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  • 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.

  • Tajinkistan: Central Asian country from Lol:-)
  • Tazbekistan:[1] Central Asian republic, setting for the 2013 BBC TV comedy series Ambassadors (Also on MI5 (Spooks); Series 10, Episode 6).

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Kangan: African nation from Anthills of the Savannah

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  • Cacklogallinia: a kingdom off the coast of South America, from A Voyage to Cacklogallinia by Captain Samuel Brunt
  • Flyspeck Island: home of Gunk in the comic strip Curtis
  • Mardi archipelago: from Herman Melville's Mardi and a Voyage Thither

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  • Applesauce Lorraine: a country, stated to be bordered by France and Baja California, from Rocky and Bullwinkle's epic "The Three Moosketeers". It is a parody of the region of Alsace-Lorraine.
  • Zombikistan: possibly Eastern European country mentioned in MadWorld as being the original location of Mad Castle and whose major export is apparently zombies.

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  • Chocovakia: European republic setting for the #0-issue of the Flemish Spike and Suzy-series, borders Belgium, named based on Czechoslovakia.

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  • Darklonia: Country ruled by Destro's cousin, Darklon, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
  • Borobia: a communist Eastern European country in the G.I. Joe comics by Marvel Comics, starting from issue #61 (1987).
  • Doppelkinn: neighboring principality to Barscheit (Harold MacGrath, The Princess Elopes, 1905).
  • Drackenberg: a European country from Lloyd Alexander's The Drackenberg Adventure.
  • Drasuvania (ドラスベニア Dorasubenia) is a fictional Eastern Europe country in the world of 11eyes. It is the home country of Verard and Yukiko Hirohara. It lies at the border between Europe and Asia.

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  • Flavonia: appeared in Violet Needham's Betrayer (1950) and other novels by the author.

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  • 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".

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  • Ulgia: a politically unstable country from the anime Noir.
  • Urseville-Beylestein: Prince Paul's country in the 1902 book Love and the Soul Hunter by John Oliver Hobbes.

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  • Vascovy: appeared in John Oxenham (William A. Dunkerley), A Princess of Vascovy (1899).
  • Yakestonia: mountainous eastern European nation, where yodeling is prominent in local culture, but so is surfing on its coast. Important landmark is Mount Bubneboba, and its fresh mountain air is celebrated worldwide. A traditional greeting is doing an armpit fart while repeating the word "zwooba!". Home of exchange student Fentruck on the animated series Doug.

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  • Afromacoland: African country in the novel Chief the Honourable Minister by T. M. Aluko
  • Azania: African country from Evelyn Waugh's novel Black Mischief but with earlier origins in Roman histories.
  • Ishmaelia: a fictional African country from the novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.
  • Kalya: West African country in the novel The Zinzin Road by Fletcher Knebel. Capital city: Ft. Paul.
  • Kamanga: Southern African country between Namibia and Mozambique in the novel Tenth Man Down by Chris Ryan. Ruled from the poverty-stricken capital of Mulongwe, Kamanga is the very model of post-colonial corruption, nepotism, and greed. The territory, once a British possession, is now suffering from an AIDS epidemic, while poaching goes unchecked during a brutal civil war. Uranium, diamonds, and bauxite are key resources, although they remain in the hands of the European-descended elite. Kamanga uses the Kwacha as its national currency. This "Kwacha" is a fictional currency, but it has the same name as the Malawian kwacha and the Zambian kwacha.
  • Kangan: African nation in the novel Anthills of the Savannah (1984) by Chinua Achebe
  • Katanga: African country, neighboring Sierra Leone, in Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War (1974)
  • Kivukiland: African kingdom in the 2001 South African comedy movie Mr Bones by Leon Schuster, starring Leon Schuster[4]
  • Orïsha: a West Africa country based on Nigeria in the fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone and its sequel by Tomi Adeyemi.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • West Monrassa: Central African country in an episode of Spooks. Run by President Gabriel Sakoa, a corrupt leader planning a genocide against the people in the north of the country.
  • Guadec: African country in an episode of Spooks. Led by reformist President Manu Baffong.
  • Zambawi: African country from Patrick Neate's novel Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko (2000)
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Chula, Republic of Mort & Phil Parody of Chile. South American country ruled by dictator Antofagasto Panocho (a parody of Augusto Pinochet), whom Mort and Phil are sent to kill.

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Belgistan fictional Middle Eastern country in the anime Gasaraki.
Helmajistan fictional area from the anime Full Metal Panic!. Balic: A fictional African country featured in the Japanese anime television series Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid.
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".[5]
Diamantara, Republic of Michiko & Hatchin South American nation inspired by Brazil.

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Hav Last Letters from Hav independent country in the Eastern Mediterranean, described in an epistolary novel by Jan Morris.
Dahomalia Stand on Zanzibar African nation created by merging of Dahomey, Upper Volta and Mali.
Beninia Stand on Zanzibar (1968) African nation that aspires to become a first world country.
Republican Union of Nigeria and Ghana Stand on Zanzibar African country formed by merging of Nigeria and Ghana.
Yatakang Stand on Zanzibar Former Dutch colony located in South East Asia. Inspired by Indonesia.
Axphain Graustark (1901) Neighbor of Graustark in several novels.
Graustark Various Works Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.
Dawsbergen Novels by George Barr McCutcheon Country in Eastern Europe mentioned in several novels by author George Barr McCutcheon.
Almaigne The Alteration by Kingsley Amis (1976) A monarchy with Emperor at the throne, located in Central Europe, which united German speaking states. It is based on German Empire, though its borders do not match those of real Germany.[6]
New England, Republic of An alternate reality where Henry VIII never became King and Martin Luther and Thomas More became Pope, Protestantism was limited to the breakaway republic. The secular head is the First Citizen (Joseph Rudyard Kipling is mentioned as First Citizen, serving from 1914 to 1918) and the head of the 'schismatic' church is the Archpresbytor of Arnoldstown. Also mentioned is New England's war against Louisiana and Mexico from 1848 to 1850 (with Edgar Allan Poe as a leading general), its technological and scientific advance over the Papal jurisdiction, its productions of banned Shakespeare plays and its practice of 'separateness' against Native Americans.
Annexia, Interzone, Abyssinia Naked Lunch (1959) European country, inspired by Soviet Russia.
Vespugia A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Troubling a Star Spanish-speaking country in the south of South America mentioned in Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Troubling a Star
  • Baki: homeland of Omio in Madeleine L'Engle's writing, a small Pacific island nation once dominated by British
  • 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.
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
Socialist Democratic Republic of Corteguay Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Ultimate Escape South American country located in an island in the Pacific Ocean. Totalitarian state. Capital city is named "Adello". Obtained independence in 2005.
Carpathian Republic Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race Balkan authoritarian and militaristic country under an embargo. Its political ideology is a mix of Nazism and communism. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
Costaguana & Sulaco Nostromo South American country under a dictatorship, based on Colombia
Shangri-La Lost Horizon Mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel. A small, peaceful kingdom in the western Himalayan Mountains featured in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon.
Etchechuria The Stolen March Lost Pyrenean country lying between France and Spain where nursery rhyme characters come to life.
Grinlandia Novels by Alexander Grin Name of the country is never mentioned by the author himself, and the name Grinlandia was suggested in 1934 by literary critic Korneliy Zelinsky.
Erewhon Erewhon Country satirizing aspects of Victorian society.
Samavia The Lost Prince Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.
Bolumbia The Shadow of a Titan South American dictatorship, from Felix Wedgwood's novel.[7]
Borostyria Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar Balkan principality modeled on Montenegro.[8]
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"[9] 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.[10][11][12][13][14] The novel's protagonist, Lucy Stone, is a computer programmer who grew up in Krassnia when it was still part of the Soviet Union.[10] At the time of the novel's setting in 2008, she is working for a videogame company in Edinburgh, Scotland.[10][12] Stone's mother, commissions her company to create an MMORPG based on Krassnian mythology which leads into the rest of the novel's plot.[10][11] 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.[12][13]
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.[15][16]Darrar, Federal Republic of: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Ethiopia in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong.

North Darrar: A country in the Horn of Africa based on Eritrea in the novel Borderlines by Michela Wrong. The capital city is Lira. The country neighbours the Federal Republic of Darrar and has fought a war against it over a border dispute based on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War.

Orsinia Orsinian Tales, Malafrena Central European country similar to Czechoslovakia or Hungary, the focus of Ursula K. Le Guin's Orsinian Tales and the novel Malafrena.

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Gran Colombian Empire The Last Ship (TV Series) A growing coalition of South American nations that seeks to rival/surpass the United States as a superpower. It serves as the main antagonistic force of the final season.
Caledonia[17] Scandal European monarchy featured in the season 5 premiere episode which bears strong similarities to the United Kingdom.
West Angola Scandal Coastal African nation framed for various terrorist attacks on the United States of America in season 4. Later invaded by the US military after President Fitzgerald Grant is blackmailed into doing so.
Kashfar Scandal Middle Eastern country mentioned in the episode "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot". Four US Army soldiers stationed there are taken hostage, causing President Fitzgerald Grant to send in a SEAL team to rescue them.
Tyrgyzstan The State Within in the BBC television drama
Tescara
CSI: NY Atlantic island mentioned in the TV series CSI: NY by Jerry Bruckheimer. According to the show, this nation joined the UN in 1991 and is a free-trade port.

Tescara: European island nation located in the Atlantic Ocean. As a free trade zone enrolled into the United Nations in 1991, it is used as place of origin for the suspects of CSI: New York's season 1 episode 19, "Crime and Misdemeanor".

Baracas CSI: Miami (2002-2012) Pro-American South American country which supports the torture teams of the U.S. force in the region.
Pacific States of America
The Man in the High Castle A puppet state governed by the Empire of Japan, consisting of the West Coast of the United States along with Alaska and Hawaii. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series, it is depicted as an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States, also occupying parts of British Columbia.
Rocky Mountains States The Man in the High Castle De facto buffer zone between the Japanese-allied Pacific States of America and the Nazi satellite United States with its capital based in Canon City. In the novel, the R.M.S. is depicted as a sovereign nation situated between California and the Mississippi River. However, in the television series, it is a 'Neutral Zone' based solely along the Rockies. Effectively an anarchistic, libertarian society, the Neutral Zone acts as a refuge for Nazi or Japanese targets but being subject to Nazi or Japanese agents.
Sangala 24 Western African republic and former French colony, it is said to share a border with the Republic of Congo. The democratic government led by Prime Minister Ule Matobo is overthrown in a coup by General Benjamin Juma of the Peoples Freedom Army in 24: Redemption. It is later invaded by the United States military in 24: Season 7 after the Juma regime begins to engage in genocide. The capital city is Mali Baso, and other notable locations include Sangala City and Kasanga Province.
Zephyria Son of Zorn East European country in Fox's 2016 show.
Tajinkistan Lol:-) Central Asian country, shown in the Canadian TV show Lol:-).
United States of America Watchmen Alternative United States that won the Vietnam War and annexed Vietnam, turning it into the 51st state due to the superpowered use of Doctor Manhattan in the war. In the Watchmen TV series, as of 2019, the country is shown to have abolished presidential term limits, redesigned the flag, incorporated other Southeast Asian countries (such as Thailand) as "commonwealths", and instituted a system of reparations for slavery for African-Americans.
Turmezistan Doctor Who comics a fictional country in Doctor Who.
People's Republic of Great Britain: An Fictional version of Great Britain featured in the Doctor Who episode "Rise of the Cybermen".
Malebolgia - Minuet in Hell episodes of Doctor Who
  • Republic of Great Britain: A fictional version of Great Britain featured in the Doctor Who story Inferno.
  • Turmezistan: An Asian country and location of a UN base featured occasionally in seasons 9 and 10 of Doctor Who.
San Marcos Archer Vice

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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.

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

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

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  • Letzenstein: a tiny state, presumably based on Liechtenstein, which is featured in Meriol Trevor's "Letzenstein Chronicles" series of books.
    • The Crystal Snowstorm (1997) (Letzenstein Chronicles Book 1)
    • Following the Phoenix (1998) (Letzenstein Chronicles Book 2)
    • Angel and Dragon (1999) (Letzenstein Chronicles Book 3)
    • The Rose and Crown (1999) (Letzenstein Chronicles Book 4)
Blitva: A state in northeastern Europe, ruled by a dictator; in the novel Banket u Blitvi (Banquet in Blitva, 1939) by Croatian novelist Miroslav Krleža. Blitva is the Croatian word for chard.
Borsovia: A kingdom in Eastern Europe that featured in Gordon Murray's BBC Television children's puppet series A Rubovian Legend, 1955–63.
Fröland: island country in the North Sea in the Dutch 2001 9-part TV series Fröland
Evarchia Eastern European country from Brigid Brophy's Palace Without Chairs.
Podoso fictional Central African country mentioned in the Turkish television series Valley of the Wolves. Ender Demiray is a character portrayed by Recep Aktuğ in the TV series Valley of the Wolves. (65-89) He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Podoso in Turkey. It has obtained this right due to its commercial relations with the country. He is placed at the disposal of Halil İbrahim Kapar by Kılıç to protect him with the privileges he has. When he started working with Halo, he bought a consulate building. He receives an order to bring the people of Podoso to Istanbul to distribute the goods collected in a large drug shipment. Although he has immunity, his car is searched and this right is violated. As a result of a major operation against the mafia, he is detained along with Süleyman. Although he says that what was done was illegal, the police officer said that the necessary correspondence was made with Podoso and that the consulate was canceled. It does not appear later.
Gwinalia fictional African country in the PBS show Chocolate. MAY BE BOGUS
Arcacia kingdom in the 1915 film A Royal Family
Mandavia Speed King kingdom in the 1923 film
Chekia The Only Thing Balkan kingdom in the 1925 film
Coronia King, Queen and Joker kingdom from the 1921 film
San Gordio kingdom in the film The Cowboy Prince
San Marcos South American country in an episode of Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei.
Val Verde Supercarrier Spanish-speaking country in ONE EP OF the TV series Supercarrier.
San Marco Bourbon Street Beat Latin American banana republic IN "Green Hell" AND "Last Exit"
Val Verde Supercarrier Spanish-speaking country in the TV series Supercarrier.
Santhoma Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Peddler Country in Jimmy Sangster's novel, located on the west coast of South America. It extends a total of one hundred and eighty miles from north to south and reaches its maximum breadth of fifty miles from east to west. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the north, east and south by an extensive range of mountains which effectively cuts it off from the rest of the Latin American continent. The capital is called Canstartisville and is located on the coast about halfway between the north and south borders. Its president is Miguel Canstartis
Krastava The Mourner Small central European country, located between Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Sulvania Prisoner of Swing (1937) Central European monarchy where swing music is banned. This is a parody of the fictional country Zenda from The Prisoner of Zenda.[18]

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

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

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

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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

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

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  • Thule - Tobias S. Buckell's novel Arctic Rising

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

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

L Mexifornia - Bordertown television series

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

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

Other

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

South America and Caribbean

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Countries

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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

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Countries

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

South Asia

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Countries

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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

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Islands

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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

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

Europe

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Islands

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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

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Astarkh Republic - David R. George III's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Allegiance in Exile
Balta - Evan Mandery's novel First Contact: Or, Its Later Than You Think. pp. 188, 214
Borgravia - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Burgundy (real region but fictional independent country) - Brad Linaweaver's novella Moon of Ice
Castalia - Hermann Hesse's novel Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game
Common Europe - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
Common Europe - John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar
Euro Universe - Code Geass anime universe
EuroFreezone - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 45
European Alliance - Allen Steele's novel Coyote Rising, Coyote universe
Eurore Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
Free State of Bohemia - Dale Pendell's 2010 novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse, p. 124
Galway Republic - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
Gazira-ul-Ragul (renamed and Islamized Isle of Man) - Anthony Burgess' essay/dystopian novella 1985, p. 243
Greatbrit Division - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Bow Down to Nul
Greater Soviet Union - Norman Spinrad's novel The Men in the Jungle
High Republic of Heldon - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Jewish Free State (Balkans) - Stephen Fry's alternative history within a novel Making History
Kingdom of the Azores - John Barnes's novel The Last President, p. 351
Lagodo - Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) 2002 Exercize
Luvania - trick question in One.Tel. 2004 public opinion survey
Macedonion Free State - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Meccania - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Luniland - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Franconia - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Lugubria - Owen Gregory's novel Meccania: the Super-State
Northern Union (northern Europe) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
Padania (northern Italian peninsula) - Gwynne Dyer's nonfiction Climate Wars, p. 1
Republic of Scotland - Ken MacLeod's novel The Night Sessions, p. 73
Russlavic Federation - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire, p. 594
Schlaraffia - myth described in John Waller's nonfiction The Dancing Plague, p. 31
States of Europe - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Waterberg State - Brian W. Aldiss's novel Earthworks
New Angola - Brian W. Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Australia-Zealand - Brian Aldiss' novel Earthworks
Soviet Complex - Mack Reynolds' novel Commune 2000 A.D.
Sycambia - Randolph Robban's Si l'Allemagne avait vainu
Trobokistan - former Soviet satellite state in Totally Spies! television series
United Federation of Britain - Total Recall 2012 remake of the adequate 1990 film adaptation
United Free Europe - Poul Anderson's "Marius," a short story in his collection The Horn of Time
Universal State - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
Wolack - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Worldstate - Karin Boye's novel Kallocain
Zembla - Vladimir Nabakov's novel (or collection of cantos) Pale Fire
Zind - Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream (note the novel within the novel structure)
Unnamed country where Esperanto is the national language - Idiot's Delight 1939 film

Middle East and Central Asia

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Cities and Towns

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Baleb (capital of Azaran) - Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's novel Andromeda Breakthrough
Wadi al-Uyoun - Abdelrahman Munif's novel Cities of Salt

Countries

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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

Uncertain Regional Location

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Cities

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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

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






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--- 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

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


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

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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

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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

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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

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