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Goes hand in hand with [[Expansion Pack World]]. You have a Magical Land that's about the size of England, since it's mostly [[Medieval European Fantasy]]. Let's call it "Magicalandia". You want to expand the world to do more stories, more locations and more [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture
Simple! Fans are so used to the name already, that you can ''also'' call the world Magicalandia! Of course, the original country will remain the center of the fictional universe.
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* [[Narnia]] is only the name of one of many kingdoms; when Eustace tells Jill he's been to Narnia and then that he's never been to Narnia (been to the world, but not the country), Jill is understandably confused.
** Narnia is an interesting example as the children rarely refer to their own world as "Earth", favouring "[[Trope Namer|England]]".
*** It's an interesting example for another reason
* ''[[Dragaera]]'' is a major offender: It makes sense that there is a Dragaeran Empire with a (former) capital city of Dragaera, as this pretty much mirrors Rome. On the other hand, the universe itself is called Dragaera, and the species of [[Our Elves Are Better|its inhabitants]] and its language are both Dragaeran, even though there are at least two other kingdoms in the world.
* ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'' almost completely averts this despite several add-ons, and actually inverts it on one occasion: We know from the beginning that the world is called Midkemia, but the main continent (Triagia) is not named for quite some time.
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' takes place in a multiverse, but the issue is handled fairly well. We call our world "Will's world," since that's where Will comes from. Also, most of the characters who hear about our world only know Will. Cittagazze is really just a city, though, and the characters shouldn't be using it as the name of the entire, Spectre-haunted world.
** They sometimes call it "The world of Cittegazze," but it's kind of a mouthful.
* Averted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and all related works. Middle-earth is where most of the action takes place, but the entire planet is called Arda, and it is part of Eä (the universe).
* The [[Land of Oz]] is near such places as [[Odd Name Out|Ix, Ev, Mo, and Menankypoo]]. There's no official name for the continent on which the stories take place. The most common [[Fanon]] name is Nonestica; other proposals are Supernumquam and the Continent of Imagination.
** Every king of Oz is ''named'' Oz, making them King Oz, of the nation of Oz, on the Continent of Oz
* "Randland" is often used as the unofficial name for the world in the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', though this term (naturally) isn't used by anyone in the book. It's also used specifically for what the Aiel call "[[Left
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Mostly averted with ''[[Dungeons
** Also, "Realmspace", crystal sphere of the Forgotten Realms setting, is named for a term that technically shouldn't be used by anyone who actually lives ''in'' Realmspace: "Forgotten Realms" refers to the notion that there used to be connections between Toril ''and Earth'', which those of us living on this side have forgotten about.
** The [[Ravenloft]] product line, and the demiplane where this setting is located, are named after a castle that most natives of that world have never even heard of. Early products had natives using "Ravenloft" to refer to the setting where they lived, though this was later retconned as a [[Translation Convention]] of an out-of-character gamers' term.
* In [[Magic: The Gathering]], the plane of Ravnica is named after the large city of Ravnica.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The [[The Legend of Zelda|Kingdom of Hyrule]] within the world of Hyrule.
** It's never incredibly consistent if Hyrule is the entire world, or just one country/continent.
*** Supposedly it's just a country of an alternate Earth, since there is also the lands of Holodrum and Labyrinia.
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* The country of Ivalice in the world of [[Final Fantasy|Ivalice]].
** Except in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', where Ivalice refers to a region made up of the main areas of the game - Rozarria, Dalmasca, Nabradia, and Archadia.
* [[King's Quest|Daventry]] is an interesting example. The author of the reference materials written in-universe has a magic computer (and thus a magical Internet connection to our world). He says that he will continue to refer to the entire realm as Daventry for the reader's benefit, even though Daventry is technically only one kingdom.
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'': In all games Nosgoth is implied to be the name of the world. It contains at least two kingdoms which are never named (King Ottmar's and the Nemesis'). On the other hand, in ''Blood Omen 2'', Nosgoth has a capitol named Meridian. Of course, ''Blood Omen 2'' is often filed under [[Discontinuity]] or [[Broad Strokes]] anyway...
* ''[[Might and Magic]]'' and sister ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]''. ''Heroes of Might and Magic II'' introduces the name Enroth, referring to the realm the game and its prequel take place in. Cue several further iterations which interestingly take place within the kingdom of Enroth, which lies within the land of Enroth, upon the continent of Enroth, on the planet of Enroth. The name Enroth later mysteriously crops up in some spinoffs which have absolutely nothing to do with the aforementioned world. Admittedly, the ''Kingdom'' of Enroth appears to more-or-less cover the entirety of the ''continent'' of Enroth, so confusion would not be quite so common as might otherwise be the case.
** Before ''Heroes III: Armageddon's Blade'', which renamed the continent Antagarich, the continent of Erathia housed a kingdom of the same name.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' has this approach, although rather than expansion, the areas of the countries (referred to as the world) simply change.
* The continent of [[Guild Wars|Tyria]] on the world of Tyria. Somewhat excusable, as the original [[Guild Wars]] Tyria was planned as a complete setting in its own right, with multiple distinct kingdoms and regions. When they decided to make new sequal/expansion pack "campaigns" on new continents, the name was [[Retcon|RetConed]] (along with the original [[Guild Wars]] being re-named "Prophecies campaign") to being both the continent and the world.
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