List of fictional Asian countries
Appearance
This is a list of fictional countries supposedly located somewhere in the continent of Asia.
Central Asia
- Kuala Rokat: a far eastern country in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Seal". Described in the tape sequence at the start of the episode as "a small but strategic nation on the India-China border".[1]
- People's Republic of Tazbekistan, The BBC2 comedy drama Ambassadors (TV series) starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as the British ambassador, Keith Davis, and his Mission deputy, Neil Tilly.[2]
- Takistan: a country in Central Asia, from the computer game ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead.[3]
- Tazbekistan:[4] Central Asian republic, setting for the 2013 BBC TV comedy series Ambassadors.
East Asia
- Tokpan: a fictional country in Raya100, ruled by a dictator Emperor Terasiku.
- Greater Korean Republic: A fictional country in Homefront (video game) which initially started off as a unified Korean Republic under Kim Jong-un, who managed to reunify the Koreas peacefully. It was established in 2015, after conquering Japan, the Philippines, and all of Southeast Asia and Western America.
- Hun Chiu: A parody of Korea in Designated Survivor, which is divided into the democratic West Hun Chiu, which is a US ally and led by President Han, and the totalitarian East Hun Chiu, which is led by the tyrannical Chairman Kim.
Southeast Asia
- Sunda: in Eric Ambler's State of Siege[5], 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.)
- Udon Khai: a country featured in the 1995 Andrew Vachss Batman novel Batman: The Ultimate Evil. Bordering Thailand, Udon Khai is a haven for wealthy sex tourists looking for child prostitutes. The country serves as a stand-in for Thailand and as a critique of Thailand's child sex industry.[6]
- Bultan: A country in Designated Survivor that has a very strict legal system and is led by a Prime Minister. Relations with the US are tense due to an American youth being sentenced a harsh punishment and the unexpected death of the Bultanese ambassador.
- Sarkhan: A country analogous to Vietnam in the novel The Ugly American. It is the location of a war between the United States and Communist insurgents.
Southwest Asia
- Unaudited Arab Emirates: Parody of the United Arab Emirates featured in San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups.[7]
- Bialya: A fictional Middle Eastern country from DC Comics.
Uncertain
- Tyranistan: An Asian country and former member of the Soviet Union featured in San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups.[7]
References
- ^ White, Patrick J., The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, Avon Books, 1991, p.128
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Ambassadors - BBC2 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead announced". Forums.bistudio.com. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ "Ambassadors - Tazbekistan - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Black Lizard - Knopf Doubleday". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Bob Herbert (1996-01-22). "In America;Kids for Sale". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ a b Gleisner, T., Cilauro, S. and Sitch, R. (2006) San Sombrèro Melbourne: Working Dog Productions