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{{trope}}
[[File:Castle Frankenstein by PReilly 196.jpg|frame|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131215215655/http://preilly.deviantart.com/art/Castle-Frankenstein-41035354 ''Through the valley travel the meek; Something wicked awaits at the peak...'']<ref>Hey, at least it's nice to see that they have [[Lightning Can Do Anything|a green energy source...]]</ref>]]
{{quote|''The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East...''|''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'', Chapter 1.}}
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5. Having gone into the guest bedroom, don't--whatever you do--sleep with the window open.
6. Having slept with the window open, don't come runnin' to me to complain. }}
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'''s Durmstrang seems to be located on one of these. The school's name is Germanic, the Headmaster is vaguely Slavic, the local superstar is a definite Bulgarian. And they won't tell you anything about the whereabouts, aside from the fact that it's very cold outside and spacious with mountains and forests. (And in the film version of ''Goblet of Fire'', Dumbledore introduces the delegation from Durmstrang as "our friends from the north", not the east, as you might expect.) Compare with Beauxbatons and Hogwarts, which are simply French and British, respectively.
* The famous British comedian [[Morecambe and Wise|Eric Morecambe]] wrote two novels for children, ''The Reluctant Vampire'' and ''The Vampire's Revenge'', which are set in a parody Überwald environment.
* Other children's books based around Überwald parodies include Willis Hall's ''The Last Vampire'' and Allan Rune Pettersson's ''Frankenstein's Aunt''.
== Live-Action TV ==
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The Immortal Principality of Ustalav in the [[Pathfinder]] setting of Golarion. Has Varisians ([[Roma]]) as the primary Human ethnic group. Ruled for centuries by a [[Our Liches Are Different|Lich]] as in, [[The Undead]].
* More or less sums up the domain of Barovia in the [[Dungeons
* Sylvania in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', ruled for centuries by the Von Carstein bloodline, is considered [[The Dung Ages|remarkably backwards]] even by the standards of the [[Crapsack World|Old World]]. It has many charming traditions, such as burying the dead face down so that if they start digging they won't be able to run ([[Zombie Gait|well, shamble]]) around the place. {{Spoiler|It doesn't work...}}
* [[Eberron]]'s Karnnath used to be like this. In some places in the current era, the trope is played straight.
* The nation of Mauristatia in the ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' gamebook and RPG universe is like this, with vampire lords lurking in castles and mad <s>scientists</s> alchemists trying to build monsters out of bits of corpses.
* The titular plane in the [[Magic: The Gathering]] expansion ''Innistrad'' is home to vampires, werewolves, demons, zombies, ghosts, geists, and all sorts of nasty things. And smack-dab in the midst of this monster mash are the huddled masses of humanity, fighting an endless war against the darkness.
** The earlier ''[http://magiccards.info/
** The much-reviled ''[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=198083 Homelands]'' expansion was also an Uberwald-flavored set. The flavor of the set (which was very high) couldn't overcome the poor quality of the rest of the set, and it bombed. To this day, ''Homelands'' is remembered as "that set with the excellent setting but horrible cards."
== Theater ==
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* ''[[Quest for Glory IV]]'' is set in Mordavia, which like a miniature Überwald, with [[Killer Rabbit]]s.
* Druantia in ''Fate: Undiscovered Realms''.
* Morytania in [[
* The nation of Ulm in [[Dominions]] has turned into this in the Late Age. Vampires, wolves and sinister gypsies are included. Local [[Illuminati]] add some extra color with their plots and blood magic.
* ''[[A Vampyre Story]]'' takes this and runs with it.
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