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A [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|fictional]] [[Captain Obvious|country]] in [[Like Reality Unless Noted|an otherwise real-world setting]]. May be a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to a [[Real Life]] country, or may be created whole-cloth as a example of a generic political/religious ideology (e.g. a [[Commie Land]] that is not readily identifiable with any of the various, often mutually-exclusive forms of Communism or any specific Communist/Socialist state), and/or with no direct resemblence to any specific [[Real Life]] country.
 
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* Ulgia for Lebanon in the fourth episode of ''[[Noir]]'', as well as the unnamed Middle-Eastern nation in episode 7. The rest of the series takes place in real-world locations like Paris, Spain, and Russia.
* ''[[Madlax]]'' has a Nafrece (France/Britain hybrid) and Gazth-Sonika (a mixture of Vietnam and the Middle-East) but it's implied to be set in the real world (Japan is mentioned in the early episodes).
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' had Ameris (the United States), the Shosken Kingdom (which looks like a version of Egypt), Asham (looks like India - even had a Taj Mahal-like building in one shot), and Indelhia (YMMV: it's supposed to be a sort of India/Western Asia place).
** In the third iteration, ''Gatchaman Fighter'', versions of names of existing countries are used, completely forgetting the names used in the original.
* Academy City and the Elizarina Alliance of Independent Nations in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]''. The former is an independent state in Japan and is the forefront of all science and technology in the [[The Verse|Toaruverse]], while the latter is an alliance of nations which split themselves from Russia.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' metaverse is all over this trope. ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' has the Sanc Kingdom<ref>Denmark according to the sourcebooks</ref>, ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' has the United Emirates of Orb<ref>somewhere in the neighborhood of Samoa</ref>, and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' has several, most prominently Azadistan<ref>[[Qurac|somewhere in the Middle East]]</ref>. The kings, however, are ''[[After War Gundam X (Anime)|Gundam X]]'' and ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', which both take place [[After the End]] and thus have new names for a whole bunch of real-world places (''X'' has San Angelino in California, ''Turn A'' has Inglessia, AKA New England).
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* There's a lot of fictional countries in Disney comics. Most of them are generic [[Banana Republic|Banana Republics]], [[Ruritania|Ruritanias]] etc., but one of the most notable is Brutopia, a stand-in for the Soviet Union that even appears in [[Don Rosa]]'s stories, which otherwise usually stick to real world countries and locations.
** [[Carl Barks]] also created the violent and dangerous country of Unsteadystan, blatantly based on Vietnam. It was engulfed on a civil war after a civil war and one of the first things we get to see is a rebel soldier blowing up America's embassy with grenades.
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]] visited a lot of these as well as real-world locations. [[A Nazi Byby Any Other Name|Borduria]] is a pretty obvious [[Nazi Germany]] counterpart, while its neighbor Syldavia is a particularly well-executed [[Ruritania]]. There's also Khemed, which is a [[Qurac]], and San Theodoros, which is a [[Banana Republic]].
 
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'' has the Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK) in season 8.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Mega Man Battle Network]]'': While the original series was set in a future version of our world, BN was set in an alternate universe, and thus, has different coutries. Electopia is Japan, Netopia is America and Europe, Netfrica is Africa, and so on.
* The world in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are [[Fictional Counterpart|fictional counterparts]] to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Aurelia=Argentina, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Amber=Italy, Delarus=Belarus, Sotoa=Arabia, Kaluga=India, Clavis=Australia, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Potsylvania in ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', a stand-in for the [[Soviet Union]] and other Eastern Bloc countries.
* Thembria in ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', [[Fictional Counterpart]] for the [[Soviet Union]].
* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]''.
 
=== Whole cloth-fictional countries ===
 
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Gosick (Light Novel)|Gosick]]'' is set in Sauville. Sauville is a tiny French-speaking country between France and Italy. It is supposed to look like a typical western European nation.
* More ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* The Duchy of Grand Fenwick from ''[[The Mouse That Roared (Literature)|The Mouse That Roared]]'': despite being founded by a ''British'' Knight, it has never been part of any [[Real Life]] country throughout its history; it's just that ''no one'' could be bothered to recognize a few square miles-wide country... Until they ''accidentally'' hijacked a nuclear device.
* Freedonia & Sylvania in ''[[Duck Soup]]''.
* In the movie ''The Interpreter'', the plot is all about saving the dictator of the fictional African country of Matobo, which could be a stand-in for any sub-Saharan African country. It seems to be like Uganda under Idi Amin.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'': The African country of Sangala in season 7. There was also an Islamic country that was never named in an earlier season. Jack teams up with an agent from that country (nicknamed "Fauxraqistan" at [[Television Without Pity]].com) for a while.
* ''[[The West Wing]]'' has Qumar, which is a middle-eastern country that is backwards and whose government officials perpetrate acts of terrorism against the United States. So it's pretty much like...
* ''[[Commander in Chief]]'' has the South American country of San Pasquale.
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* The Rogue Isles of ''[[City of Villains]]''.
* ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur IV]]'' gives us the fictional country of Wolfkrone, located somewhere in the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany) and home to newcomer [[Badass Princess|Hildegard]] [[Lady of War|von]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|Krone]]. Not much of the land has been seen, but it appears to be [[Advanced Ancient Acropolis|quite advanced]] for the late 16th century, considering that the Wolfkrone Monument stage is a carousel complete with animatronic musician-like figures that overlooks a castle and clockwork.
* Gallowmere, the setting of the first ''[[MedievilMediEvil (Video1998 video Gamegame)|Medievil]]'' game, became this once [[Medi EvilMediEvil 2 (Video Game)|the second game]] (set in Victorian-era London) was released.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Maldonia, homeland of Prince Naveen in ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]''
* Glacia, frozen homeland of the villains in the 1973/74 ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'' episode "The Weather Maker".
 
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