List of fictional countries

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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.

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

A

Name	Work	Notes
Aerugo	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Aerugo is a Principality governed by Prince Claudio. As a princedom, Aerugo is a much smaller country compared to Amestris but is able to retain control over the Aerugo border war.
Amestris	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Amestris is a Unitary State, with a population of about 50 million and a Parliamentary Republic type of Government. The Head of State is the Commander-in-Chief of the Military who holds the title of "Führer" (大総統, Daisōtō in Japanese, a form of "Generalissimo") and who concentrates the ranks of Head of State and Head of Government.
Antegria	Papers, Please, The Republia Times	A sovereign state in the Game Papers Please, by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of St. Marmero, Glorian, and Outer Grouse.
Archenland	The Chronicles of Narnia	a nation to the south of Narnia, and to the north of both nations' occasional (and final) enemy, Calormen. Its borders are formed by mountains to the north and by the River Winding Arrow to the south. Its capital appears to be the castle located below the Anvard pass, which allows passage to Narnia.[1][2]
Arendelle	Disney's Frozen
Arstotzka	Papers, Please	A sovereign state in the Game Papers Please, by Lucas Pope, which is divided into at least eight districts, and also includes the cities of Orvech Vonor, Paradizna, Nirsk, and East Grestin, where most gameplay takes place.
Atlantis	Timaeus	a mythological island nation first mentioned by Plato.
Aurelia	Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Axphain	Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne	neighbor of Graustark in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.

B

Name	Work	Notes
Babar's Kingdom	Babar the Elephant	a country supposedly in Northern Africa consisting of intelligent elephants that are usually bipedal and civilized.
Baltish	Baltish	a fictional country from a Lithuanian TV show of the same name.
Bangalla	The Phantom	a central African nation
Bangistan	Bangistan	a fictional country featured in the Bollywood film by the same name
Barbituros Islands	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	Caribbean islands bordering San Sombrèro.
Belavia (Велавия)	The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon	a fictional Denmark's dependent Slavic country somewhere in the Balkans or Eastern Europe
Berzerkistan	Doonesbury	located between Iran and Russia.[3] Its capital is either called Bmzklfrpz City[3] or Trff City.[4]
Bialya	DC Comics
Blefuscu	Gulliver's Travels	a land where all the people are tiny from the book by Jonathan Swift.
Bolumbia	The Shadow of a Titan	a South American dictatorship, from Felix Wedgwood's novel[5]
Borduria	The Adventures of Tintin	totalitarian state from the comics series, located in the Balkans
Borostyria	Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar	a Balkan principality modeled on Montenegro[6]
Borginia	Ace Attorney	a Northern European republic that is stated to be very small in size, and is best known in the series for being home to the world-famous singer Lamiroir.
Brobdingnag	Gulliver's Travels	a land occupied by giants from the book by Jonathan Swift.
Brungaria		an Eastern European dictatorship similar to the Soviet Union, in the Tom Swift, Jr. series
Buenaventura	Air America	A small Latin American nation which served as the setting for Lorenzo Lamas' hit TV series Air America.
Buranda	Yes Minister	A developing African country, formerly known as British Equatorial Africa.

C

Name	Work	Notes
Cagliostro	The Castle of Cagliostro	a tiny, mountainous European duchy in the Lupin III film
Calbia	The King Maker	a tiny Balkan republic in the Doc Savage adventure
Caledonia	Scandal	a European monarchy featured in the season 5 premiere episode which bears strong similarities to the United Kingdom
Carpathia	The Sleeping Prince	Balkan kingdom in the play by Terence Rattigan and the subsequent film The Prince and the Showgirl
Chernarus	ArmA 2	post-Soviet republic
Cobrastan	Papers, Please	A fictional country in the world of Papers Please, invented by character Jorji Costava. It apparently has a city named "Bestburg".
Cobra Island	GI Joe	A fictional country in the world of GI Joe. The Evil terrorist organization Cobra Command caused the formation of the island in the Gulf of Mexico, claimed the island and declared sovereignty. They used it as a base and as a front that gave Cobra agents around the world diplomatic immunity.	Country of the Blind	"The Country of the Blind"	a country where all the population are blind, situated in a hidden valley near Ecuador, from a short story by H. G. Wells.
Coalition States	Rifts	a fascist empire founded upon the post-apocalyptic ruins of the American Midwest.[7]
Corto Maltese	Batman, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and Part 2	A small island nation off the coast of South America, Corto Maltese was the location of the Corto Maltese Revolution and a military standoff between the United States of America, the Soviet Union, and Superman. Photojournalist Vicki Vale's photos of the revolution were featured in Time Magazine.
Creta	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Creta is a country in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, located west of the main country of the series, Amestris.

D

Name	Work	Notes
Dawsbergen		neighbor of Graustark
Deltora	Deltora Quest series	a fictional land in the Deltora Quest series, written by Emily Rodda
Dinotopia		a hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books
Drachma	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Drachma (ˈdrækmə; drak-ma) is a country in the World of Fullmetal Alchemist, located north of the main country of the series, Amestris.

E

Name	Work	Notes
Eagleland	EarthBound	The country is based on the US. Ness and Paula are from here.
Earthsea	Tales from Earthsea	a sea of islands from the stories by Ursula K. Le Guin and the 2006 movie Tales from Earthsea by Goro Miyazaki
Ecotopia	Ecotopia	an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach.
Elbonia	Dilbert	backward country from the comic strip. Its citizens are waist deep in liquid mud.
Emmeria	Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Equatorial Kundu	The West Wing	a West African republic
Equestria	My Little Pony	The main country in the series. It is inhabited by ponies, including the show's 6 protagonists.
Eriador	Lord of the Rings
Estoccia	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	the country where Joe King is based with the Emergency Aid Organisation.
Estovakia	Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation.

F

Name	Work	Notes
Farfelu	The Kingdom of Farfelu	a surrealisitic place in the novel by André Malraux[8]
Fe'ausi	Diplomatic Immunity	South Pacific island from the New Zealand television series
Fiore	Fairy Tail	Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima.
Florin	The Princess Bride	the setting of The Princess Bride
Freedonia	Duck Soup	European country from the 1933 Marx Brothers film

G

Name	Work	Notes
Genosha	Various Marvel Comics	an island nation that has been home to a mutant sanctuary and concentration camp at various points
Genovia	The Princess Diaries	European country from novels and film adaptations
Gérolstein	La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein	18th-century German principality in the opéra bouffe
Gilead	The Handmaid's Tale	a theocratic country occupying the territory of the former United States in the novel by Margaret Atwood.
Glovania	Gasoline Alley	home country of the biological parents of the character Skeezix in the comic strip. Skeezix's father Col. Henri Coda was the ruling Grand Duke prior to a revolution. Glovania's capital and major seaport is Ragpo, located on the Mediterranean to the east of Italy.[9]
Glubbdubdrib	Gulliver's Travels	an island (about one-third the size of the Isle of Wight) governed by a tribe of magicians; from the novel by Jonathan Swift.
Gondal		an imaginary world created by Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë
Gondor	Lord of the Rings	a country in J. R. R. Tolkien's series.
Gondour	"The Curious Republic of Gondour"	an ideal republic imagined by Mark Twain in his short story.
Guilder	The Princess Bride	"The sworn enemy of Florin"
Grand Fenwick	The Mouse That Roared	a duchy in The Mouse That Roared (1955) and sequels by Leonard Wibberley.
Graustark		Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon.
Graznavia	This War of Mine	An Eastern European republic ravaged by civil war in This War of Mine, a video game by 11 bit studios.
Grenyarnia	30 Rock	"A country only known by the richest people on earth," from NBC's 30 Rock.
Groland		fictional country featured in various humorous programs on French television channel Canal+.

H

Name	Work	Notes
Halla	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	a kingdom from the 1969 Satyajit Ray film
Holy Britannian Empire	Code Geass anime series	The Holy Britannian Empire (神聖ブリタニア帝国 Shinsei Buritania Teikoku, also referred to as the Britannian Empire or just Britannia) is a nation born from the defeated remnants of the British Empire and is the world's dominant military superpower.
Hyrule	The Legend of Zelda

I

Name	Work	Notes
Ishval, or Ishbal (in the anime)	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	A county invaded by Armestris. Its population is massacred in the Ishval Civil War.[10]
Impor	Papers, Please	A sovereign state in the Game Papers Please, by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of Enkyo, Haihan, and Tsunkeido.
Islandia	Islandia	self-isolated country in Austin Tappan Wright's novel of the same name.
Isle of Fogg	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	the only one of the 23 (fictitious) Outcropp Islands off the west coast of Scotland to be inhabited, mentioned in a parody travel guidebook.
Ivalice	Final Fantasy
Ixania	The Dark Frontier	a small Balkan country of little global importance in Eric Ambler's 1936 novel.
Idris	The Shadowhunter Chronicles	The Shadowhunter home country
Illéa	The Selection	the setting of The Selection trilogy .

J

K

Name	Work	Notes
Kahndaq	DC Comics	an ancient Middle-Eastern country in located on the Sinai Peninsula, between Egypt, Israel and Jordan.
Kamistan	24 (season 8)	a Middle Eastern Islamic republic
Kangan	Anthills of the Savannah	a West African country ruled by the dictator Sam in the novel by Chinua Achebe.
Kasnia	DC Comics	war-torn Eastern European monarchy
Kazirstan	Beyond Two Souls	Country with a rift to the other side
Kashfar	Scandal	a 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.
Khemed	The Adventures of Tintin	an Arabic emirate from the comic
Kinakuta	Cryptonomicon	an island state from Neal Stephenson's novels
Kolechia	Papers, Please	A sovereign state in the Game Papers Please, by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of West Grestin, Vedor, and Yurko City.
Krakozhia	The Terminal	a Slavic country from the 2004 film
Kumranistan	Yes Prime Minister	a Central Asian Islamic republic from the 2013 remake of Yes Prime Minister; this country is a variation of Qumran (a fictional oil-rich sheikdom located in the Persian Gulf) which featured in the original series of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
Kumbolaland	Good Omens	An African nation in Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's work.
Kyrat	Far Cry 4	an East Asian nation in the Himalayas, roughly equivalent to Nepal
Kyrzbekistan	The New York Times	an error in the newspaper on January 7, 2015, caused a flurry of activity in social media including parody accounts and web sites[11]

L

Name	Work	Notes
Latveria	Fantastic Four	a kingdom in the ruled by the tyrannical Doctor Doom
Laurania	Savrola	in the book by Winston Churchill
Lands Beyond	The Phantom Tollbooth	see "Wisdom"
Lilliput	Gulliver's Travels	a land where all the people are tiny from the book by Jonathan Swift.
Loompa Land	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	home of the Oompa Loompas in the book by Roald Dahl
Lower Slobbovia	Li'l Abner	an occasional exotic setting for the classic hillbilly comic strip by Al Capp

M

Name	Work	Notes
Malicuria	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	a monarchy run by Emperor Aleister from the episode "April's Fool" of 1987 animated TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[12]
Monroe Republic	Revolution (TV series)	A fictional republic in northern USA, from the TV show Revolution
Marivella Islands	Tales of the Gold Monkey	a South Pacific volcanic chain consisting of hundreds of mysterious and tropical islands featured in the 1982 adventure television series Tales of the Gold Monkey and now described as the Republic of the Marivelles.
Markovia	DC Comics	an independent Alpine nation in DC Comics, ruled by the superhero Geo-Force.
Matobo	The Interpreter	a state in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.
Melniboné	Michael Moorcock	An island country created by Michael Moorcock.
Mendorra	One Life to Live	a European monarchy on the long-running U.S. soap opera One Life to Live.
Meropis	Theopompus	a parody of Atlantis created by Theopompus of Chios.
Metrofulus	Cicak Man (film series)	a cold country in the Cicak-Man movies.
Molvanîa	Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry	Eastern European country from a parody travel guidebook.
Moldavia	Dynasty	a European monarchy ruled by King Galen and his son, Prince Michael in the TV series Dynasty until at the Prince's wedding to Amanda Carrington at the end of the show's 5th season, rebels stormed the palace, killing many wedding guests and exiling the royal family.
Moldovakia	Recess	Fictional country in the TV show Recess.
Mushroom Kingdom	Super Mario Bros	Kingdom in the Super Mario Bros series where Princess Peach is the Princess, she often gets kidnapped by Bowser and the Mario Bros, Mario and Luigi have to go rescue her.
Mypos	Perfect Strangers	Fictional country that Balki Bartokomous was from.

N

Name	Work	Notes
Naboombu	The Magic Bed Knob & Bonfires and Broomsticks	Mythical island of animals in "The Magic Bed Knob" and "Bonfires and Broomsticks" by Mary Norton, the book on which the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks is based on.
Nambutu	Casino Royale	African nation with an embassy in Madagascar. Presumably a former French colony, given bilingual signage seen in the embassy.
Nerdocrumbesia	Match Game	Fictional "sleazy" country from game show Match Game.
Nevoruss		a powerful state in the north of Russia and America created by Russian writer Grigoriy Demidovtsev
Ninety Nine Stars Tribe	Support Your Local Angel	From the Support Your Local Angel series of eBooks by Kirk Bailey.
Norland	"Danger!"	a small European country which defeats the mighty British Empire by effective submarine warfare, in Arthur Conan Doyle's story "Danger!"
Novistrana	Republic: The Revolution	from the computer game Republic: The Revolution
New German Republic	Rifts	a technologically advanced post-apocalyptic society encompassing Central Europe that is governed by the Triax megacorporation in the Rifts role-playing game.[13]
Norgborg	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	small nation located within the Arctic Circle, featured in a parody travel guidebook.
Nuevo Rico	The Adventures of Tintin	a South American nation within the classic Belgian comic series, adjacent to the also-fictional country of San Theodoros.
Nukehavistan	The Onion	an allegedly nuclear-armed country within the former Soviet Union, depicted by The Onion as adjacent to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.[14]
Nuku'la Atoll	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	an archipelago in the South Pacific and former colony of the French colonial empire featured in a parody travel guidebook.

O

Name	Work	Notes
Obristan	Papers, Please	A sovereign state in the Game Papers, Please, by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of Lorndaz, Skal, and Mergerous.
Oceania	Nineteen Eighty-Four	totalitarian superstate centered on the Americas in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Organization of North American Nations (O.N.A.N.)	Infinite Jest	North American superstate from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
Orsinia	Orsinian Tales and Malafrena	a Central European country similar to Czechoslovakia or Hungary, the focus of Ursula K. Le Guin's Orsinian Tales and the novel Malafrena.
Oz	L. Frank Baum's Oz books	magical land in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, as well as the later novel, movie The Wizard of Oz and the book and play Wicked and its sequels.

P

Name	Work	Notes
Palombia	Spirou et Fantasio	home of the Marsupilami
Panau	Just Cause 2	An island country in South East Asia under dictatorial rule and the setting for the 2010 game.
Panem	The Hunger Games	In the novel, the nation of "Panem" has risen from the ashes of a post-apocalyptic North America.[15][16] Panem's seat of power is a utopian city, called "The Capitol," located in the Rocky Mountains. Outside of the Capitol, the nation is divided into twelve districts under the hegemony of a fascist, totalitarian dictatorship, headed by a tyrannical and cruel dictator.
Parador	Moon Over Parador	A South American country and location of events in Moon Over Parador.
Patusan	Lord Jim	an 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.
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).
Petoria	Family Guy	A micronation in Family Guy which seceded from the US and re-patriotized in less than a week.
Phaic Tăn	Phaic Tăn: Sunstroke on a Shoestring	Indochinese country from a parody travel guidebook.
Poictesme		a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell.
Pokolistan	DC Comics	a former Soviet Republic in the DC Comics universe formerly ruled by General Zod
Polrugaria		archetypal Communist-ruled country, "heavily modelled on Poland"[17] in Isaac Deutscher's 1952 essay "The Tragic Life of a Polrugarian Minister"
Pottsylvania	The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show	from Jay Ward's The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

Q

Name	Work	Notes
Qumar	The West Wing	a Middle Eastern state from the television series The West Wing
Qumran (Kumrahn)	Yes Minister	an Arab country in the BBC comedy series Yes Minister
Qurac	DC Comics	a Persian Gulf country in the DC Comics Universe, often used when DC needs a terrorist state.

R

Name	Work	Notes
Ragaan	Embassy	a South-East Asian country located half-way up the Malay Peninsula, somewhere between Thailand and Malaysia; from the Australian television series Embassy.
Ravka	Shadow and Bone	the country from Shadow and Bone as well as the rest of the Grisha Trilogy; the country resembles Russia in language and culture.
Republia	Papers Please	A sovereign state in the Games Papers Please and The Republia Times, by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of Lesrenadi, Glorian, and Bostan.
Rhelasia	Young Justice	Originally two nations of North and South, based on North and South Korea, from the TV series Young Justice.
Robo-Hungarian Empire	Futurama	the home of Bender's uncle in Futurama; a parody of Austria-Hungary
Robonia	Futurama	a country invented by Bender in Futurama
Rohan	The Lord of the Rings	Country in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series.
Ruritania	The Prisoner of Zenda	a German-speaking kingdom in central Europe from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works.
Rook Islands	Far Cry 3	The two island setting for Ubisoft's Far Cry 3

S

Name	Work	Notes
St. Georges Island	Yes, Prime Minister	an island nation located somewhere in the Arabian Sea. It was the centrepoint of the episode A Victory for Democracy from the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.
Samavia	The Lost Prince	Eastern European kingdom in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Lost Prince
Sangala	24	a Western African republic featuring in the television series 24, which is briefly taken over by General Juma in a military coup.
San Lorenzo	Cat's Cradle	a tiny rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
San Lorenzo	Leverage	A small European nation featured in the third season of the TV series Leverage.
San Marcos	Bananas and Archer Vice	A Latin American banana republic.
San Salvador	Ryhmy ja Romppainen	a banana republic in constant, but frivolous civil wars that are fought for show only, in the humor book series Ryhmy ja Romppainen by pseudonym Armas J. Pulla.[18]
San Seriffe	The Guardian	an island nation featured in an elaborate April Fools' Day hoax on 1 April 1977 in the British newspaper The Guardian.
San Sombrèro	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	a Central American country from a parody travel guidebook.
San Theodoros	The Adventures of Tintin	a South American nation featured in several of The Adventures of Tintin, stories, home of General Alcazar
Santa Prisca	DC Comics	a Caribbean nation in the DC Universe, home to Batman villain Bane.
Santo Marco	Marvel Comics	A fictional South American nation appearing in Marvel Mainstream Continuity, Earth-616, which was briefly occupied by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants until they were driven out by a mutant superhero team, X-Men.
São Rico	The Adventures of Tintin	a Portuguese-speaking South American country, featured in The Adventures of Tintin.
Sarkhan	The Ugly American	a small, peaceful kingdom in Southeast Asia, from the 1965 novel The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick.
Shangri-La	Lost Horizon	a mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalaya in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon
The Shire	The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings	a country in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Mainly inhabited by Hobbits. Its capital is Michel Delving.
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf		the "last existing appendage republic of the USSR", a country created by monochrom for theatre performances and computer games.
Sierra Gordo	G.I. Joe	a South American country often used as a satire of banana republics in the G.I. Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics.
Slaka	Rates of Exchange and Why Come to Slaka?	a Balkan communist country in Malcolm Bradbury's Rates of Exchange and its sequel, Why Come to Slaka?
Sodor	Thomas the Tank Engine	between England and the Isle of Man, the setting for the Reverend Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine railway network managed by "The Fat Controller"
Spensonia		an island between "Utopia and Oceana", where English mariners form a communal society. From Thomas Spence's 18th century writings.
Squamuglia	The Courier's Tragedy	a duchy ruled by the evil duke Angelo in The Courier's Tragedy, a fictitious Jacobean revenge play by Richard Wharfinger, performed in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
Strackenz	Royal Flash	a Duchy in the 1970 The Flashman Papers novel Royal Flash.
Sunda	State of Siege	in Eric Ambler's novel State of Siege, is similar to Indonesia but much smaller, confined to a single island.
Syldavia	The Adventures of Tintin	Balkan monarchy featured in four stories of The Adventures of Tintin, neighbouring Borduria.
Sokovia	Marvel Cinematic Universe	A fictional Eastern-European country appearing on the Earth of Marvel Cinematic Universe. Where two Marvel Superheroes Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch reside.
Sylvania	Duck Soup	belligerent neighbor to Freedonia in the 1933 film Duck Soup
Svenborgia	30 Rock	A country only rich people know about 30 Rock

T

Name	Work	Notes
Tazbekistan[19]	Ambassadors	Central Asian republic, setting for the 2013 BBC TV comedy series Ambassadors.
Tcherkistan	Supercondriaque	East European country from the film Supercondriaque (2014)
Tecala	Proof of Life	South American country from the film Proof of Life (2000).
Tirania (also Republic of Tirania)	Mort & Phil, La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón	a country governed by dictator Bruteztrausen; Spanish secret agents Mortadelo and Filemón helped depose Bruteztrausen and president Rompetechen was then elected.[20] Another version of this country appears in the film La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón.
Trans-Carpathia	G.I. Joe	Eastern-European Cobra stronghold; location of many stories from the G.I. Joe comic book line
Tomania	The Great Dictator	the setting of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, lampooning Nazi Germany.
Transia	Marvel Comics	a fictional European country on the Earth of the Marvel Universe.
Tsergovia	Don't Ask	Eastern European country mentioned in Donald E. Westlake's novel Don't Ask
Tyranistan	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	an Asian country and former member of the Soviet Union featured in a parody travel guidebook.

U

Name	Work	Notes
Unaudited Arab Emirates	San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups	parody of the United Arab Emirates in a mock tourist guide.
United Federation	Papers, Please	A sovereign state in the game Papers, Please by Lucas Pope, which includes the cities of Shingleton, Korista City, and Great Rapid.
United Islamic Republic	Executive Orders	a nation created by the conquest of Iraq by Iran in Tom Clancy's novel Executive Orders.
United States of South Africa	2001: A Space Odyssey	The successor to South Africa after the emigration of most white people and collapse of the economy in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Uqbar	Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius	a nation in Asia Minor in Jorge Luis Borges's 1940 short story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius that is fictional within the story.
Urkesh	Forever	a Eastern European country, former member of USSR in TV series Forever (episode The King of Columbus Circle).

V

Name	Work	Notes
Vadeem	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	state whose Prime Minister gangsters try to kidnap in the episode "Raphael Drives 'em Wild" of 1987 animated TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[21]
Val Verde	Commando, Predator, Die Hard 2 and Jurassic Attack	Spanish-speaking country resembling Nicaragua, in the films Commando, Predator, Die Hard 2 and Jurassic Attack.
Vespugia	A Swiftly Tilting Planet and 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
Votskojek	Don't Ask and Road to Ruin	Eastern European country mentioned in Donald E. Westlake's novels Don't Ask and Road to Ruin
Vulgaria	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don't Drink the Water	the far-off, make-believe land in the film version of the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, its name based on Bulgaria. "Vulgaria" is also the tourist destination in Woody Allen's play and film Don't Drink the Water, a country located behind the Iron Curtain. "Vulgaria" is also used as the name of a fictional country in some of Lawrence Durrell's short stories based on the character of Antrobus, a British diplomat.

W

Name	Work	Notes
Wadiya	The Dictator	fictional country in the movie The Dictator located in the Horn of Africa (in the area of Eritrea).
Wakanda	The Avengers	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.
West Angola	Scandal	a 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 black mailed into doing so.
West Xylophone	The Alphabet of Nations	a fictional country mentioned in the song "The Alphabet of Nations" by rock duo They Might Be Giants, invented as a stand in, since there are no United Nations Member states whose names begin with "W" or "X".
Wisdom	The Phantom Tollbooth	a fictional country in Norton Juster's novel The Phantom Tollbooth, where letters and numbers come to life. It has two main cities: Dictionopolis (Word City) and Digitopolis (Number City).

X

Name	Work	Notes
Xerxes	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Xerxes (クセルクセス kuserukusesu) (incorrectly romanized as 'Cselkcess' in Viz manga) was an ancient country that existed in the Great Desert to the east of Amestris four hundred years before the start of the series.
Xing	Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series	Xing is a country in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, located east of the main country of the series, Amestris, across the Eastern Desert.

Y

Name	Work	Notes
Yellow Empire	Blake and Mortimer	a fascist Asian power in Blake and Mortimer.

Z

Name	Work	Notes
Zion (The Matrix)	The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions	a fictional reality of earth in The Matrix (franchise) movies.
Zanzibar Land	Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake	a country bordering the Middle East and, for a time, the only country to possess nuclear weapons in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
Zekistan	Full Spectrum Warrior and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers	Middle Eastern country between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan in the video game Full Spectrum Warrior and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers; its history and setting closely resemble Afghanistan's.
Zamunda	Coming to America	The country of origin for Prince Akeem in the Eddie Murphy film Coming to America (1988).
Zubrowka	The Grand Budapest Hotel	East European country in Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

See also

• List of fictional countries by region

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