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List of fictional countries set on Earth

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This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it – as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.

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Name Flag Work Notes
Absurdistan Politische Studien (1971)[1] An imaginary land in which absurdity is the norm, especially in its public authorities and government.[2]
Atlantis Timaeus, and Critias (360 BC) Fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias.[3] It represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state.[4] Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. In many other works Atlantis has become an advanced prehistoric civilization in contemporary fiction, from comic books to films.[5]


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Babar's Kingdom Babar the Elephant series, first appearance in Histoire de Babar (1931) Country, supposedly in Northern Africa, inhabited by intelligent elephants that are usually bipedal and civilized.
Balnibarbi Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) Balnibarbi is a fictional kingdom visited by Lemuel Gulliver after he was rescued by the people of the flying island of Laputa.

The book states that the kingdom of Balnibarbi is part of a continent which extends itself "eastward to that unknown tract of America westward of California and northward of the Pacific Ocean",[2] and places it southeast of Luggnagg, which is "situated to the North-West".

Blefuscu Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) Land where all the people are tiny.
Borduria The Adventures of Tintin (1938–1976) Totalitarian state from the comics series, located in the Balkans and neighbouring Syldavia. It is depicted as a stereotypical Eastern Bloc country
Brobdingnag Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) Land occupied by giants.

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Dawsbergen Novels by George Barr McCutcheon Country in Eastern Europe mentioned in several novels by author George Barr McCutcheon.
Dinotopia Dinotopia Hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books and featured in several other related works.

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Eastasia Nineteen Eighty-Four A totalitarian dictatorship encompassing much of Asia. It follows an ideology described as "Death-worship", and is the smallest and youngest of the three super-states in George Orwell's novel.
Ecotopia Ecotopia An ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach.
Erewhon Erewhon Country satirizing aspects of Victorian society.
Eurasia Nineteen Eighty-Four A totalitarian Communist super-state from the George Orwell novel, consisting of Europe, except the British Isles, and Russia. It was created when the USSR annexed Europe. It follows a political ideology called "Neo-Bolshevism".

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Freedonia Duck Soup European country from the 1933 Marx Brothers film. Rufus T. Firefly, played by Groucho Marx, is appointed leader of the troubled nation. Conflict with neighbouring Sylvania looms. Chaos ensues.
Freedonia Despicable Me 3 Mediterranean European Anglophone country. Is shaped like a pig's head. The name was inspired by the 1933's film Duck Soup.

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Name Flag Work Notes
Genosha Marvel Comics Island nation that has been home to a mutant sanctuary and concentration camp at various points.
Glubbdubdrib Gulliver's Travels Small island nation (about one-third the size of the Isle of Wight) governed by a tribe of magicians; from the novel by Jonathan Swift.
Gondal Imaginary world created by Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë.
Grand Fenwick The Mouse That Roared Duchy in The Mouse That Roared (1955) and sequels by Leonard Wibberley.
Graustark Various Works Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.
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.

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Latveria Marvel Comics Isolated European kingdom ruled by the tyrannical Doctor Doom.
Libertalia Mythical city Mythical city founded by pirates where equality and freedom reign supreme
Lilliput Gulliver's Travels Land where all the people are tiny from the book by Jonathan Swift.
Listenbourg Created as an internet meme in October 2022.[6][7] Fictional country attached to the west of the Iberian Peninsula designed to poke fun at the poor geographical knowledge of Americans.[6][7]
Lower Slobbovia Li'l Abner Occasional exotic setting for the classic hillbilly comic strip by Al Capp.
Luggnagg Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels Luggnagg is an island kingdom, one of the imaginary countries visited by Lemuel Gulliver. It has two principal ports, Clumegnig on the southeast coast, which is visited by ships from Maldonada (the port city of Balnibarbi), and Glanguenstald in the southwest, which has commerce with Japan. The capital of Luggnagg is Traldragdubb

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Madripoor Marvel Comics Island nation located in Southeast Asia.
Meropis Philippica Parody of Atlantis created by Theopompus of Chios.
Molvanîa Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry Former Post-Soviet Republic from a parody guide

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New California Republic Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas Self-proclaimed republic located in what was once the U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Oregon, with territory in the Baja strip. Founded by Vault 15 survivors and surrounding powers in 2186. The benevolent republic supports many old-world values.
North American Confederacy The Probability Broach Country in an alternate timeline where the Whiskey Rebellion resulted in a libertarian utopia free of governmental interference and consequently a more advanced world, technologically and civilization-wise.
Nutopia A conceptual country founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

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Oceania [8] Nineteen Eighty-Four Totalitarian superstate governed by Big Brother and Ingsoc compromising the Americas, the British Isles, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Oceanian control over India is mentioned as having been achieved following the sudden availability of tea.[9]
Oz, Land of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Absolute monarchy divided into four quadrants, Munchkin Country, Winkie Country, Gillikin Country, and Quadling Country.

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Patusan Various Island nation somewhere in the South China Sea in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. Also mentioned in the 1993 film Surf Ninjas as well as in the film The Last Electric Knight and the TV series Sidekicks.
Poictesme Biography of the Life of Manuel Country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell.
Pottsylvania The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show A military dictatorship; parody of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.

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Rapture BioShock An underwater city-state, initially intended as a utopia for the world's greatest thinkers and artists, but a lack of government turned the city dystopian, with severe wealth disparity and genetic modifications. A civil war eventually left most of its population dead, and the few survivors insane.
Ruritania The Prisoner of Zenda German-speaking kingdom in central Europe from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works. Also used in Ernest Gellner's nonfictional Nations and Nationalism as a stereotypical country developing nationalism.

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Saint Marie Death in Paradise Caribbean island on which the series is set. It is a British overseas territory.
San Escobar internet meme San Escobar is a Latin American country that originated as a blunder of Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski and later have become an internet meme.[10][11]
San Serriffe The Guardian Island nation created for April Fools' Day, 1977.
San Sombrèro San Sombrèro Central American country from a parody travel guidebook.
Shangri-La Lost Horizon Mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel.
Slaka Rates of Exchange, Why Come to Slaka? Balkan communist country in Malcolm Bradbury's Rates of Exchange and its sequel, Why Come to Slaka?.
Sodor The Railway Series A fictional nation geographically located in between the Isle of Man and Great Britain, it is the setting for The Railway Series.
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf "Last existing appendage republic of the USSR", a country created by monochrom for theatre performances and computer games.
Spensonia Thomas Spence works Island between "Utopia and Oceana", where English mariners form a communal society in Thomas Spence's 18th century writings.
Syldavia The Adventures of Tintin Balkan monarchy featured in four stories of The Adventures of Tintin, neighbouring Borduria.

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Themyscira DC Comics Hidden island queendom in either the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea settled by the Greek mythological all-female warrior Amazons ruled by DC's version of the mythical Queen Hippolyta. Original home of Wonder Woman. Originally called "Paradise Island." Not to be confused with the real-world ancient Greek town Themiscyra (note the different placements of the vowels "i" and "y"), legendary home of the Amazons.

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United Kingdom, the V for Vendetta A dystopian United Kingdom ruled by a fascist dictatorship called the Norsefire Party.

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Val Verde Commando, Predator, Die Hard 2, Supercarrier Spanish-speaking country resembling Nicaragua, in the films Commando, Predator, and Die Hard 2, and the TV series, Supercarrier.
Veyshnoria Zapad 2017 exercise A neighboring country of Belarus, located northwest of Minsk. It was an enemy of Belarus in the 2017 military exercise.

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Wakanda Marvel Comics Small African nation featured in the Marvel Comics series The Avengers. The nation is ruled by King T'Challa, also known as the superhero Black Panther. The country is isolationist and concealed from the outside world in order to protect the valuable metal vibranium that makes it one of the world's most technologically advanced nations.

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References

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  1. ^ Monatshefte der Hochschule für politische Wissenschaften, München, veröffentlicht vom Isar-Verlag. (1971)
  2. ^ Cole, Diane (2 November 2021). "Gary Shteyngart's 'Our Country Friends' is the darkly brilliant comedy we need right now". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ^ Character, Plot and Thought in Plato's Timaeus-Critias. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 42. ISBN 978-90-04-04870-6.
  4. ^ Hackforth, R. (1944). "The Story of Atlantis: Its Purpose and Its Moral". Classical Review. 58 (1): 7–9. doi:10.1017/s0009840x00089356
  5. ^ Clay, Diskin (2000). "The Invention of Atlantis: The Anatomy of a Fiction". In Cleary, John J.; Gurtler, Gary M. (eds.). Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. 15. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 1–21. ISBN 978-90-04-11704-4.
  6. ^ a b Brezar, Aleksandar (2 November 2022). "What is Listenbourg? Why is it going viral on Twitter? Why did the meme become so big in Europe?". euronews.com. Euronews. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Rosenblatt, Kalhan (5 November 2022). "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 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  8. ^ Radford, Michael (1984). Nineteen Eighty-Four. Virgin Films.
  9. ^ Orwell, George (2009). "Nineteen Eighty-Four: Part II: Chapter IX". The Complete Novels of George Orwell. Penguin Books Limited. p. 1086. ISBN 978-0-141-19039-6.
  10. ^ Taylor, Adam (11 January 2017). "San Escobar: How Poland's foreign minister helped create a fake country". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Polish FM Sparks Jokes With Mention of Nonexistent Country". The New York Times. Associated Press. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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