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*'''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 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 (video game)|Just Cause]]''. Translated in English means "St. espionage".
*'''San Esperito''': South American island nation from the video game ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause]]''. Translated in English means "St. espionage".
*'''Sangala''': a [[civil war|war-torn]] [[West Africa]]n nation where a [[Coup d'etat|military coup]] took place; featured in the [[television movie|television film]] ''[[24: Redemption]]''.
*'''Sangala''': a [[civil war|war-torn]] [[West Africa]]n nation where a [[Coup d'etat|military coup]] took place; featured in the [[television movie|television film]] ''[[24: Redemption]]'' and ''[[24 (season 7)]]''.
*'''San Glucos''': from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"
*'''San Glucos''': from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Sweets and Sour Marge]]"
*'''San Gordio''': a kingdom in the film ''The Cowboy Prince''
*'''San Gordio''': a kingdom in the film ''The Cowboy Prince''

Revision as of 16:22, 21 September 2009

This 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).

Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Unnamed

A

  • Abari: British territory in South America in novels written by John Hearne and Morris Cargill
  • Absurdsvanϊ: Ex Soviet republic in the novel Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart.
  • Adjikistan: central Asian nation located near Afghanistan and Pakistan in the video game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault.
  • Aflank: a fictionary country in south Australia created by Melanie Aswind.
  • Afromacoland: African country in the novel Chief the Honourable Minister by T.M. Aluko
  • Agrabah: Arabian mystical land in the animated film Aladdin and its sequels
  • Agraria: Eastern country in the film You Know What Sailors Are
  • 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.
  • Ajir (or Azhir): a Middle East republic in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Nitro"
  • Al-Alemand: Islamic state consisting of the former Germany and the Low Countries. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Al Amarja: Mediterranean island state in the Over the Edge roleplaying game
  • Alaine: small European kingdom from the film 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
  • Aldestan: Central Asian country, adjacent to Kazakhstan, in the Command & Conquer: Generals video game
  • Al Hari: Middle Eastern nation and the scene of a conflict over an important dam between two military factions in the video game Front Mission: Gun Hazard
  • Alpine Emirates: Islamic states in the Bavarian Alps in the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Altruria: Utopian country from William Dean Howells' A Traveller from Altruria
  • Allied States of America: From the TV series Jericho
  • Amerope: Mixture of the continents of "America" and "Europe", this fictional country was published in the series of Rockman.EXE (US: Mega Man Battle Network video game. This country also exists in Bertrand Wilson Hatia's book of verse To Amerope and Other Poems.
  • Alvania: Balkan kingdom from the film The Royal Rider
  • Ambrosia: Fictional war torn country in the imagination of the protagonist in the novel Billy Liar and film of the same title.
  • Amerzone: Central American country, the setting of Amerzone video game
  • Amestris: Fullmetal Alchemist's main setting. Sometimes translated as 'Artemis'.
  • Anatruria: Balkanic kingdom in the Bernie Rhodenbarr novel The Burglar who thought he was Bogart
  • Anchuria: Central American country in the novel Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
  • Andalasia: Place Where Giselle is from in the film Enchanted.
  • Anemia: a country in the film Hot Stuff. Bears the same name as the medical condition.
  • Angria: imaginary country from the poems of the Brontë sisters
  • Annexia: fictional country at the border of which the final scenes of Naked Lunch take place.
  • Anvilania: a country where the Warner Brothers and Sisters were declared royalty in Animaniacs
  • Applesauce Lorraine: a country, parody of Alsace-Lorraine, stated to be bordered by France and Baja California, from Rocky and Bullwinkle's epic "The Three Moosketeers"
  • Aquabania: an idyllic island, the supposed home of The Aquabats
  • Aquilea: South American country in the film Les Trottoirs de Saturne
  • Arcacia: mythical kingdom in the film A Royal Family
  • Ack!!: country where The Blazing Samurai is from in the Japanese/American anime Superior Defender Gundam Force.
  • Arulco: a country the player is tasked to free in the game, Jagged Alliance 2
  • Ardistan: from the novel Ardistan and Dschinnistan by Karl Friedrich May
  • Aslan: from anime Area 88. Sometimes also transliterated Asran.
  • Asrius Eram: the fictionary country in oceania from the novel Beautiful of Asrius Eram that created by George Olef.
  • Atlantica: submarine realm in Disney's Little Mermaid series.
  • Atlantis: an island nation, the location of which varies from one story to another
  • 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.
  • Atoll K: In the last film by Laurel and Hardy, called Atoll K/Utopia, L and H buy an atoll way out from anywhere, on the journey from Marseilles to their Island, a storm whips up and they have to beach the ship before it is shipwrecked, they create their own government on the uninhabilted island they have landed on and call the island "Crusoeland" and people start to arrive, however there is a revolution and L and H are arrested and condemned to execution, however their friend helps them break out of prison minutes before their execution and they flee from island, they reach their atoll (Atoll K), only to find some government officials have confiscated everything on it.
  • Aurelia: a fictional country that appeared in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception.
  • Auspasia: the noisiest and most talkative nation in the world; appears in Georges Duhamel's Lettres d'Auspasie and La dernier voyage de Candide
  • Austrania: European kingdom in the film The Last Volunteer
  • Autrisindia: Create by Erick Yovie
  • Axphain: neighbor of Graustark
  • Azania: Black majority ruled South Africa in which most of the Provinces had seceded from the original Republic of South Africa, it's President is Michael Modise who end's up being assassinated and succeeded by a white South African. Also the name of a fictitious African island empire in Evelyn Waugh's "Black Mischief".
  • Azaran: Middle Eastern country in The Andromeda Breakthrough TV series
  • Aztlan: country formed out of the American states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico after a nuclear war in the novel Warday
  • Azeroth: World of Warcraft Major plalet

B

C

D

E

F

  • Fabeltjesland: the name of a land, only with animals, in the Dutch TV series de Fabeltjeskrant.
  • Far Eastern Republic: a nation from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Commandante".
  • Farfelu: a surrealisitic place in the novel The Kingdom of Farfelu by André Malraux (see [2])
  • 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 film 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
  • Filemonia: one of the countries resulting of the 1991 collapse of USSR as told in Mortadelo y Filemón: El 35 Aniversario
  • Findas: country sunk under the waves in The Book of Conquests by Jim Fitzpatrick
  • Florin: The country run by Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  • Flyspeck Island: home of Gunk in the comic strip Curtis
  • Forest Kingdom: from Simon Green's Blue Moon Rising. Ruled by King John.
  • Freedonia: European country from the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup
  • Franistan: from I Love Lucy Episode "The Publicity Agent"
  • Freiland: from Freiland by Theodor Hertzka
  • Frobnia: Eastern Bloc nation from Infocom's interactive fiction game Border Zone
  • Fröland: Island in the North Sea in the Dutch TV series Fröland.

G

H

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K

L

M

  • Macaria: utopian country from A Description of the Famous Kingdom of Macaria by Samuel Hartlib
  • Macho Grande: Fictional country used in the films Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel over which Ted Stryker purportedly lost his entire flying squadron during a low-level bombing run.
  • Malaguay: Country that "El" was from on the 1970s 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 film Whoops Apocalypse
  • Magyaristan: Islamic state in the former Hungary. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Malevelosia: an island kingdom filled with supervillains in Justice Squad
  • Malicuria: a monarchy run by Emperor Aleister from the episode "April's Fool" of 1987 animated television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The episode is set on the Malicurian embassy in the USA.
  • 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.
  • Mamaland: an eastern European island mentioned in the cartoon series "Wayside".
  • Managua: a Central American republic in the Franco-Belgian comic Buck Danny. During the eighties, it is a fledgling democracy allied with the United States and threatened by an ambitious military high command. During the nineties, it has become a military regime, but is threatened by a drug cartel that 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 back to 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 film Speed King
  • Mandawi: A corrupt republic featured in the TV series Largo Winch. Its leader is named President Syria.
  • Mangelo Empire: a fictional empire that is surrounded by the smaller nations of Annastan, Saabierge, and Bhasaespana.
  • Manjipur: A fictional country in Jonathon M. Shiff's TV series The Elephant Princess
  • 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.
  • Maple White Land: land of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
  • Mardi archipelago: from Herman Melville's Mardi and a Voyage Thither
  • Margoth: European kingdom in Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Rider
  • Marivellas: A volcanic island chain in the South Pacific, from Tales of the Gold Monkey
  • Markovia: independent Alpine nation in DC Comics, ruled by the superhero Geo-Force.
  • Marnsburg: a member of the United Nations hostile to the United States in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "Imitation"
  • Marshovia (Marsovia, Makovnia): small Eastern European kingdom most likely located somewhere near Transylvania in the operetta The Merry Widow
  • Masavania, Kosnia: European kingdoms in the film If I Were Queen
  • Matobo: a state in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, from the 2005 film The Interpreter
  • Maurania: African country in Paradise video game
  • Mêlée Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean Sea, from the Monkey Island games, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley)
  • Mendorra: Mendorra is a fictional European monarchy on the long-running U.S. soap opera One Life to Live.
  • Meropis: A parody of Atlantis created by Theopompus of Chios
  • Mervo: an island principality in the Mediterranean in the novel The Prince and Betty by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Mesa de Oro: unstable Latin American island in the Three Young Investigators series. (The name means "golden table" in Spanish.)
  • Metrofulus: A cold country in the Cicak-Man movies.
  • Micah land: a made up country ceated by micah greenberg
  • Mifan: A country ruled by Emperor Chaotzu in Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure. Also presumably the home of Tien Shinhan and the Master Shen (who served as the Duke).
  • Milantis: Miley's imaginary country in an episode of Hannah Montana.
  • 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.
  • Mirania: The fictional home of the College des Musiciens in Elinor Brent-Dyer's book, The School by the River.
  • Modova: independent Central European nation in DC Comics, ruled by the supervillain Sonar.
  • Mokoko: African country from Turkish TV series Kurtlar Vadisi.
  • Moldavia: Eastern European country from Dynasty TV series (note: Moldavia really exists as a region; it has now become the independent state of Moldova)
  • Moldavia (2): Eastern European country from the film Second in Command
  • Moldavia (3): Eastern European country from the pilot episode of Batman and Robin, the TV Series featuring Adam West, first aired on 12 January, 1966.
  • Moldavia (4): Eastern European country from the American sitcom Roseanne
  • Moldavia (5): Eastern European country mentioned in the film Ghostbusters II
  • Moloni Republic: Southern African country from the video game Metal Gear Acid
  • Molvanîa: Eastern European country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same authors as Phaic Tăn and San Sombrèro.
  • Monica: an anarchist state from the animated series Aeon Flux
  • Monkey Island:a pirate island in the game, The Curse of Monkey Island
  • Mordor: Home of Sauron the in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel of The Lord of the Rings
  • Morevana: a kingdom in which fat is prized in the film The Slim Princess
  • Moribundia: from Patrick Hamilton's Impromptu in Moribundia
  • Moronica: parody of Nazi Germany from the Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy
  • Mortadelonia: one of the countries resulting of the 1991 collapse of USSR as told in Mortadelo y Filemón: El 35 Aniversario
  • Muldovia: An Arabian state with vast oilfields featured in an episode of The Secret Service
  • Munma Holy Republic: Islamic republic, formed out of the southern quarter of Iran and Pakistan, in Appleseed manga
  • Mushroom Kingdom: Kingdom in the Mario Bros. Series where Princess Peach is the Princess and Mario is the plumber.
  • Mypos: island nation around the Greek isles, home of Balki from Perfect Strangers

N

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Q

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S

T

  • 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.
  • Tanah Masa: from Karel Čapek's War with the Newts
  • Taniquah: Fictional South Pacific country that issues stamps, with a native population of Maori origin.
  • Taprobane: a country described as "about ninety percent congruent with the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)" from Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise
  • Taronia: from the film Thirty Day Princess
  • Tawaki: from the film Man of the Moment
  • Tecala: South American country from the film Proof of Life
  • Tecan: Central American country in the novel A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
  • Teletubbyland: land of the Teletubbies from the BBC TV series The Teletubbies.
  • Telmar: located west of Narnia in C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia.
  • Termina: the country in which the game Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask takes place.
  • Terresta: European country in the film His Royal Highness
  • Thermosa: Kingdom on the 1920 film His Royal Slyness and on the 1926 remake Long Fliv the King
  • Thulahn: Himalayan country in The Business by Iain Banks
  • 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. Probably a parody and combination of the countries Tibet & Ecuador
  • Tierrapaulita:Magical country invented by Miguel Ángel Asturias for his novel Mulata de tal. It is the place where people can study sorcery.
  • Tierra Verde: small island near Central American in Marvel Comics, home to mutant La Bandera.
  • Tijata: Central American dictatorship from the film 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.
  • Tri City: from Need for Speed Undercover.
  • Toga Toga Islands: South Pacific island nation featured on The A-Team
  • Tomainia: Nazi Germany-like country from the film The Great Dictator, ruled by Adenoid Hynkel
  • 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).
  • Transia: Eastern European country in Marvel Comics, home to Avengers members Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
  • 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 April 1994). 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.
  • Tratvia: A country in Europe that formed the setting for the radio series The Embassy Lark, which dealt with the trials and tribulations of the British Ambassador to Tratvia and the foreign relations between Tratvia and the United Kingdom. It would later feature in several episodes of the related radio series The Navy Lark.
  • 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.
  • Tremerton: Place where Brad, Jenny, Tuck and other people in My Life as a Teenage Robot is from.
  • Trent, Grand-Duchy of: European Grand-Duchy from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Choice"
  • Tribia: a country created by William Griffin on the site www.tribianet.com
  • Trobokistan: former Soviet satellite nation in Totally Spies! TV series
  • Tropico: island nation in the Caribbean in the Tropico computer game
  • Trucial Abysmia: Middle Eastern country in the G.I. Joe comics.
  • Tsalal: an island in the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe and its sequel An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne
  • Turaqistan, a Middle Eastern country in the film War, Inc., based on Iraq and occupied by a former US Vice President.
  • Twilight Town, in the video game Kingdom Hearts II.
  • Tyrgyzstan: a former Soviet republic in The State Within

U

V

  • Val Verde: Spanish-speaking country resembling Nicaragua, in the films Commando and Die Hard 2
  • Valaria: a kingdom in the film 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 comprising four atolls from the novel State of Fear by Michael Crichton; not to be confused with the real Republic of Vanuatu
  • Varina: a former country in Eastern Europe that attempts to regain country status in Peter Dickinson's YA novel Shadow of a Hero.
  • Versovia: dictatorship from Australian children's miniseries Eugenie Sandler P.I. from ABC Kids
  • 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.
  • Vigata: Town in Sicily, in which it happen the stories of Commissario Montalbano, a novel by Andrea Camilleri.
  • Vodoo Island: Island in the James Bond film Live and Let Die where Bond goes to apprehend Mr. Big.
  • Volsinia: the country with unknown location in Dr Trifulgas: A Fantastic Tale by Jules Verne
  • Vulgaria: the far-off, make-believe land in the film version of the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, its name based on Bulgaria

W

  • Wakanda: small African nation featured in the Marvel Comics series The Avengers. The nation is ruled by King T'Challa, also known as the super hero Black Panther.
  • Wallarya: a small country in the Balkans in the film His Royal Highness
  • Waponi Wu: A small island in the south Pacific that is home to the Waponi Chief played by Abe Vigoda and his people in the film Joe vs the Volcano. The natives like to drink orange soda.
  • 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

X

  • Xanth: a country occupying a land shaped roughly like Florida, home of the magical population of Piers Anthony's book series.
  • Xing: a country based on China from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga.

Y

  • 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.
  • Yaamum: Although volcanic, gaseous, desolate, and generally inhospitable; this pockmarked land has proven to be a popular destination for the over 55's. Open 24hrs.
  • Yatakang: archipelagic Australasian "guided socialist democracy" from John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar. Apparently roughly in the region of, and analogous to, Indonesia.
  • Yellow Empire: a fascistic Asian power in Blake and Mortimer.
  • Yudonia: a country mentioned in the episode "We're Married" from Drake & Josh sitcom
  • Yugaria: small Balkan nation from the video game Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma
  • Yukon Confederacy: a country in the novel Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
  • Yuktobania: a fictional country that appeared in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, briefly mentioned in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. The country is a mirror of the Soviet Union.
  • Yurp: a poor country depicted in I Am Weasel animated TV series (pun on "Europe")
  • Yurugli: Eastern European country in the film Our Lips Are Sealed. Name is a play on of 'you're ugly.' Home of the notorious Hachew (sneezing noise) crime family

Z

Unnamed

See also

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