*'''Prajevitza''': a former socialist republic in [[Eastern Europe]], in the Spanish-French movie ''[[Krapatchouk]]'' (1993), directed by [[Enrique Gabriel]]
*'''Prajevitza''': a former socialist republic in [[Eastern Europe]], in the Spanish-French movie ''[[Krapatchouk]]'' (1993), directed by [[Enrique Gabriel]]
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*'''[[Qurac]]''': A fictional Persian Gulf country in the DC Comics Universe, often used when DC needs a terrorist state.
*'''Qamadan''': an oil-rich Arab kingdom and American ally from the ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' TV episode "The Brothers"
*'''[[Qumar]]''': Middle Eastern state from the television series ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''
Qum Qum: A tiny nation in Peru mention in ''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]''
*'''[[Qumran (fictional country)|Qumran]] (Kumrahn)''': Arab country in the BBC comedy series ''[[Yes Minister]]''
*'''[[Qwghlm]]''': a country off the northwestern coast of Britain in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s fictions ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' and ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]''
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List of fictional countries is a list of
fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, 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 inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet (see below).
Ajina: Mixture of the continent of "Asia" and the country of "China", this fictional country was published in the series of Rockman.EXE (US:
Mega Man Battle Network (video game) video game.
Ajir (or Azhir): a Middle East republic neighboring Karak in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Nitro"
Alaine: small European kingdom from the movie His Majesty, the American
Albenistan: Central Asian country in the d20 adventures Raid on Ashkashem, the Qalashar Device, and the Khorforhan Gambit written by Fraser Ronald and published by Sword's Edge Publishing
Ardistan: from the novel Ardistan and Dschinnistan by
Karl Friedrich May
Aslan: from
animeArea 88. Sometimes also transliterated Asran.
Atlantis: an island nation off the coast of Australia and Africa
Attilan: home to the
Inhumans, a race of superhumans from
Marvel Comics. The city-state, which tries to remain isolated from mainstream humanity, has been moved from the
North Sea to the
Himalayas and to the Moon, before returning to Earth in the raised continent of Atlantis and back to the Himalayas and the Moon once more.
Bahkan: a nation threatened by the Federated Peoples' Republic in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Fool's Gold"
Baki: homeland of Omio in
Madeleine L'Engle's writing, a small Pacific island nation once dominated by British
Balinderry: strategically-placed quasi-Irish nation that is crucial to a defence radar system, but has an IRA-type insurgency, in an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man
República de Banania: Stereotypical
Banana Republic ruled under the iron fist of General Eutanasio Rodriguez for 47 years on several works by
Les Luthiers
Bandrika (sometimes spelled Vandreka): Eastern European
Alpine country, the setting of the first part of the movie The Lady Vanishes. The language spoken in this country is an amalgamation of several European languages.
Bangalla: from The Phantom comic strip. The Phantom's base lies in the deep woods of this central African nation.
Bapetikosweti: The "homeland" state of the South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys (under the guise of his drag character, Evita Bezuidenhout) was ambassador to South Africa. It is a word-play on the former "Bantustan" state of Bophuthatswana (unrecognised as a sovereign state by any country other than South Africa). Bophuthatswana was re-incorporated into South Africa shortly after its first democratic election on
27 April1994, after which Uys discontinued using his parody state (claiming that Bapetikosweti too had been "re-incorporated" into South Africa).
Baracq: a Middle Eastern kingdom in the TV soap opera
Capitol.
Barclay Islands (the Barclays): British-dependent Caribbean archipelago off the Bahamas embroiled in conflict between Castro's Cuba and the drug trade in
Frederick Forsyth's novel The Deceiver.
Bialya: fictional country appearing in many comic books published by
DC Comics.
Birani: African nation featured in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. Located near Namibia and Angola. Has a Banana Forest at a place called Dumgase.
Birdwell Island: de facto independent island community in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series similar in geography and custom to an islands off of the east coast of the United States.
Boravia: a republic from TV program Danger Man In the episode "The Lovers", John Drake receives a call from an old enemy who is now in charge of security for the President of Boravia.
Cascara: a tiny Caribbean island in the movie Water
Caspak: a huge island country located in the South seas somewhere between South America and Australia from
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot and its sequels
Cayuna: an imaginary Caribbean island modelled on Jamaica in the novels of
John Hearne
Celama, Kingdom of: mythical land where inhabitants fight for survival as a challenge to their dignity in novels El reino de Celama by
Luis Mateo Díez
Chiroubistan: a Balkan/Islamic country perpetually at war, in the French comic strip "Henriette"
Concordia: a small country only a few miles across somewhere in Europe, setting for the play Romanoff and Juliet by
Peter Ustinov and the movie of the same title.
Confederated Gulf States: Persian Gulf Monarchy run by Sheik Rasul in an episode of Spooks
Coronado: unstable South American state in a movie of the same name, presumably named after
Francisco Coronado
Coronia: a kingdom from the movie King, Queen and Joker
Cortuguay: Latin American country beset by revolutions in the film and
Harold Robbins novel the Adventurers
Crab Island: poor Caribbean island shaped like a
crab, under the domination of Crocodile Island, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
Crocodile Island: Caribbean island shaped like a
crocodile, with a dictatorial government which seems to be heavily influenced by
Tahiti, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
Defastena: The idyllic sister-state of The Defastenkunstrepublik.
Defastenkunstrepublik: Oldest of the three states composing the Defastenist Empire. Was the subject for a series of paintings by the
Defastenist artist
Gary Farrelly produced between 2003 and 2007.
East European Republic: an anti-American power from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Submarine". Possibly the same as the East European Peoples Republic (EEPR) from "The Party" and the European People's Republic from "Invasion".
East Yemen: located somewhere in the
Middle East, from the sitcom Yes, Prime Minister. Formally known as The People's Democratic Republic of East Yemen, it was a
Soviet backed Communist dictatorship which often raided its neighbour, West Yemen.
Ecotopia: an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by
Ernest Callenbach. See also
Cascadia, a secessionist idea based in part on Callenbach's Ecotopia.
Ecuarico: homeland of an exiled dictator in an episode of Gilligan's Island
Evallonia: Central European country in the novels of
John Buchan
Evarchia: Eastern European country from
Brigid Brophy's Palace Without Chairs
F
Far Eastern Republic: a nation from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Commandante".
Fato: Brefly mentioned in Ace Combat 5.
Far Far Away: the name of the kingdom in Shrek 2 and Shrek 3
Fawzia: Middle Eastern kingdom in the movie John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
Federated Peoples' Republic: a nation hostile toward the Kingdom of Bahkan in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Fool's Gold". Possibly the same as the Federated People's Republic: from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Time Bomb".
Feudalia: Little exploited bureaucratic country ruled by Field Marshall Manuel Anzábalon several works bu
Les Luthiers
Giwak: a wealthy Middle Eastern country from which the prince comes to England for schooling in the movie Bottoms Up!
Glenraven: a tiny country in the Alps, no bigger than
Liechtenstein, squeezed into the border between France and Italy in Glenraven series by
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Glubbdubdrib: an island governed by a tribe of magicians. About one third the size of the Isle of Wight. From the book Gulliver's Travels by
Jonathan Swift.
Gnarnia:From the movie
Epic Movie, spoof of C.S. Lewis's Narnia.
Great Britnia: Formed by hordes of Robo-Britneys after they took over Afghanistan in
Justice Squad
Greater Bezerkistan: Asian nation ruled by a 'President for life' dictator in the comic-strip
Doonesbury. The regime has indulged in Nazi-esque crimes against humanity.
Groland: French television channel Canal+ "presipality"
Guadec: African country in an episode of Spooks. Led by reformist President Manu Baffong.
Guamania: from the French-Canadian series Dans une Galaxie près de chez vous
Hermajistan: A fictional nation used to replace Afghanistan in the anime version of
Full Metal Panic. The change was made after the
September 11, 2001 attacks, as the protagonist was originally raised in Afghanistan. A later part of the story involves an operation in Hermajistan.
Huella Islands: islands off the coast of Cayenne, mentioned in the
Hardy Boys books. They are ruled by dictator Juan Posada and their "spy chief" is named Bedoya. The adjective is Huellan.
Hyrule: the kingdom where most of the games in the
Legend of Zelda series of games are set.
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Ifuvania: Eastern European country used as an experiment, featured in The Far Side cartoon books
Illyria: Eastern European country in the play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) by
Jean-Paul Sartre. Illyira is also a name given by the ancient Romans to a region between the Adriatic sea and the Danube river.
Inagua: a Caribbean island nation in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. Hostile to both the United States and the Soviet Union, its dictator tries to orchestrate a
third world war between the two superpowers.
Irania: small European kingdom from the movie Trouble for Two
Iraqistan: Middle-Eastern country seen on the introduction to
Have I Got News For You?, as a combination of Iraq and Afghanistan, which are notable as two countries that America has attacked in the War on Terror. Exists alongside "
SaudiIrania" and
Afghaliban
Iriadeska: South Eastern Asian country in the short story Iriadeska's Martians by
Frederik Pohl
Kalya: West African country in the novel The Zinzin Road by
Fletcher Knebel. Capital city: Ft. Paul.
Kamanga: Southern African country in the novel Tenth Man Down by
Chris Ryan. Capital City: Mulongwe. Kamanga is poverty-stricken, war-torn and has an
AIDS epidemic.
Kambezi: African country occurring in several MacGyver episodes, e.g. "Black Rhino"
Kamburu: totalitarian desert nation secretly ruled by a fugitive alien, based on Iraq or Libya, in the comic book mini-series JLA: Destiny
Kaziland: tiny island nation home to Dr. Kamikazi, the villain of the Robotboy series
Katanga: African country, neighboring Sierra Leone, in
Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War; note that
Katanga is a real province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenyopia: belligerent African nation in Totally Spies! TV series attempting to conquer its fictitious neighbor Lyrobia (see below)
Khembalung: Buddhist Himalayan country whose population moves to an island, in the Science in the Capital series by
Kim Stanley Robinson
Khemed: Arabic monarchy from the world of comic book hero
Tintin
Khios, Kingdom of: An island Muslim kingdom in the real
Sea of Mamara (flag has a white crescent and star on a red square filling 3/4 of the flag, the remainder is a white rectangle) where sinister agency H.A.R.M. aimed to fake a Soviet invasion in 1968 to provoke a nuclear war between the
Soviet Union and NATO which had guaranteed the kingdom's sovereignty. Features in the computer game
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way. Not to be confused with the real
Chios which is in the
Aegean Sea.
Lani Lani: unknown location in Disney's Cory in The House
Lampidorra: A tiny Principality in Western Europe near France, Italy, and Switzerland from the movie "Penny Princess"(1952). It's so small, it makes Switzerland look the size of Mongolia.
Lanconia: Eastern European country referenced in
Jude Deveraux's romance novels
Logosia: African country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Crane"
Lombuanda: a small African country on the Gulf of Guinea in the Mission: Impossible episode "The Diamond"
Loompaland: a "terrible" country from
Roald Dahl's
1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is inhabited by dwarves called
Oompa Loompas and is full of extremely dangerous creatures called Snozzwangers, Hornswogglers, Verminous Knids, and wicked Whangdoodles.
Lovitzna: a state lying to the north of Maltovia, hereditary enemies of that country, from Biggles goes to War by
Captain W.E. Johns.
Low countries: from
Simon Green's Beyond the Blue Moon. Capital city: Haven.
Lower Slobbovia: ice-covered wasteland from the comic strip Li'l Abner
Lukano: a small independent country facing the Mediterranean Sea from Time Crisis 3 video game. It neighbors Astigos, a small, peaceful island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Lutha: a small Balkan kingdom from the novel The Mad King by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Luxenstein: a European country in the German movie Princess Undercover (Eine Prinzessin zum Verlieben)
Lyrobia: African nation in Totally Spies! containing desert and rain forest environments, with an Arabic-inspired culture
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Macaria: utopian country from A Description of the Famous Kingdom of Macaria by
Samuel Hartlib
Malaguay: Country that "El" was from on the 1970's sitcom "Soap" on ABC.
Malbonia: fictional country whose flag is used by the protagonists of This Can't Be Happening! by
Gordon Korman
Madripoor: tiny independent island in the
Marvel Comics, governed by bandits and located near
Singapore
Maguadora: tiny Central American country in the movie Whoops Apocalypse
Maltovia: a principality lying slightly to the north-east of the Black Sea, but still in Europe, from Biggles goes to War by
Captain W.E. Johns.
Maluda: South-east Asian nation ruled by a dictator who overthrew the monarchy in
The Unit episode "The Broom Cupboard. It also suffered an earthquake.
Managua: a Central American republic in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. During the eighties, it is controlled by a military regime uneasily supported by the United States. During the nineties, it is threatened by a drug cartel which intends to overthrow the government and replace it with a puppet. Eventually, both the cartel and the regime are thwarted, and the nation presumably begins a transition towards democracy.
Mandalia: a kingdom in Asia, located "somewhere between
India,
China and the
Soviet Union", from the 1986 German TV series Kir Royal
Mandavia: a kingdom in the movie Speed King
Mangelo Empire: a fictional empire that is surrounded by the smaller nations of Annastan, Saabierge, and Bhasaespana.
Mantegua: a Central American republic in
Buck Danny. It is split by a civil war opposing the government of General Guttierez with the rebellion led by General Diaz.
Mesa de Oro: unstable Latin American island in the Three Young Investigators series. (The name means "golden table" in
Spanish.)
Miranda / The Mirandan Republic: South American nation from
Luis Buñuel's film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, from which the character Don Rafael is an ambassador to
France. It is referred to by several characters as an unpleasant place with a strict military, oppressive leadership, and high murder rate.
Modova: independent Central European nation in
DC Comics, ruled by the supervillain
Sonar.
Mypos: island nation around the Greek isles, home of Balki from Perfect Strangers
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Isle of Naboombu: kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Nagonia: African country in
Yulian Semyonov's
spy novelTASS is authorized to announce... (ТАСС уполномочен заявить...), and in the Soviet movie of the same title
Nambabwe: a parody of Namibia (formerly South West Africa) during the time of its UN-supervised independence from South Africa. A spoof of the transition by the UN peace-keeping forces was the subject of a comedy film by Leon Schuster, Oh Shucks...Here Comes UNTAG.
North Elbonia: A Communist neighbour of
Elbonia (see above); loosely based on
North Korea.
North Sarrawak: a dictatorship on the coast of
Borneo in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. Its leader, General Shim, allows the American
Mafia to grow opium on the island in exchange for their financial support.
Nouvelle Atlantide or New Atlantis: a huge, rich, powerful, and very far from peaceful nation in
Anatole France's Penguin Island. Similar to the
USA
Palmolive: A European Country found to the west of England with Capital City as Rai and having main towns: Caro, Algatia, Esha, Safaira, Nova, Phoenix, Ducray and Rosa. A country found in the game
Sim City 4.
Peaceland: European country featured in the anime Nadesico, which was once a theme park, but formed its own nation. It is neutral in all conflicts, on earth and beyond, has no taxes, and has a great banking system similar to that of
Switzerland.
Ruri Hoshino aka "Ruri Ruri", a famous character of the series, is originally a princess from there.
Phaic Tăn: South East Asian country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same authors as
Molvanîa and
San Sombrèro.
Pharamaul: a British island protectorate five hundred miles off the southwest coast of Africa from the novel The Tribe That Lost Its Head by
Nicholas Monsarrat.
Pfennig Halbpfennig: presumably German/Eastern European Grand Duchy and setting for the operetta The Grand Duke, by
Gilbert and Sullivan. Notable for an unusual law regarding "Statutory Duels", in which duelists compete by drawing playing cards - the loser then dies and becomes a "legal ghost".
Pianostan: a country once visited by Inspector Gadget where its people remain happy so long as their King remains miserable
Plunder Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
Poictesme: a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of
James Branch Cabell
Pokoponesia: island nation from the animated version of The Tick
Poldévie: Eastern European country in a famous petition in the 1930s and in many novels by
Jacques Roubaud.
Pomerania: a nation in the film Anchors Aweigh. It has a navy which accepts non-Pomeranians. Not to be confused with the real
Pomerania, formerly a region in
Poland and
Germany.
Pontevedro: a poverty-stricken Grand Duchy situated deep in the Balkans from the comedy play L'Attache d'ambassade by
Henri Meilhac and the subsequent operetta and movie The Merry Widow. Pontevedro is a veiled reference to the Balkan country of Montenegro.
Raspur: defined as "a nonexistent but real-sounding country" in
What's Up, Tiger Lily? the grand Marjat says "we're next when theres a spot on the map. I hope it's someplace in the maditerranean".
Razkavia: Germanic country in
Philip Pullman's The Tin Princess
Sahelise Republic: African country mentioned in The West Wing
Sahrani: Atlantic island divided into the northern communist Democratic Republic of Sahrani and the oil-rich democratic monarchy of the Kingdom of South Sahrani in the video game Armed Assault
San Cordova: a democracy in Latin America from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Elixir"
San Cristobal: a Latin American democracy in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Code"
San Cristobel: tropical island country in The Guiding Light TV series, also the name for a separate fictional nation in the TV series Automan
San Do Mar: Central American nation, a haven for criminals, in several novels by
Harry Stephen Keeler; it is the setting for "The Gallows Waits, My Lord."
San Esperito: South American island nation from the video game Just Cause. Translated in English means "St. espionage".
San Glucos: from The Simpsons episode "Sweets and Sour Marge"
San Gordio: a kingdom in the movie The Cowboy Prince
Santa Costa: Caribbean island dictatorship from the pilot episode of Mission: Impossible. Appears to lie about half-way between Cuba and the Venezuelan coast on a map seen – briefly – at the start of the episode.
Santa Banana: Central American country in the movie Elvis Gratton
Santa Cristal: Central American country in the movie Santa Cristal
Santa Prisca: Latin American country in
DC Comics, home to
Batman's enemy
Bane
Santales: a small Latin American democracy, from the Mission: Impossible episode "Trek"
Sapogonia: imaginary country, located somewhere to the south of Mexico, where all
mestizos come from, in the novel Sapogonia by Ana Castillo
Serena Republic: a small country mentioned in the Metal Gear Acid 2 video game
Shadaloo: Southeast Asian state in the
1994 film Street Fighter, based on the
Capcom computer game (in which the same word was used to describe various other things, including a criminal organisation). In the television series Street Fighter II V, a similar name,
Shadowlaw, referred to a master organization controlled by Bison which several lesser
syndicates operated under.
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: the "last existing appanage republic of the USSR", a fake country created by
monochrom for theatre performances and computer games
Slabovia a.k.a. United Slabovian Empire: a land-locked country with a frustrated navy. It is referred to in The May Day Impromptu and several other works by Canadian playwright Patrick Goddard (an award winning English playwright working out of Montreal, Quebec).
The People's Republic of Slaka: a Balkan communist country in
Malcolm Bradbury's Rates of Exchange and its sequel Why Come to Slaka?
Slavatania: an imaginary country from the TV series Hope & Faith made up by Faith in the episode "Natal Attraction" when she tells her gynaecologist that her father is the prince of the country
Slavosk: a country in Eastern Europe from the TV series Danger Man. Drake must travel to Slavosk to rescue the supposed sister of a famous professor from this country.
Slorenia: a small
Baltic nation in
Marvel Comics, its entire population was wiped out.
Sotho: a kingdom in Africa mentioned in a 1997 episode of the German TV series Küstenwache (note: the name and the royalist form of government seem to refer to the real existing Kingdom of
Lesotho - however, in the episode, the King of Sotho comes to Germany to order ships for his coastguard, which would not make any sense for the real Lesotho, since the country is
landlocked).
Spydravania: a small island nation or enclave as it has been shown geographically located of the coast of Somalia and located on the border between Sudan, Central African Republic and Chad. It is home to Spydra, the
villainess of the Gadgetboy series. The country's full name is the Queendom of Spydravania.
Sunda: in
Eric Ambler's
State of Siege[2], is similar to
Indonesia but much smaller, confined to a single island. (In reality there is a
Sunda Strait and many islands known collectively as the
Sunda Islands, but no specific one island with the name.)
Suroq: Middle Eastern country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Terror"
Svardia: a tiny European republic from the Mission: Impossible episode "The Train"
Taka-Tuka-Land:
Astrid Lindgren's book about
Pippi Longstocking mentions a travel to this country in the third book of the series. Pippi's father was a king there in the South Sea.
Tibecuador:
Central American country in The Fairly Oddparents. A poor, rainforest-covered country made up by the protagonist, then wished into existence to cover up the lie.
Tierra Verde: small island near Central American in
Marvel Comics, home to mutant
La Bandera.
Tijata: Central American dictatorship from the movie The In-Laws
Tirania (also Republic of Tirania): country governed by dictator Bruteztrausen; Spanish secret agents
Mortadelo and Filemón helped depose Bruteztrausen and president Rompetechen was then elected.
Toga Toga Islands: South Pacific island nation featured on The A-Team
Tontecarlo: a gambler's paradise in
Superlópez comic-books until Superlópez's tourism visit. Clearly based on
Montecarlo; "Tonte" refers to Spanish word tonto (=fool).
Transvalia: not actually a state in its own right, but rather a parody of the so-called "Boerestaat" named
Orania (which was to be a whites-only "homeland" that right-wing Afrikaners wished to establish after South Africa's transition to democracy on
27 April1994). Leon Schuster made a comedy film called "Sweet and Short", which was a parody of life in the New South Africa. Interestingly enough, 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.
Treedonia, Free Independent Republic of: An independent "nation" in
Out of Jimmy's Head. Jimmy declared it
independent after he lost the Student Body Presidential Election after Robin threatened to cut down all trees. Although it
was actually Golly, Tux, Croco who made Jimmy create this state, he became into leaving and reentering when Golly and Dolly
were fighting over Jimmy's body. The flag Jimmy held while in Treedonia was blue with a tree on it.
Trent, Grand-Duchy of: European Grand-Duchy from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Choice"
Tribia: a country created by Bob Griffin on the site www.tribianet.com
Trobokistan: former Soviet satellite nation in Totally Spies! TV series
Valaria: a kingdom in the movie The Colonel of the Red Hussars
Valeria: Spanish speaking democracy from Mission: Impossible episode "Wheels"
Valeska: a tropical country from the
Three Stooges short Saved by the Belle
Vambria: an Arctic communist dictatorship on the 1990s
Disney animated TV series Tale Spin
Vandreka: see Bandrika
Vanutu: a tiny South Pacific nation comprised of four atolls from the novel State of Fear by
Michael Crichton; not to be confused with the real Republic of
Vanuatu
Vespugia: South American nation located in
Patagonia, site of ancient step pyramids and a history of some Welsh settlement; in books by
Madeleine L'Engle. In an
alternate timeline it was ruled by a dictator who threatened nuclear warfare.
Veyska: Baltic state suffering dictatorial rule in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Astrologer"
Vien-tan: Southeast Asian nation in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny, where it stands in for Vietnam.
Volsinia: the country with unknown location in Dr Trifulgas: A Fantastic Tale by
Jules Verne
Wallarya: a small country in the Balkans in the movie His Royal Highness
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
West Yemen: a fictitious and presumably democratic country in the
Middle East which bordered East Yemen. From an episode in the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.
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Xanth: a country occupying a land shaped roughly like Florida, home of the magical population of Piers Anthony's book series.
Yakastonia: 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.
Yatakang: archipelagic Australasian "guided socialist democracy" from
John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar. Apparently roughly in the region of, and analogous to,
Indonesia.
Yurp: a poor country depicted in I Am Weasel animated TV series (
pun on "Europe")
Yurugli: Eastern European country in the movie Our Lips Are Sealed. Name is a play on of 'you're ugly.' Home of the notorious Hachew (sneezing noise) crime family
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Zagorias Federation: Mediterranean country, featured in Time Crisis 3 video game, which invades Astigos, a small island, a territory of the neighbouring nation of Lukano
Zakkestan: Ex-part of the USSR in the Dutch [Agent 327] comic series.
Zambezi: African monarchy from the movie King Ralph
Zanzibar Land: A country bordering the Middle East and, for a time, the only country to possess nuclear weapons in the Metal Gear series of video games
*'''Prajevitza''': a former socialist republic in [[Eastern Europe]], in the Spanish-French movie ''[[Krapatchouk]]'' (1993), directed by [[Enrique Gabriel]]
*'''Prajevitza''': a former socialist republic in [[Eastern Europe]], in the Spanish-French movie ''[[Krapatchouk]]'' (1993), directed by [[Enrique Gabriel]]
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*'''[[Qurac]]''': A fictional Persian Gulf country in the DC Comics Universe, often used when DC needs a terrorist state.
*'''Qamadan''': an oil-rich Arab kingdom and American ally from the ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' TV episode "The Brothers"
*'''[[Qumar]]''': Middle Eastern state from the television series ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''
Qum Qum: A tiny nation in Peru mention in ''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]''
*'''[[Qumran (fictional country)|Qumran]] (Kumrahn)''': Arab country in the BBC comedy series ''[[Yes Minister]]''
*'''[[Qwghlm]]''': a country off the northwestern coast of Britain in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s fictions ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' and ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]''
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Revision as of 19:31, 25 May 2008
List of fictional countries is a list of
fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, 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 inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet (see below).
Ajina: Mixture of the continent of "Asia" and the country of "China", this fictional country was published in the series of Rockman.EXE (US:
Mega Man Battle Network (video game) video game.
Ajir (or Azhir): a Middle East republic neighboring Karak in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Nitro"
Alaine: small European kingdom from the movie His Majesty, the American
Albenistan: Central Asian country in the d20 adventures Raid on Ashkashem, the Qalashar Device, and the Khorforhan Gambit written by Fraser Ronald and published by Sword's Edge Publishing
Ardistan: from the novel Ardistan and Dschinnistan by
Karl Friedrich May
Aslan: from
animeArea 88. Sometimes also transliterated Asran.
Atlantis: an island nation off the coast of Australia and Africa
Attilan: home to the
Inhumans, a race of superhumans from
Marvel Comics. The city-state, which tries to remain isolated from mainstream humanity, has been moved from the
North Sea to the
Himalayas and to the Moon, before returning to Earth in the raised continent of Atlantis and back to the Himalayas and the Moon once more.
Bahkan: a nation threatened by the Federated Peoples' Republic in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Fool's Gold"
Baki: homeland of Omio in
Madeleine L'Engle's writing, a small Pacific island nation once dominated by British
Balinderry: strategically-placed quasi-Irish nation that is crucial to a defence radar system, but has an IRA-type insurgency, in an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man
República de Banania: Stereotypical
Banana Republic ruled under the iron fist of General Eutanasio Rodriguez for 47 years on several works by
Les Luthiers
Bandrika (sometimes spelled Vandreka): Eastern European
Alpine country, the setting of the first part of the movie The Lady Vanishes. The language spoken in this country is an amalgamation of several European languages.
Bangalla: from The Phantom comic strip. The Phantom's base lies in the deep woods of this central African nation.
Bapetikosweti: The "homeland" state of the South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys (under the guise of his drag character, Evita Bezuidenhout) was ambassador to South Africa. It is a word-play on the former "Bantustan" state of Bophuthatswana (unrecognised as a sovereign state by any country other than South Africa). Bophuthatswana was re-incorporated into South Africa shortly after its first democratic election on
27 April1994, after which Uys discontinued using his parody state (claiming that Bapetikosweti too had been "re-incorporated" into South Africa).
Baracq: a Middle Eastern kingdom in the TV soap opera
Capitol.
Barclay Islands (the Barclays): British-dependent Caribbean archipelago off the Bahamas embroiled in conflict between Castro's Cuba and the drug trade in
Frederick Forsyth's novel The Deceiver.
Bialya: fictional country appearing in many comic books published by
DC Comics.
Birani: African nation featured in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. Located near Namibia and Angola. Has a Banana Forest at a place called Dumgase.
Birdwell Island: de facto independent island community in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series similar in geography and custom to an islands off of the east coast of the United States.
Boravia: a republic from TV program Danger Man In the episode "The Lovers", John Drake receives a call from an old enemy who is now in charge of security for the President of Boravia.
Cascara: a tiny Caribbean island in the movie Water
Caspak: a huge island country located in the South seas somewhere between South America and Australia from
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot and its sequels
Cayuna: an imaginary Caribbean island modelled on Jamaica in the novels of
John Hearne
Celama, Kingdom of: mythical land where inhabitants fight for survival as a challenge to their dignity in novels El reino de Celama by
Luis Mateo Díez
Chiroubistan: a Balkan/Islamic country perpetually at war, in the French comic strip "Henriette"
Concordia: a small country only a few miles across somewhere in Europe, setting for the play Romanoff and Juliet by
Peter Ustinov and the movie of the same title.
Confederated Gulf States: Persian Gulf Monarchy run by Sheik Rasul in an episode of Spooks
Coronado: unstable South American state in a movie of the same name, presumably named after
Francisco Coronado
Coronia: a kingdom from the movie King, Queen and Joker
Cortuguay: Latin American country beset by revolutions in the film and
Harold Robbins novel the Adventurers
Crab Island: poor Caribbean island shaped like a
crab, under the domination of Crocodile Island, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
Crocodile Island: Caribbean island shaped like a
crocodile, with a dictatorial government which seems to be heavily influenced by
Tahiti, in the Patrouille des Castors comics
Defastena: The idyllic sister-state of The Defastenkunstrepublik.
Defastenkunstrepublik: Oldest of the three states composing the Defastenist Empire. Was the subject for a series of paintings by the
Defastenist artist
Gary Farrelly produced between 2003 and 2007.
East European Republic: an anti-American power from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Submarine". Possibly the same as the East European Peoples Republic (EEPR) from "The Party" and the European People's Republic from "Invasion".
East Yemen: located somewhere in the
Middle East, from the sitcom Yes, Prime Minister. Formally known as The People's Democratic Republic of East Yemen, it was a
Soviet backed Communist dictatorship which often raided its neighbour, West Yemen.
Ecotopia: an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by
Ernest Callenbach. See also
Cascadia, a secessionist idea based in part on Callenbach's Ecotopia.
Ecuarico: homeland of an exiled dictator in an episode of Gilligan's Island
Evallonia: Central European country in the novels of
John Buchan
Evarchia: Eastern European country from
Brigid Brophy's Palace Without Chairs
F
Far Eastern Republic: a nation from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Commandante".
Fato: Brefly mentioned in Ace Combat 5.
Far Far Away: the name of the kingdom in Shrek 2 and Shrek 3
Fawzia: Middle Eastern kingdom in the movie John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
Federated Peoples' Republic: a nation hostile toward the Kingdom of Bahkan in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Fool's Gold". Possibly the same as the Federated People's Republic: from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Time Bomb".
Feudalia: Little exploited bureaucratic country ruled by Field Marshall Manuel Anzábalon several works bu
Les Luthiers
Giwak: a wealthy Middle Eastern country from which the prince comes to England for schooling in the movie Bottoms Up!
Glenraven: a tiny country in the Alps, no bigger than
Liechtenstein, squeezed into the border between France and Italy in Glenraven series by
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Glubbdubdrib: an island governed by a tribe of magicians. About one third the size of the Isle of Wight. From the book Gulliver's Travels by
Jonathan Swift.
Gnarnia:From the movie
Epic Movie, spoof of C.S. Lewis's Narnia.
Great Britnia: Formed by hordes of Robo-Britneys after they took over Afghanistan in
Justice Squad
Greater Bezerkistan: Asian nation ruled by a 'President for life' dictator in the comic-strip
Doonesbury. The regime has indulged in Nazi-esque crimes against humanity.
Groland: French television channel Canal+ "presipality"
Guadec: African country in an episode of Spooks. Led by reformist President Manu Baffong.
Guamania: from the French-Canadian series Dans une Galaxie près de chez vous
Hermajistan: A fictional nation used to replace Afghanistan in the anime version of
Full Metal Panic. The change was made after the
September 11, 2001 attacks, as the protagonist was originally raised in Afghanistan. A later part of the story involves an operation in Hermajistan.
Huella Islands: islands off the coast of Cayenne, mentioned in the
Hardy Boys books. They are ruled by dictator Juan Posada and their "spy chief" is named Bedoya. The adjective is Huellan.
Hyrule: the kingdom where most of the games in the
Legend of Zelda series of games are set.
I
Ifuvania: Eastern European country used as an experiment, featured in The Far Side cartoon books
Illyria: Eastern European country in the play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) by
Jean-Paul Sartre. Illyira is also a name given by the ancient Romans to a region between the Adriatic sea and the Danube river.
Inagua: a Caribbean island nation in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. Hostile to both the United States and the Soviet Union, its dictator tries to orchestrate a
third world war between the two superpowers.
Irania: small European kingdom from the movie Trouble for Two
Iraqistan: Middle-Eastern country seen on the introduction to
Have I Got News For You?, as a combination of Iraq and Afghanistan, which are notable as two countries that America has attacked in the War on Terror. Exists alongside "
SaudiIrania" and
Afghaliban
Iriadeska: South Eastern Asian country in the short story Iriadeska's Martians by
Frederik Pohl
Kalya: West African country in the novel The Zinzin Road by
Fletcher Knebel. Capital city: Ft. Paul.
Kamanga: Southern African country in the novel Tenth Man Down by
Chris Ryan. Capital City: Mulongwe. Kamanga is poverty-stricken, war-torn and has an
AIDS epidemic.
Kambezi: African country occurring in several MacGyver episodes, e.g. "Black Rhino"
Kamburu: totalitarian desert nation secretly ruled by a fugitive alien, based on Iraq or Libya, in the comic book mini-series JLA: Destiny
Kaziland: tiny island nation home to Dr. Kamikazi, the villain of the Robotboy series
Katanga: African country, neighboring Sierra Leone, in
Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War; note that
Katanga is a real province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenyopia: belligerent African nation in Totally Spies! TV series attempting to conquer its fictitious neighbor Lyrobia (see below)
Khembalung: Buddhist Himalayan country whose population moves to an island, in the Science in the Capital series by
Kim Stanley Robinson
Khemed: Arabic monarchy from the world of comic book hero
Tintin
Khios, Kingdom of: An island Muslim kingdom in the real
Sea of Mamara (flag has a white crescent and star on a red square filling 3/4 of the flag, the remainder is a white rectangle) where sinister agency H.A.R.M. aimed to fake a Soviet invasion in 1968 to provoke a nuclear war between the
Soviet Union and NATO which had guaranteed the kingdom's sovereignty. Features in the computer game
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way. Not to be confused with the real
Chios which is in the
Aegean Sea.
Lani Lani: unknown location in Disney's Cory in The House
Lampidorra: A tiny Principality in Western Europe near France, Italy, and Switzerland from the movie "Penny Princess"(1952). It's so small, it makes Switzerland look the size of Mongolia.
Lanconia: Eastern European country referenced in
Jude Deveraux's romance novels
Logosia: African country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Crane"
Lombuanda: a small African country on the Gulf of Guinea in the Mission: Impossible episode "The Diamond"
Loompaland: a "terrible" country from
Roald Dahl's
1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is inhabited by dwarves called
Oompa Loompas and is full of extremely dangerous creatures called Snozzwangers, Hornswogglers, Verminous Knids, and wicked Whangdoodles.
Lovitzna: a state lying to the north of Maltovia, hereditary enemies of that country, from Biggles goes to War by
Captain W.E. Johns.
Low countries: from
Simon Green's Beyond the Blue Moon. Capital city: Haven.
Lower Slobbovia: ice-covered wasteland from the comic strip Li'l Abner
Lukano: a small independent country facing the Mediterranean Sea from Time Crisis 3 video game. It neighbors Astigos, a small, peaceful island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Lutha: a small Balkan kingdom from the novel The Mad King by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Luxenstein: a European country in the German movie Princess Undercover (Eine Prinzessin zum Verlieben)
Lyrobia: African nation in Totally Spies! containing desert and rain forest environments, with an Arabic-inspired culture
M
Macaria: utopian country from A Description of the Famous Kingdom of Macaria by
Samuel Hartlib
Malaguay: Country that "El" was from on the 1970's sitcom "Soap" on ABC.
Malbonia: fictional country whose flag is used by the protagonists of This Can't Be Happening! by
Gordon Korman
Madripoor: tiny independent island in the
Marvel Comics, governed by bandits and located near
Singapore
Maguadora: tiny Central American country in the movie Whoops Apocalypse
Maltovia: a principality lying slightly to the north-east of the Black Sea, but still in Europe, from Biggles goes to War by
Captain W.E. Johns.
Maluda: South-east Asian nation ruled by a dictator who overthrew the monarchy in
The Unit episode "The Broom Cupboard. It also suffered an earthquake.
Managua: a Central American republic in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. During the eighties, it is controlled by a military regime uneasily supported by the United States. During the nineties, it is threatened by a drug cartel which intends to overthrow the government and replace it with a puppet. Eventually, both the cartel and the regime are thwarted, and the nation presumably begins a transition towards democracy.
Mandalia: a kingdom in Asia, located "somewhere between
India,
China and the
Soviet Union", from the 1986 German TV series Kir Royal
Mandavia: a kingdom in the movie Speed King
Mangelo Empire: a fictional empire that is surrounded by the smaller nations of Annastan, Saabierge, and Bhasaespana.
Mantegua: a Central American republic in
Buck Danny. It is split by a civil war opposing the government of General Guttierez with the rebellion led by General Diaz.
Mesa de Oro: unstable Latin American island in the Three Young Investigators series. (The name means "golden table" in
Spanish.)
Miranda / The Mirandan Republic: South American nation from
Luis Buñuel's film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, from which the character Don Rafael is an ambassador to
France. It is referred to by several characters as an unpleasant place with a strict military, oppressive leadership, and high murder rate.
Modova: independent Central European nation in
DC Comics, ruled by the supervillain
Sonar.
Mypos: island nation around the Greek isles, home of Balki from Perfect Strangers
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Isle of Naboombu: kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Nagonia: African country in
Yulian Semyonov's
spy novelTASS is authorized to announce... (ТАСС уполномочен заявить...), and in the Soviet movie of the same title
Nambabwe: a parody of Namibia (formerly South West Africa) during the time of its UN-supervised independence from South Africa. A spoof of the transition by the UN peace-keeping forces was the subject of a comedy film by Leon Schuster, Oh Shucks...Here Comes UNTAG.
North Elbonia: A Communist neighbour of
Elbonia (see above); loosely based on
North Korea.
North Sarrawak: a dictatorship on the coast of
Borneo in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny. Its leader, General Shim, allows the American
Mafia to grow opium on the island in exchange for their financial support.
Nouvelle Atlantide or New Atlantis: a huge, rich, powerful, and very far from peaceful nation in
Anatole France's Penguin Island. Similar to the
USA
Palmolive: A European Country found to the west of England with Capital City as Rai and having main towns: Caro, Algatia, Esha, Safaira, Nova, Phoenix, Ducray and Rosa. A country found in the game
Sim City 4.
Peaceland: European country featured in the anime Nadesico, which was once a theme park, but formed its own nation. It is neutral in all conflicts, on earth and beyond, has no taxes, and has a great banking system similar to that of
Switzerland.
Ruri Hoshino aka "Ruri Ruri", a famous character of the series, is originally a princess from there.
Phaic Tăn: South East Asian country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same authors as
Molvanîa and
San Sombrèro.
Pharamaul: a British island protectorate five hundred miles off the southwest coast of Africa from the novel The Tribe That Lost Its Head by
Nicholas Monsarrat.
Pfennig Halbpfennig: presumably German/Eastern European Grand Duchy and setting for the operetta The Grand Duke, by
Gilbert and Sullivan. Notable for an unusual law regarding "Statutory Duels", in which duelists compete by drawing playing cards - the loser then dies and becomes a "legal ghost".
Pianostan: a country once visited by Inspector Gadget where its people remain happy so long as their King remains miserable
Plunder Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
Poictesme: a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of
James Branch Cabell
Pokoponesia: island nation from the animated version of The Tick
Poldévie: Eastern European country in a famous petition in the 1930s and in many novels by
Jacques Roubaud.
Pomerania: a nation in the film Anchors Aweigh. It has a navy which accepts non-Pomeranians. Not to be confused with the real
Pomerania, formerly a region in
Poland and
Germany.
Pontevedro: a poverty-stricken Grand Duchy situated deep in the Balkans from the comedy play L'Attache d'ambassade by
Henri Meilhac and the subsequent operetta and movie The Merry Widow. Pontevedro is a veiled reference to the Balkan country of Montenegro.
Raspur: defined as "a nonexistent but real-sounding country" in
What's Up, Tiger Lily? the grand Marjat says "we're next when theres a spot on the map. I hope it's someplace in the maditerranean".
Razkavia: Germanic country in
Philip Pullman's The Tin Princess
Sahelise Republic: African country mentioned in The West Wing
Sahrani: Atlantic island divided into the northern communist Democratic Republic of Sahrani and the oil-rich democratic monarchy of the Kingdom of South Sahrani in the video game Armed Assault
San Cordova: a democracy in Latin America from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Elixir"
San Cristobal: a Latin American democracy in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Code"
San Cristobel: tropical island country in The Guiding Light TV series, also the name for a separate fictional nation in the TV series Automan
San Do Mar: Central American nation, a haven for criminals, in several novels by
Harry Stephen Keeler; it is the setting for "The Gallows Waits, My Lord."
San Esperito: South American island nation from the video game Just Cause. Translated in English means "St. espionage".
San Glucos: from The Simpsons episode "Sweets and Sour Marge"
San Gordio: a kingdom in the movie The Cowboy Prince
Santa Costa: Caribbean island dictatorship from the pilot episode of Mission: Impossible. Appears to lie about half-way between Cuba and the Venezuelan coast on a map seen – briefly – at the start of the episode.
Santa Banana: Central American country in the movie Elvis Gratton
Santa Cristal: Central American country in the movie Santa Cristal
Santa Prisca: Latin American country in
DC Comics, home to
Batman's enemy
Bane
Santales: a small Latin American democracy, from the Mission: Impossible episode "Trek"
Sapogonia: imaginary country, located somewhere to the south of Mexico, where all
mestizos come from, in the novel Sapogonia by Ana Castillo
Serena Republic: a small country mentioned in the Metal Gear Acid 2 video game
Shadaloo: Southeast Asian state in the
1994 film Street Fighter, based on the
Capcom computer game (in which the same word was used to describe various other things, including a criminal organisation). In the television series Street Fighter II V, a similar name,
Shadowlaw, referred to a master organization controlled by Bison which several lesser
syndicates operated under.
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: the "last existing appanage republic of the USSR", a fake country created by
monochrom for theatre performances and computer games
Slabovia a.k.a. United Slabovian Empire: a land-locked country with a frustrated navy. It is referred to in The May Day Impromptu and several other works by Canadian playwright Patrick Goddard (an award winning English playwright working out of Montreal, Quebec).
The People's Republic of Slaka: a Balkan communist country in
Malcolm Bradbury's Rates of Exchange and its sequel Why Come to Slaka?
Slavatania: an imaginary country from the TV series Hope & Faith made up by Faith in the episode "Natal Attraction" when she tells her gynaecologist that her father is the prince of the country
Slavosk: a country in Eastern Europe from the TV series Danger Man. Drake must travel to Slavosk to rescue the supposed sister of a famous professor from this country.
Slorenia: a small
Baltic nation in
Marvel Comics, its entire population was wiped out.
Sotho: a kingdom in Africa mentioned in a 1997 episode of the German TV series Küstenwache (note: the name and the royalist form of government seem to refer to the real existing Kingdom of
Lesotho - however, in the episode, the King of Sotho comes to Germany to order ships for his coastguard, which would not make any sense for the real Lesotho, since the country is
landlocked).
Spydravania: a small island nation or enclave as it has been shown geographically located of the coast of Somalia and located on the border between Sudan, Central African Republic and Chad. It is home to Spydra, the
villainess of the Gadgetboy series. The country's full name is the Queendom of Spydravania.
Sunda: in
Eric Ambler's
State of Siege[2], is similar to
Indonesia but much smaller, confined to a single island. (In reality there is a
Sunda Strait and many islands known collectively as the
Sunda Islands, but no specific one island with the name.)
Suroq: Middle Eastern country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Terror"
Svardia: a tiny European republic from the Mission: Impossible episode "The Train"
Taka-Tuka-Land:
Astrid Lindgren's book about
Pippi Longstocking mentions a travel to this country in the third book of the series. Pippi's father was a king there in the South Sea.
Tibecuador:
Central American country in The Fairly Oddparents. A poor, rainforest-covered country made up by the protagonist, then wished into existence to cover up the lie.
Tierra Verde: small island near Central American in
Marvel Comics, home to mutant
La Bandera.
Tijata: Central American dictatorship from the movie The In-Laws
Tirania (also Republic of Tirania): country governed by dictator Bruteztrausen; Spanish secret agents
Mortadelo and Filemón helped depose Bruteztrausen and president Rompetechen was then elected.
Toga Toga Islands: South Pacific island nation featured on The A-Team
Tontecarlo: a gambler's paradise in
Superlópez comic-books until Superlópez's tourism visit. Clearly based on
Montecarlo; "Tonte" refers to Spanish word tonto (=fool).
Transvalia: not actually a state in its own right, but rather a parody of the so-called "Boerestaat" named
Orania (which was to be a whites-only "homeland" that right-wing Afrikaners wished to establish after South Africa's transition to democracy on
27 April1994). Leon Schuster made a comedy film called "Sweet and Short", which was a parody of life in the New South Africa. Interestingly enough, 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.
Treedonia, Free Independent Republic of: An independent "nation" in
Out of Jimmy's Head. Jimmy declared it
independent after he lost the Student Body Presidential Election after Robin threatened to cut down all trees. Although it
was actually Golly, Tux, Croco who made Jimmy create this state, he became into leaving and reentering when Golly and Dolly
were fighting over Jimmy's body. The flag Jimmy held while in Treedonia was blue with a tree on it.
Trent, Grand-Duchy of: European Grand-Duchy from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Choice"
Tribia: a country created by Bob Griffin on the site www.tribianet.com
Trobokistan: former Soviet satellite nation in Totally Spies! TV series
Valaria: a kingdom in the movie The Colonel of the Red Hussars
Valeria: Spanish speaking democracy from Mission: Impossible episode "Wheels"
Valeska: a tropical country from the
Three Stooges short Saved by the Belle
Vambria: an Arctic communist dictatorship on the 1990s
Disney animated TV series Tale Spin
Vandreka: see Bandrika
Vanutu: a tiny South Pacific nation comprised of four atolls from the novel State of Fear by
Michael Crichton; not to be confused with the real Republic of
Vanuatu
Vespugia: South American nation located in
Patagonia, site of ancient step pyramids and a history of some Welsh settlement; in books by
Madeleine L'Engle. In an
alternate timeline it was ruled by a dictator who threatened nuclear warfare.
Veyska: Baltic state suffering dictatorial rule in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Astrologer"
Vien-tan: Southeast Asian nation in the Franco-Belgian comic
Buck Danny, where it stands in for Vietnam.
Volsinia: the country with unknown location in Dr Trifulgas: A Fantastic Tale by
Jules Verne
Wallarya: a small country in the Balkans in the movie His Royal Highness
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
West Yemen: a fictitious and presumably democratic country in the
Middle East which bordered East Yemen. From an episode in the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.
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Xanth: a country occupying a land shaped roughly like Florida, home of the magical population of Piers Anthony's book series.
Yakastonia: 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.
Yatakang: archipelagic Australasian "guided socialist democracy" from
John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar. Apparently roughly in the region of, and analogous to,
Indonesia.
Yurp: a poor country depicted in I Am Weasel animated TV series (
pun on "Europe")
Yurugli: Eastern European country in the movie Our Lips Are Sealed. Name is a play on of 'you're ugly.' Home of the notorious Hachew (sneezing noise) crime family
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Zagorias Federation: Mediterranean country, featured in Time Crisis 3 video game, which invades Astigos, a small island, a territory of the neighbouring nation of Lukano
Zakkestan: Ex-part of the USSR in the Dutch [Agent 327] comic series.
Zambezi: African monarchy from the movie King Ralph
Zanzibar Land: A country bordering the Middle East and, for a time, the only country to possess nuclear weapons in the Metal Gear series of video games