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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* Roanapur, in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', has a fair number of spies running around in addition to all the criminals. |
* Roanapur, in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', has a fair number of spies running around in addition to all the criminals. |
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* Thanks to the mysterious [[Eldritch Location|Hell's Gate]], Tokyo in ''[[Darker |
* Thanks to the mysterious [[Eldritch Location|Hell's Gate]], Tokyo in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' is crawling with agents for every faction imaginable, from criminal cartels to national intelligence agencies. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* Boktor (capital of Drasnia) and Mal Zeth (capital of the Mallorean Empire) in ''[[The Belgariad]]''. Drasnia tops it all, being a ''country'' of spies. Spies are its chief export (that and reindeer). |
* Boktor (capital of Drasnia) and Mal Zeth (capital of the Mallorean Empire) in ''[[The Belgariad]]''. Drasnia tops it all, being a ''country'' of spies. Spies are its chief export (that and reindeer). |
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* King's Landing in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', though to a lesser extent than some of the other examples on this page, does have a large number of spies for different factions. |
* King's Landing in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', though to a lesser extent than some of the other examples on this page, does have a large number of spies for different factions. |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* [[Stargate City|Vancouver]], of all places, on ''[[Intelligence]]''. |
* [[Stargate City|Vancouver]], of all places, on ''[[Intelligence]]''. |
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* The Village in ''[[The Prisoner]].'' All the inhabitants are forcibly retired spies. |
* The Village in ''[[The Prisoner]].'' All the inhabitants are forcibly retired spies. |
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* Berlin in ''[[Pan Am]]''. Of course as the series is set in the '60s, during the Cold War, as noted below this is [[Truth in Television]]. |
* Berlin in ''[[Pan Am]]''. Of course as the series is set in the '60s, during the Cold War, as noted below this is [[Truth in Television]]. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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** Istanbul has some claim to be the Trope Namer. It is after all a very "Byzantine" city. |
** Istanbul has some claim to be the Trope Namer. It is after all a very "Byzantine" city. |
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*** The atmosphere is captured in the [[World War II]] history [[Istanbul Intrigues]] by the author Barry Rubin who called it a "real life Casablanca". |
*** The atmosphere is captured in the [[World War II]] history [[Istanbul Intrigues]] by the author Barry Rubin who called it a "real life Casablanca". |
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*** Depicted as a nearly literal City of Spies in From Russia with Love. |
*** Depicted as a nearly literal City of Spies in From Russia with Love. |
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* Helsinki ([[Cold War]]): Because it was close to the Soviet Union, largely sympathetic to the West, but neutral. The Finns were quite aware of their situation, practicing a policy of "bowing to the East in such a way that it could not be seen as mooning the West." |
* Helsinki ([[Cold War]]): Because it was close to the Soviet Union, largely sympathetic to the West, but neutral. The Finns were quite aware of their situation, practicing a policy of "bowing to the East in such a way that it could not be seen as mooning the West." |
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* Tallinn, Estonia (Today), because it was once part of the Soviet Union, but is now firmly in the Western camp (part of the EU and NATO). Since 2008 the city is home to the [[NATO]] Cyber Defense Center. This last is not particularly surprising: Internet penetration in Estonia is ridiculously high (the country was the first to hold official online elections), the country has a large number of internet-based companies, and Estonian systems are a common target for Russian hackers. |
* Tallinn, Estonia (Today), because it was once part of the Soviet Union, but is now firmly in the Western camp (part of the EU and NATO). Since 2008 the city is home to the [[NATO]] Cyber Defense Center. This last is not particularly surprising: Internet penetration in Estonia is ridiculously high (the country was the first to hold official online elections), the country has a large number of internet-based companies, and Estonian systems are a common target for Russian hackers. |
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