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Bulungi

If a fictional person makes up a fictious country, then is the country really fictious? Kransky 11:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so, I think to be a fictional country on this list, you have to have your counrty published in the mass media. User:Kanga-Kucha 2:25, 25 January 2007

Nutopia

Does John Lennon's Nutopia not count? Hrhadam (talk) 10:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Allied States of America

From the show Jericho... I believe that the country "Allied States of America" should be added to the article "List of fictional countries." I would have done it my self, but I am not too fancy in editing Wikipedia pages, if possible can someone please tell me if this is clausable (spelling), and if so can that someone also place it on the page. Thank you :). R3445v (talk) 00:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Updates of Wikia

Hello, Wikipedia's contributors. I am Mighty Erick, a conworlder from Wikia (ex-wikicities). I am updating those pages to the current state of worldbuilding and country-building on Wikia.

Any question you can talk us at:

Yanus, admin of ConWorlds Wiki: http://conworld.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Yanus

Mighty Erick (me), current admin of Pegasus: http://conmyth.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Mighty_Erick

I hope this info would be useful. Thanks for your collaboration.Mightyerick (talk) 01:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation

I tried to disambiguate as many links as possible, but given the diverse nature of the list, I was unable to do that with a few of them. Please, someone else could do that :-) --Ruziklan (talk) 19:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Purge

I have removed several countries that do not fit the criteria for this list. In the interest of openness (and as someone may want to create a list more suitable for some of them), I am listing all of them below, with the reasons for their deletion. RandomCritic 00:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Other ages/planets/fantasy realms

The following countries exist in fantasy universes, other times, alternate realities, or other planets where the geography is entirely dissimilar to Earth's. They are not located on recognizable fictional versions of our Earth.

Unnatural nations

These countries are not "on the surface of the Earth as we know it" -- they are not recognizable as potentially real countries, being underwater, flying in the air, or artificial constructs.

Fictional, but not countries

The following are fictional (except for Watership Down, which is a real hill, though it may not have such a warren as described in the book) -- however, they are not countries under even the most expansive definition of such.

  • Camping Cosmos: the name of this fictive campsite really exists but is set in the surrealist surroundings of the country "Noble Belgique" in the movie Camping Cosmos
  • Efrafa: not a country as such, but a rabbit warren in Watership Down with all the attributes of one, seen as a metaphor for a Dystopian Fascist state
  • Sandleford: not a country as such but a rabbit warren with all the attributes of one from Watership Down. Seen as a metaphor for a conservative monarchy where new ideas are discouraged.
  • Watership Down: not a country as such but a rabbit warren with all the attributes of one in the book by the same name. Seen as a metaphor for a Utopian Socialist state, as opposed to the flawed egalitarian/socialist state of the Warren of the Shining Wires, where their comfortable way of life is only possible as they are fed (and subsequently harvested) by humans.

Humorous one-offs

These "countries" are non-notable and have no depth; they either do not exist in fiction, being simply names made up for single jokes, or are made up even within their fictional context.

  • Bishkadu: A "made up country" that Joey Tribbiani tells women he's moving to, in order to avoid them, as stated by Gina in the Friends sit-com spin-off Joey.
  • Blecchistan: Central Asian country from The Onion article titled "Body Of Missing Mad Magazine Reporter Found In Blecchistan"
  • Bulungi: from The Onion article titled "U.S. Ambassador To Bulungi Suspected Of Making Country Up"
  • Bumdumborge: from Homestar Runner cartoon series
  • Cyberia: robot country, goes to Olympics in Futurama. It is fictitious even in context.
  • Devil's Island: goes to Olympics in Futurama
  • Dortugal: one of the countries that neighbors Free Country USA in Homestar Runner cartoon series
  • Ethniklashistan: from an article in satirical newspaper The Onion about a country formed by the UN for the relocation of clashing ethnicities
  • Franistan: Lucy pretends to be a "Maharincess" (cross between the daughter of a Maharaja and a Princess) from here, in the first season of I Love Lucy.
  • Free Country USA: Place where Homestar Runner & co. live. Unclear whether this is a state, city, or actual country.
  • Fritolaysia: Central Asian "doritocracy" from The Onion article titled "Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan"
  • Irap: a large nation nestled between Iraq and Iran, mentioned by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show as a Bush administration target for another war.
  • Jesusland: from the Jesusland map Internet meme
  • Nation of Joe: apparently including only Joe, goes to Olympics in Futurama
  • New Zanzibar: African country from The Simpsons episode, "Simpson Safari." As the Simpsons were on an airplane landing in Tanzania, the flight attendant claimed the country had just been renamed to "New Zanzibar," and a second later, she claimed it was again renamed to "Pepsi presents New Zanzibar."
  • Nukehavistan: former Soviet republic from The Onion article titled "U.S. Intelligence: Nukehavistan May Have Nuclear Weapons"
  • Prance: from Homestar Runner cartoon series
  • Robonia: from Futurama television series. Country made up by Bender so he could compete in the Olympics. Made up, despite what it's national anthem claims.
  • Snakistan: Central Asian country from The Onion article titled "Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan"
  • Slavatania: an imaginary country from the TV series Hope & Faith made up by Faith in the episode "Natal Attraction" when she tells her gynaecologist that her father is the prince of the country
  • Strong Badia: from Homestar Runner cartoon series
  • Totalslava: from Homestar Runner cartoon series
  • Zamboni: made up by Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family; apparently burnt peas are a delicacy here and, according to Ben, there was a major coup

Myth rather than fiction

These are legends or myths rather than fiction; some of them were actually really believed to exist.

  • Aeaea: mythical island in Greek mythology, home of the sorceress Circe
  • Cockaigne: legendary country described in medieval tales, where all the harshness of medieval peasant life did not exist
  • Hy-Brazil: An island of Irish folklore that appears and disappears
  • Lyonesse: land sunk under the waves in Welsh legend
  • Saguenay, Kingdom of: a legendary land of vast riches believed to exist by early French explorers of Canada
  • Tír na nÓg: "Land of the Youth," the Celtic paradise

Not found in works of fiction

None of the following count as fiction: pseudo-nations passed off as real, model nations used for testing and advertising purposes, micronations created by one person or by small societies.

Frauds, hoaxes, and practical jokes
Model and place-filler countries used for non-fictional purposes
Advertising
  • Fruitopia: a Pacific island in Australian fruit juice commercials

On Earth

"Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it — as opposed to inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet (see below)."' Why this limitation? Fictional country article states that "A fictional country is a country that is made up, and does not exist in real life. Fictional lands appear most commonly as settings or subjects of literature or of movies. Fictional countries appear commonly in stories of early science fiction (or scientific romance).Such countries supposedly form part of the normal Earth landscape although not located in a normal atlas. Later similar tales often took place on fictional planets." I therefore think this limitation should be scrapped. Instead we would benefit from a description whether this is a country on Earth 'just like ours plus this country', an alternative history Earth, anther planet (science fiction), or a fantasy world. What do you think?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 12:34, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree with this. --Sparky Lurkdragon 15:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
The list would probably be too long otherwise. Is there another list for fictional countries on other worlds? -- Astrokey44|talk 14:20, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
The list of fictional countries is limited to those on Earth because there are indeed a lot of fictional places outside our planet. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish which of these far off places are "countries" by Earth definition. More offten than not they are called "worlds", "realms" or "lands" and rarely countries. So limitting the list to countries on Earth seems reasonable. Tavilis 16:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
This list is getting too large, and there is a world of difference (pardon the pun) between countries known to be our world and 'lands' in fantasy, sci-fi and the such. Kransky 11:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, there needs to be a separate list for counties on our plant (earth) and one for the rest. Kanga-Kucha

Yes the purge has gone well but the entry is always going to be in trouble while it has this title. Could I suggest a move to: List of fictional countries on Earth. Someone may want to make other fictional lists for places on other planets, etc. but that is their own funeral. (Emperor 13:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC))
I would recommend a new list called List of realistic fictional countries. This would be limited to countries that have a back-story (not just used in a one-liner somewhere) and are specifically assumed to be on Earth in historical times with a general idea of where it is. Everything else could stay here, as it looks like the majority of what is there probably is fluff, highly fictional or not on Earth. The 2007 purge has not been maintained it would appear. Nerfer (talk) 22:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Actually, a better thing might be to break this page into two main sections, one for realistic countries and one for everything else. Then people who are adding a country will be more likely to put it in the right category. Nerfer (talk) 18:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Roseyland

In the M*A*S*H (TV series) episode A night at Rosie's, Hawekey, B.J. & Scully declare Rosey's bar a country, naming it Roseyland. GoodDay (talk) 20:09, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

This article is COOL

This article is COOL. That is all 118.209.196.31 (talk) 23:17, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Amalah from The Event

Hi. Please, i can't find any reference of the country of Amalah in the series The Event. Does anyone know which episode it is mentioned? Thanks. --Zipacna1 (talk) 18:33, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Vaaktarie

Please dont delete line with Vaaktarie (Vaaktarie Fiderasie). I'm creator of this fictional state. Link of information about Vaaktarie added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.79.5.4 (talk) 15:12, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Tolkien lands on earth?

As per delimitation in the header paragraph of only countries on the surface of the Earth, countries invented by Tolkien should likely not be in this list. That means that these six countries do not belong on this list, for instance Eregion and Lothlorien. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.181.165.46 (talk) 17:50, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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