening's Empire, page 31
Estados Unidos de Sud - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars
Latinum - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
Euroasia - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
Europa - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
Federated Orinet Republics - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
Can-Am States - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
African Complex - Max Ehrlich's novel The Edict
Macondo - Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Mayapan - Adrienne V. Parks's novel Acts of God
Multinational Territory of Germany (former Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte) - Ignacio de Loyola Brandao's novel And Still the Earth
New Bolivar - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Beyond This Horizon
Republic of Vieques - October 17, 1962 U.S. Military Training Exercise for the invasion of Cuba (Source: Alex von Tunzelmann's 2011 Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean)
San Theodoros - Hergé's cartoon Tintin and the Picaros
Southern Hemisphere League - John Barnes's Million Open Doors series novels: A Million Open Doors, brief reference
Tecala - Taylor Holden's novel Proof of Life

East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia[edit]

Countries[edit]

Agartha - Buddhist legend
Arcadia - Cobra Gold 2009 joint Thai-American military exercise
Australasian Republic - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Tunnel in the Sky
Autarchy of Great Asia - Poul Anderson's short story "SOS" in his collection Dialogue With Darkness
Basicland - Basically, It's Over hypothetical island in an economic essay
Dahanga - Anthony Burgess' novel The Enemy in the Blankets
Democratic Republic of China - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War
Eastern Federation - Casshern 2004 film
Europa - Casshern 2004 film
Zone Seven (probably in Central Asia) - Casshern 2004 film
Empire of the Great Khan - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Beyond This Horizon
Erewhon (presumably New Zealand) - Samuel Butler's novels Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited
Eurasian Coalition - David J. Williams' novel The Machinery of Light
Kingdon of Agharti (religious, subterranean realm of the King of the World) - Ferdinand Ossendowski's Beasts, Men and Gods non-fiction book citation
Grand Society of China - Poul Anderson's short story "A Man to My Wounding," in his collection The Horn of Time
Great Asia Republic - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Door Into Summer
Great China - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
Great China - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Greater Manchuria - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 184
Pala - Aldous Huxley's utopian novel Island (inspiration for the Brotherhood of Eternal Love)
Panasia - Poul Anderson's short story "Epilogue," in his collection Explorations
Pan-Asian Republic - Colin Harvey's novel Damage Time
Pacific Community - Paul McAuley's novel The Quiet War
People's Republic of North China - Scott Mackay's novel Omega Sol
Republic of Shanghai - A Wry Look at the Presidential Election, Year 2024 Steve Bodow. Wired. 16:3. March 3, 2008
Republic of Wine - Mo Yan's novel Republic of Wine
Siberian Republic - Gregory Benford's novel Eater, p. 282
United Asia - John Barnes's Million Open Doors series novels
Yatakang - John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar

South Asia[edit]

Countries[edit]

Beneghal - Poul Anderson's "Progress," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Pankot - Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom 1984 film
Raspur - What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 Woody Allen film

Pacific[edit]

Islands[edit]

Enika Atoll (Marshall Islands) - Kevin J. Anderson's Ground Zero, an X Files novel
Sangar Island - Robert Sheckley's novel The Journey of Joenes
Skin Island - Jessica Khoury's novel Vitro'

Countries[edit]

  • Equatorial New Guinea - Aloha 2015 film
Macronesia - "Asassinanny" episode of Venture Bros.
Maurai Federation - Poul Anderson's "Progress," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time

Europe[edit]

Islands[edit]

Caspiar (located in the Caspian Sea) - homeland of comedian Andy Kaufman's character Foreign Man
Diavolino (Lake Trasimeno, Italy) - Horror novel Diavolino by Steve Emmett
Merodia (archipelago in Lagodo)- Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) 2002 Exercize

Countries[edit]

Astarkh Republic - David R. George III's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Allegiance in Exile
Bacteria - The Great Dictator 1940 Charlie Chaplin film
Balta - Evan Mandery's novel First Contact: Or, Its Later Than You Think. pp. 188, 214
Borduria - Hergé's Tintin and the Picaros
Borgravia - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Burgundy (real region but fictional independent country) - Brad Linaweaver's novella Moon of Ice
Castalia - Hermann Hesse's novel Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game
Common Europe - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
Common Europe - John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar
Duchy of Grand Fenwick - The Mouse that Roared 1959 film
Eurasia - George Orwell's novel 1984
Euro Universe - Code Geass anime universe
EuroFreezone - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 45
European Alliance - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
Eurore Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
Free State of Bohemia - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 124
Galway Republic - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
Gazira-ul-Ragul (renamed and Islamized Isle of Man) - Anthony Burgess' essay/dystopian novella 1985, p. 243
Greatbrit Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
Greater Soviet Union - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
High Republic of Heldon - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Holy Islamic Caliphate of Iraq - Dad From 2150 Can’t Get Enough Iraq War Documentaries parody in The Onion March 13, 2014
Jewish Free State (Balkans) - Stephen Fry's alternative history within a novel Making History
Kingdom of the Azores - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
Lagodo - Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) 2002 Exercize
Luvania - trick question in One.Tel. 2004 public opinion survey
Macedonion Free State - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Meccania - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Luniland - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Franconia - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Lugubria - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Northern Union (northern Europe) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
Padania (northern Italian peninsula) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
Pottsylvania - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000 film
Relinesia - MILEX 09 EU Exercise
Republic of Scotland - Ken MacLeod's novel The Night Sessions, p. 73
Rhodania - MILEX 09 EU Exercise
Russlavic Federation - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire, p. 594
Schlaraffia - myth described in John Waller's nonfiction The Dancing Plague, p. 31
Slaka - Malcolm Bradbury's sendup Why Come to Slaka?: The Official Guide to an Imaginary, Mysteriously Mobile Piece of Europe
States of Europe - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Waterberg State - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Earthworks
New Angola - Brian W. Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Australia-Zealand - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Soviet Complex - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
Sycambia - Randolph Robban's Si l'Allemagne avait vainu
Trobokistan - former Soviet satellite state in Totally Spies! television series
United Federation of Britain - Total Recall 2012 remake of the adequate 1990 film adaptation
United Free Europe - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Universal State - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
Wolack - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Worldstate - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
Zembla - Vladimir Nabakov's novel (or collection of cantos) Pale Fire
Zind - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Unnamed country where Esperanto is the national language - Idiot's Delight 1939 film

Middle East and Central Asia[edit]

Cities and Towns[edit]

Baleb (capital of Azaran) - Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's novel Andromeda Breakthrough
Wadi al-Uyoun - Abdelrahman Munif's novel Cities of Salt
Hirbet Hizah (fictional Palestinian village destroyed in the Naqba) - S. Yizhar's "The Story of Hirbet Hizah."

Countries[edit]

Azaran (Muslim Middle East oil state) - Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's novel Andromeda Breakthrough
Federation of Imamates - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse
TransArabian Caliphates - Lee Konstantinou's novel Pop Apocalypse
Hamiya - Amjad Nasser's novel Land of No Rain
Islamic Republic of Arabia - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 2
Israeli Republics - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers
Mooran - Abdelrahman Munif's novel The Trench
Tallstoria (ruled by Persia) - Thomas More's novel Utopia
Tebarou - Brian Aldiss' novel Super-State
Turaqistan - War, Inc. 2008 film
Ugigistan - War, Inc. 2008 film
Yisroel (Yiddish speaking) - Michael Chabon's essay "Guidebook to a Land of Ghosts" Harper's October 1997 and also an addendum to his novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Uncertain Regional Location[edit]

Cities[edit]

Marwencol - Marwencol 2010 film
Satirev - James Morrow's 1990 novel City of Truth
Urbania, Normland - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
Veritas - James Morrow's 1990 novel City of Truth
Descartes Borough
Kant Borough
Locke Borough
Nietzche Borough
Plato Borough
Spinoza Borough

Countries[edit]

Ambergris - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch
Stockton Commonwealth - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch, p.14
Crim Tartary - W.M. Thackeray's illustrated novel The Rose and the Ring
Paflagonia - W.M. Thackeray's illustrated novel The Rose and the Ring
Glubdubdrib - Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels
Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist utopian novel Herland
Gapnadesh - Gap Year Land opens near Tenby The Daily Mash, May 4, 2013
Glennbeckistan - Letter to the Editor from WV U.S. Senator Robert Byrd
Kalif's empire - Jeff Vandermeer's fantasy novel Finch, p. 14
Kazohinia - Sándor Szathmári's novel Kazohinia
Kirkesner - U.S. military medical training at Quantico, VA (source: Kyndra Miller Rotunda's memoir Honor Bound, pp. 14, 17, 21)
Land Where Econfakers Dwell - John F. Weeks's nonfiction Economics of the 1% p. 5
Linaria - Asuka Izumi’s manga The Lizard Prince
Normland - Richard Rottenburg's nonfiction book Far-Fetched Facts description from MIT Press
Outer Zone, a.k.a. OZ - Tin Man 2007 min-series
Renewistan - Stewart Brand's nonfiction Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist's Manifesto






__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

alien from arcturus epdf Star Traders 4X date, platforms courts of the morning epdf mark and the void shooting script read xebel series bozo robot official title snake refernces for zandia archie o'toole text from sandbox Wonderman dates, find 1st issue, Wonder Comics #9-20 ? observation lady closeup deathstroke movie title date scotland - get alt royal standard use ai upscale on tijada broad This Modern World dates zaire flag, congo arms all tenth man down bib info series, name of rebel movement iraq arms, other eagles of saladin for battlefield, what countries use / used, translator reddit for inscription serdar? maneuvering spelling viriconium bib bahari lion check image banks need plaited mane can assemble out of multiple if you find large enough source images peacock feathers agent of chaos bib quote page number welcome to night vale book murderbot series The Lost Embassy for want of a nail wiki, tropes page orange flag in mirror's edge venezuela flag in mercenaries opening cutscene in hd the dreamers book 18 days title bib the young world - what flag means, archive, bib

g 170, 192-195, main 43-54

--- Mighty Space Miners OAV (おいら宇宙の探鉱夫) 1994 sci-fi OVA

Atlantis Bialya Bogatago - Batman #424 (October, 1988) Corto Maltese Del Canto - JLA Classified #26 (October, 2006) Devil Skull Island Dhabar - in Robin 44 a Middle-Eastern country also known as Karroca or the Karrocan Emirate, neighboring Edalji Gamorra Island Hunpar Jamil Island Jarhanpur Kafoonistan Kahndaq Karrocan Emirate - aka Karroca, aka Dhabar, Kaznia Khadym Kooey Kooey Kooey Korao Lamumba Lancho Largo Logamba Markovia Mikishawm Modora

CHECKED Justice League Europe (1989-1993) _ DC Database _ Fandom

Rheelasia - Asian country in Young Justice, episode XXXX, a blatant stand-in for North Korea. (A united Rheelasia had appeared earlier in Black Canary & Oracle: Birds of Prey) _NOTHING North OR WEST/EAST? It was spelled Rhelasia in the Young Justice TV show, which split the country in two halves like Korea. North Rhelasia and South Rhelasia, although the nations have recently united, forming United Rhelasia.

NOT DONE

Numark Nurvania Olancho Oolong Island Oxnalia Paradise Island Parador - Police Comics #5 (December, 1941)

+ Eclipso etc


Quiana Qurac Ramistan Rangistan Raulo Rebolo Rembecco Rhapastan Rheelasia Robaria Samos San Miguel - neutral country in whose port a surface raider of an unnamed nation at war with the US is secretly resupplying in X-5, Secret Agent, Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940) Much later in New Titans #70 (October, 1990) country has terrible rep but is grudgingly doing a peace process and has just released iconic freedom fighter from jail. In deathstroke movie, dictatorhsip under xxxx, whom Deathstroke uncharacteristically leaves alive, and has featureless red flag.

incomplete

Santa Bertriza - neighbor of Del Canto in JLA Classified #26 (October, 2006)_NOTHING - REALLY? Santa Flora - Latin American country https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Sensation-Mystery-Comics/Issue-3?id=41043#28 Santa Prisca Sardona - republi Seljukana Slovekia - Eastern European monarchy on Earth-8, brutaly conquered by Lord Havok and the Extremists and converted into their stronghold (with the addition of "New" to the name)

https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Countdown-Presents-Lord-Havok-and-the-Extremists/Issue-5?id=88138#4 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Slovekia?so=search


Souciyan Island South OR WEST/EAST? Rheelasia - Asian country in Young Justice, episode XXXX, a blatant stand-in for South Korea. (A united Rheelasia had appeared earlier in Black Canary & Oracle: Birds of Prey) _NOTHING Sunken Island Tai-Yan Talon Tiger Empire Tranbelvia United States of AmeriKa United States of Lions United States of North America Uslustan Vendazia Verdania Vlatava - homeland of Count Vertigo. has flag in Suicide Squad Vol 1 #41 May, 1990 Volcania Voldania Voltania Wooloo Island Zambesi Zandia Zangaria Zarikan Zazarstan Zhutan Zorania

---

[Arabic _ English] The motto on the seal of the Emirate of Deryabar in the 1947 movie _Sinbad the Sailor._ According to the script, it reads _In the eighth month, the winds are willing_ - is that correct? "في قمر الثمين النائم ألفين" ؟؟؟ I am just guessing . does that mean anything or is it just gibberish? It's either a different language or just gibberish. The font is usually associated with farsi/urdu. Can be used for Arabic but very rare. thanks for the clearer image. Can't quite make it all out but what I can see the given translation is roughly accurate? It's more like "In moon the eighth the breeze accepts" But it may not be Arabic, rather something close enough that it's roughly understandable. That or a really bad translation into Arabic (They started with what they wanted it to say in English and translated it into Arabic)


https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/The-Inferior-Five/Issue-4?id=74673#6


Archie O'Toole was an American comic-strip written and drawn by Will Eisner, debuting as a two-page feature in Feature Funnies in July 1938, before moving to Smash Comics, another Quality anthology title, a year later.

History of 1930's platinum and golden age comics http://www.terryhoknes.com/comichistory1933.htm


The Steranko History of Comics https://archive.org/stream/historycomics11/History_comics_2_djvu.txt

By February 1941, Eisner had left the feature, which gradually transitioned to a one-page format. His successors (which included George Tuska) kept the pen name "Bud Thomas," but most of the continuity elements were discarded in favor of self-contained gag strips.

Premise[edit]

Archie O'Toole was a native of the island dictatorship of Pyromania, located three thousand miles off the Atlantic coast of the U.S. Employed as a itinerant artist, he was thrown in jail after painting a portrait of an old man with a beard (the mercurial dictator of Pyromania, Gil O. Teen, having banned beards.) Gil O. Teen then commanded Archie to paint his own portrait, but the artist tricked the dictator into falling off a balcony, an embarrassment which (under the laws of Pyromania) meant his deposition. In gratitude, O'Toole was declared the new king of Pyromania.

The strip's first year in Feature Funnies consisted of O'Toole fending off attempts by Gil O. Teen to depose him and retake power, followed by a trip to America to secure a loan to address Pyromania's perennial budget shortfall, where the king was greeted as a celebrity and made a lot of money endorsing products. He also acquired a romantic interest in the angelic Suzy Sweet, the stepdaughter of a New York mobster who had tried to waylay him on the way home. The stories consisted of two pages and had a certain amount of continuity, including attempts to introduce recurring characters such as a upper-class British bodyguard or an offensively stereotyped black "Finkelstein's monster," that however rarely saw more than a few appearances. The plots included encounters with mobsters, visits by foreign dignitaries, and encounters with the supernatural, such as the ghosts haunting the Pyromanian royal castle (who left in a huff after O'Toole tried to charge them rent.)

In August 1939, the comic was moved to Quality's new title, Smash Comics, and the storytelling became less ambitious; Suzy Sweet was dropped without explanation after the penultimate Feature Funnies issue, while Gill O. Teen only outlasted her by one more. The royal advisers became one-off characters, and the title was gradually scaled down to a single page, with less narrative content and more of a single-joke structure. Archie O'Toole' was nonetheless popular enough to run for another nine years, in nearly seventy consecutive issues; the art however departed considerably from Eisner's original style, and there were several instances of unsubtly recycled plots.

Character Description[edit]

Tall, gangly, and red-headed, O'Toole was kind, eccentric, and fond of bad novelty music, in particular a tune called "Flat Foot Floogie" ("with a floy floy ya de da yo de do").

Publication History[edit]

Title Appearances First Last Issues Notes
Feature Funnies 11 Jul 1938 May 1939 #10 - #20
Feature Comics 2 Jun 1939 Jul 1939 #21 - #22
Smash Comics 72 Aug 1939 Feb 1949 #1 - #41, #43 - 68, #70, #71, #78, #79, #81
All Humor Comics 1 (reprint only) Oct 1949 Oct 1949 #16

Category:Golden Age superheroes Category:1938 comics debuts Category:1949 comics endings Category:Characters created by Will Eisner Category:Comics characters introduced in 1940 Category:DC Comics characters Category:Quality Comics characters Category:Quality Comics superheroes Category:Quality Comics titles Category:Comics set in the United States |}

  1. ^ a b Gleisner, T., Cilauro, S. and Sitch, R. (2006) San Sombrèro Melbourne: Working Dog Productions
  2. ^ "Terrain". Arma 3. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ Stevens, Dana (29 November 2007). "Princess MasterCard". slate.com. Slate. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Arendelle Castle Celebration". lego.com. Lego. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g James Marson; Julian E. Barnes (11 September 2017). "After Multiple Invasions, the U.S. Army Is Getting Tired of Liberating Atropia". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b Ohler, Quinn (18 May 2017). "Thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members take part in massive training exercise". globalnews.ca. Global News. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ^ Biedenharn, Isabella. "Scandal season 5 premiere recap: Heavy is the Head". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Chernarus".
  9. ^ "Chernarus - Bohemia Interactive Community". community.bistudio.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  10. ^ Cecily (August 14, 2015). "Tangled World Named Revealed: Kingdom of Corona". khinsider.com. Kingdom Hearts Insider. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ a b "SeinfeldVision" – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ^ "The Restoration Game". Financial Times. 19 July 2010.
  14. ^ "The Restoration Game | BBC Focus Magazine". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  15. ^ "SFX | GamesRadar+".
  16. ^ "The Early Days of a Better Nation".
  17. ^ "Briefly Noted: It's All in the Game". 21 August 2010.
  18. ^ Al Mustaqeem, Syraat (2022-11-04). "What is 'Listenbourg'? The new EU country going viral". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  19. ^ Rosenblatt, Kalhan (2022-11-05). "Listenbourg is the hottest country on social media right now. The catch? It doesn't exist". NBC News. New York City. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  20. ^ "Save 10% on Arma 3 Contact on Steam". store.steampowered.com.
  21. ^ "Belarus at 'war' with imaginary country of Veyshnoria". BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Belarusian Twitter users are swearing allegiance to a fictional country invented for Moscow's 'Zapad 2017' war-games". Meduza. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  23. ^ Fink, Joseph; Cranor, Jeffrey (2020). The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-288900-3.
  24. ^ Siembieda, K.; Bellaire, C.; Therrien, S.; Ward, T. & Wujcik, E. (August 2005). Rifts Role-Playing Game, Ultimate Edition. Taylor, MI: Palladium Books. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-57457-150-9.
  25. ^ "Realm of Rubovia". A. & J. Roxburgh. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  26. ^ The Rev. W. Awdry; G Awdry (1987). The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. Kaye & Ward. p. 5. ISBN 0-434-92762-7.
  27. ^ Svendborg
  28. ^ a b "Belarus at 'war' with imaginary country of Veyshnoria". BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Belarusian Twitter users are swearing allegiance to a fictional country invented for Moscow's 'Zapad 2017' war-games". Meduza. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  30. ^ James Marson; Julian E. Barnes (11 September 2017). "After Multiple Invasions, the U.S. Army Is Getting Tired of Liberating Atropia". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  31. ^ Bershidsky, Leonid (15 September 2017). "The Zapad Military Exercise Reveals Putin's Fear". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  32. ^ "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  33. ^ "Check out a map of North America 15 years after the blackout". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  34. ^ Thomson, Ian (11 September 2015). "'Borderlines', by Michela Wrong". Financial Times.
  35. ^ "Borderlines by Michela Wrong review – a gripping debut thriller". TheGuardian.com. 22 August 2015.
  36. ^ Thomson, Ian (11 September 2015). "'Borderlines', by Michela Wrong". Financial Times.
  37. ^ "Borderlines by Michela Wrong review – a gripping debut thriller". TheGuardian.com. 22 August 2015.
  38. ^ Mr. Bones (2001) - IMDb
  39. ^ "U.S. Shocked Andorra Not in Africa". YouTube.
  40. ^ Cobb, James H. (1999). Seafighter. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-6149-0.
  41. ^ Matthieu Choquet, Léonie de Rudder (writers), Thomas Astruc (director). "Princess Fragrance". Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. TF1. 13 March 2016.
  42. ^ Kingsley Amis: The Alteration. 1976. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-01305-X.
  43. ^ James Elroy Flecker: King of Alsander. George Allen & Unwin. 1914.
  44. ^ "The shadow of a Titan, (1910)", American Libraries.
  45. ^ "Arsène Lupin Timeline by A.-F. Ruaud". Cool French Comics.
  46. ^ David Caute, Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic, Yale University Press, 2013, p. 163.
  47. ^ a b c d "The Restoration Game". Financial Times. 19 July 2010.
  48. ^ a b "The Restoration Game | BBC Focus Magazine". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  49. ^ a b c Russell, Bradley (1 January 1970). "GamesRadar". SFX. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  50. ^ a b Alex (19 March 2009). "The Early Days of a Better Nation". Blogspot. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  51. ^ Walker, Jesse (21 August 2010). "Briefly Noted: It's All in the Game". Reason.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  52. ^ Thomson, Ian (11 September 2015). "'Borderlines', by Michela Wrong". Financial Times.
  53. ^ "Borderlines by Michela Wrong review – a gripping debut thriller". TheGuardian.com. 22 August 2015.
  54. ^ Biedenharn, Isabella. "Scandal season 5 premiere recap: Heavy is the Head". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  55. ^ "The Prisoner of Swing". IMDb.
  56. ^ Mura: Acquasorgiva. 1939. (in Italian).
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Senix/sandbox&oldid=1227886079"