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== Anime & Manga ==
* China is further divided in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' where it is now the People's Liberation Committee (North China) and the Democratic Chinese Alliance (South China). Makes more sense than many, given the long-standing (cultural) north/south divide along the Yangtze.
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' has a Balkanized USA. After the end of the nuclear World War III, the United States was divided into three countries: the American Empire, the Russo-American Alliance, and the United States of America.
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* Several examples in Jasper Fforde's [[Thursday Next]] series, for example [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|The Socialist Republic of Wales]].
** Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in [[The Last Dragonslayer]].
* In Orson Scott Card's ''[[Orson Scott
* Happened in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. After the Battle of Endor, the Galactic Empire began to fracture apart with the deaths of its two top leaders and elite military command staff. Over the course of nearly a decade, various Imperial Admirals began taking sectors for themselves and became warlords over sizable chunks of the galaxy.
* In John Birmingham's ''After America'' although it doesn't go into details it's mentioned that France has become divided after the French Intifada in the previous book, ''Without Warning''. Also there are several cities in Germany called "sharia towns", particularly Neu Koln that have become independent entities ''de facto'', if not ''de jure''.
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