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    • Airstrip One
        • Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing. A kilometre away the Ministry of Truth, his place of work, towered vast and white above the grimy landscape. This, he thought with a sort of vague distaste—this was London, chief city of Airstrip One, itself the third most populous of the provinces of Oceania. He tried to squeeze out some childhood memory that should tell him whether London had always been quite like this.
    • Albion
        • A patchwork of city-states with lawless stretches of plains and forest between them.
        • Peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on Earth on Atlantis about 10,000 years ago. Aliens left behind when Atlantis sank were kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the ocean.
        • Lobstercules reveals to Arthur and The Tick that she used to be a member of the Atlantean Guard from Atlantis. (Season 2 episode Categorically Speaking)
        • Aquaman is the rightful king of Atlantis. The Atlanteans helped fight off Steppenwolf the first time.
    • Bishkadoo
        • Fake country Joey made up to break up with girls. (Season 1 episode Joey and the Spying)
    • Borigia / Krazny-Marengo
        • Country formerly known as Borovia, currently full of civil strife, following the dissolution of national political entities, which Cobra Commander absolutely adores. (Issue #145 Threads and Resolutions)
    • British States of America
        • The sliders visit a world where the Americans lost the Revolutionary War and are still governed by a monarchy known as the British States of America. (Season 1 episode The Prince of Wails)
    • Buldavia New record added 9/25/2021
        • Some defendants before the court claim diplomatic immunity because they are exiled royalty from Buldavia, near Yugoslavia, known for being unknown. (Season 7 episode Passion Plundered)
    • Bunion Country
        • Joke Patty and Selma make when they blackmail Homer into giving them foot massages. (Season 6 episode Homer vs. Patty and Selma)
    • California
        • California seceded from the union to become an independent nation. The current president is Charleton Heston, and there are guns everywhere. (Season 4 episode Asylum)
    • Cascadia
        • In the 2060s Cascadia declares itself an independent nation with Vancouver as its capital. The corporate government establishes a Republic.
    • The Colony
        • Factory workers living in the Colony quickly commute to the UFB each day via "The Fall,” a gravity elevator through the Earth's core which takes 17 minutes to traverse. A Resistance operating in the UFB, which the UFB views as a terrorist movement, seeks to improve living conditions in the Colony.
    • Cordovia
        • Todd says people tell him he looks like the Prince of Cordovia in season 2 episode After the Party.
        • Where Diane is scheduled to go to work with Sebastian St. Claire - mentioned in various episodes.
        • Prince Cordovia is shown episode Hank After Dark - and yes, he looks like Todd.
    • The Corporate States
        • The United States has been replaced by the Corporate States on the world where creativity is outlawed. (Season 5 episode Map of the Mind)
    • Costa Pobre
        • The international terrorist and hitman known as The Pelican plans to assassinate the Archbishop of Costa Pobre as he makes his speech at the Commander HoteI. (Season 2 episode Icebreaker)
    • Craigloggen
        • After the airline that he work for replaces navigators with computers, Howard gets a new job with EDS, which stands for European Delivery Service, a freight airline, which he pronounces, “Ed’s”. His first flight is to somewhere called Craigloggen. (Season 2 episode The Jobless Corps)
    • The Crystal Kingdom
        • Land beyond the Gragasian Mountains, ruled by Queen Tartara, the Crystal Queen. (Season 1 episode The Crystal Queen)
    • Davithonia
        • Davith mentions he's been considering starting his own L.A.I.R.E. country in one of the DVD bonus features.
    • Douche Nation
        • What drive time radio guys Crazy Ira and the Douche call their listening fanbase in Pawnee. (Season 3 episode Media Blitz)
    • Eastasia
        • Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. The self-satisfied sheep-like face on the screen, and the terrifying power of the Eurasian army behind it, were too much to be borne: besides, the sight or even the thought of Goldstein produced fear and anger automatically. He was an object of hatred more constant than either Eurasia or Eastasia, since when Oceania was at war with one of these Powers it was generally at peace with the other.
    • Elf County
        • Location mentioned on Christmas-themed TV special that Lisa watches on TV with her aunts. (Season 1 episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)
    • Elf Land
        • It is said that at the dawn of time, man, beast and all magical beings lived together under Aidlin, the Father Tree. But man had been created with a hole in his heart, and in his infinite greed, the blood of many an elf, ogre and goblin was spilt in that war with man. King Balor, the king of Elfland, watched the slaughter with dread and despair. But one day, the master of the goblin blacksmiths offered to build the King a golden mechanical army that could not be stopped.
    • Equatorial Kalingaland
        • Country consumed by a civil war between Soviet-backed Kalinga-Rouge rebels and the U.S.-backed Kalinga government until its leader, Prince Ngoto, returns (Issue #10 Turnabout)
    • Equatorial Kundu
        • Fictional African nation blighted by AIDS and a civil war, resembling the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
    • Eurasia
        • Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. The self-satisfied sheep-like face on the screen, and the terrifying power of the Eurasian army behind it, were too much to be borne: besides, the sight or even the thought of Goldstein produced fear and anger automatically. He was an object of hatred more constant than either Eurasia or Eastasia, since when Oceania was at war with one of these Powers it was generally at peace with the other.
    • Euro-Nakedland
        • When Casey complains about walking in on Brian nude, he tells her to think of his house as a country called Nakedland. And with the bachelor party he's throwing for Joe that night, she can expect the opening of Euro-Nakedland. (Season 6 episode Boys Just Wanna Have Fun)
    • Fibonan Republic
        • While attempting to broker a peace treaty, Kirk offers the Teenax an Fibonan artifact from the Fibonan Republic's High Council, an ancient weapon known as the Abronath.
    • Frusenland
        • A small island nation in northern Europe. Cobra offers the prime minister a defense package of terror drones, and implements the paranoia ray when he declines (Issue #67 Cold Snap)
    • Ghost Nation
        • Native American territory in Westworld. "The most savage folks there is," according to Lawrence (Season 1 episode Trompe L'Oeil)
    • Gilead
        • Future dystopian society ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate.
        • Future dystopian society ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate.
    • Glencracken
        • Imaginary kingdom in Augie's L.A.I.R.E. game. Where Davith is from.
    • The Golden Country
        • The Golden Country is a place in Winston's dreams that makes him happy.
    • Grenyarnia
        • Jeremy Seinfeld comes back from his vacation to confront Jack and tells him he just come back from Grenyarnia, a "country only known by the richest people on earth.” (episode SeinfeldVision)
    • Himalfadonia New record added 10/21/2021
        • Mac shares an article in the Enquiring Star newspaper about a group of religious zealots, whose god looks just like Bull. Most of them live in A country called Himalfadonia, but there are a few in Manhattan. (Season 8 episode A Night Court at the Opera)
    • Jock Nation
        • Sovereign state at Schenley High School… "Schenley High School was a world until itself. By senior year, I had mastered the languages and customs of its various sovereign states."
    • Kikiwikiwikistan
        • Fictional country mentioned in title of one of the Herbert Love videos on Westvids (The Arrested Development version of YouTube)
    • The Kingdom Of South Africa
        • Monarchy mentioned during the series of news stories that open Part Two: "The Kingdom of South Africa, Federation associate member, had again been cited before the High Court for persecution of its white minority."
    • The Kingdom Of Stoners
        • Sovereign state at Schenley High School… "Schenley High School was a world until itself. By senior year, I had mastered the languages and customs of its various sovereign states."
    • Kingdom Of The Brine
        • One of the seven kingdoms that splintered off when the ancient Atlantis sank, home to a race of Atlanteans that have evolved into more animalistic forms.
    • Kingdom Of The Deserters
        • Lost colony of Atlantis wiped out when the Sahara turned into a desert.
    • The Kingdom Of The Fisherman
        • One of the seven kingdoms that splintered off when the ancient Atlantis sank, populated by a more fish-like race.
    • Kingdom Of The Trench
        • One of the seven kingdoms that splintered off when the ancient Atlantis sank, now home to savage creatures.
    • Kiss-My-Anthia
        • The Kiss-themed imaginary kingdom the guys create after Augie gets kicked out of Xanthia.
    • Kumandra
        • Evil spirits called the Druun ravage the land of Kumandra, turning the people and dragons to stone. The last dragons concentrate their magic into a gem and banish the Druun, reviving Kumandra's people but not the dragons. A power struggle for the gem divides Kumandra's people into five territories - Fang, Heart, Spine, Talon, and Tail.
    • Litruvia
        • African country mentioned in The Raccoon City Times article. Headline: Prez Moves to Aid Litruvia, Approves Special Budget Item. "U.S. policy to play major role in rebuilding troubled African country."
    • Microatia
        • When Homer runs away from PBS, seeking sanctuary at the church, Reverend Lovejoy sends him off to do missionary work to the island village of Microatia in the South Pacific aboard a Christian Relief plane. (Season 11 episode Missionary: Impossible)
    • Molino
        • The princess of Molino throws out the first ball at a Gotham City Eagles game in episode Rats Like Cheese.
    • Montiquinto New record added 9/27/2021
        • Fictional country in Central America. After a mid-air attack, Mr. Nobody’s plane crashed over the northwest region of Montiquinto. Shot in Thailand.
    • Nakedland
        • When Casey complains about walking in on Brian nude, he tells her to think of his house as a country called Nakedland (Season 6 episode Boys Just Wanna Have Fun)
    • New France
        • When the sliders leave the Invasion world, they arrive in Versailles West, a city in the country of New France. (Season 2 episode Invasion)
    • New Pangea
        • Country in the future world where Josh, Tiger and Wolf are forced to be contestants on The DieCathalon. (Season 3 episode The Precipice of Yesterday)
    • New Zanzibar
        • Tanzania becomes New Zanzibar, and then Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar, all while the Simpsons are en route after winning an African safari trip by finding a gold giraffe in an old box of animal crackers. (Season 12 episode Simpson Safari)
    • Oceania
        • Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. The self-satisfied sheep-like face on the screen, and the terrifying power of the Eurasian army behind it, were too much to be borne: besides, the sight or even the thought of Goldstein produced fear and anger automatically. He was an object of hatred more constant than either Eurasia or Eastasia, since when Oceania was at war with one of these Powers it was generally at peace with the other.
    • One State
        • An urban nation constructed almost entirely of glass, which assists with mass surveillance.
    • Orri
        • Country on Earth, according to a Martian claiming to be from Earth. Martian: "Earth is a place of all jungle," said Miss Rrr proudly. "I'm from Orri, on Earth, a civilization built of silver!" (Chapter: The Earth Men)
    • The People's Republic Of Theater Dorks
        • Sovereign state at Schenley High School… "Schenley High School was a world until itself. By senior year, I had mastered the languages and customs of its various sovereign states."
    • Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar
        • Tanzania becomes New Zanzibar, and then Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar, all while the Simpsons are en route after winning an African safari trip by finding a gold giraffe in an old box of animal crackers. (Season 12 episode Simpson Safari)
    • Poffla Vigus
        • Country mentioned on the radio. "Tomorrow, the Vice-President of Poffla Vigus, Roopy Ga Stip, will announce that he intends to run for President."
    • Qurac
        • Rick Flagg and Bloodsport both served on special forces in Qurac that took down Avral Kaddam.
    • Rand McNally
        • Fictional country Bart and Lisa discuss when Bart misreads the writing on his globe. (Season 6 episode Bart vs. Australia)
    • Raui Alpha
        • Country mentioned on the radio. "Next month's Royal Wedding between Prince Gid of the Soofling Dynasty and Princess Hooli of Raui Alpha will be the most spectacular ceremony the Bjanjy Territories has ever witnessed."
    • The Republic Of Gilead
        • Future dystopian society ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate.
    • Republic Of Sardun
        • Unable to defend themselves from their aggressive neighbor Gamibia, Sardun asks MegaForce for help.
    • Republica De Nueva Espana
        • The sliders visit a world in which San Francisco is part of a country called Republica de Nueva Espana. (Season 2 episode As Time Goes By)
    • Romanovia
        • Home country of Purple Cobra player Fran Stalinofskivitchdavitovichski, where dodgeball is the national sport. Her nuclear power plant's team won the championship five years running, which makes her the deadliest woman on earth with a dodgeball.
    • The Sandia Republic
        • One of Jimmy's potential clients wants to hire him to help him secede from the United States and establish his own country. (Season 1 episode Alpine Shepherd Boy)
    • Sevorbeupstry
        • Country. God's last message to his creation is written in thirty-foot-high letters of fire on top of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains in the land of Sevorbeupstry on the planet Preliumtarn, third out from the sun Zarss in Galactic Sector QQ7 Active J Gamma.
    • Six-Packistan
        • Duff promotional event Duff Beach Volleyball ("It's something to do"), features new spokesperson Suds McDuff (Santa's Little Helper). Announcer: Now, to honor America, Navy paratroopers will jump from their planes and crown Suds McDuff King of Six-Packistan. (Season 14 episode Old Yeller-Belly)
        • The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper features an article on Sokovia from the events of Age of Ultron.
        • When Hulk turns back into Banner for the first time in 2 years, he asks about Sokovia.
        • When Mary records her message for Walker, she thanks for her getting her out of that hole in Sokovia. (Season 2 episode Morning of the Mindstorm)
        • Jimmy Woo explains that Wanda was born in Sokovia in 1989 to Irina and Oleg Maximoff. (Season.1 episode On A Very Special Episode...) Flashback of Wanda and her family. (Season 1 episode Previously On)
        • Baron Zemo: I heard what became of Sokovia. Cannibalized by its neighbors before the land was cleared of rubble, erased from the map. (Season 1 episode Power Broker)
        • Zemo returns home to Sokovia, where Bucky tracks him down. The Wakandans arrive, taking him into custody, advising Bucky that they will be taking him to the Raft. Their Royal Talon fighter is seen in the background as they head out. (Season 1 episode Truth)
    • Soofling Dynasty
        • Country mentioned on the radio. "Tomorrow, the Vice-President of Poffla Vigus, Roopy Ga Stip, will announce that he intends to run for President."
    • Squatter's Crag
        • Country in Australia that Bart calls long distance to find out what direction their toilets drain. (Season 6 episode Bart vs. Australia)
    • Tragic-stan
        • Joke Ryler makes about Millie: "Welcome to Tragic-stan."
    • Tranque
        • And as for my exact knowledge of the bones of the leviathan in their gigantic, full grown development, for that rare knowledge I am indebted to my late royal friend Tranquo, king of Tranque, one of the Arsacides. For being at Tranque, years ago, when attached to the trading-ship Dey of Algiers, I was invited to spend part of the Arsacidean holidays with the lord of Tranque, at his retired palm villa at Pupella; a sea-side glen not very far distant from what our sailors called Bamboo-Town, his capital.
    • Tuiereol
        • Country on Earth, according to a Martian claiming to be from Earth. Earth spaceship captain: "What — what country are you from?" Martian: "Tuiereol. I came by the spirit of my body, years ago." (Chapter: The Earth Men)
    • Turaqistan
        • Middle eastern country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President.
    • Turgistan
        • One's plan is to bring democracy to the fictional country of Turgistan by taking down its evil dictator.
    • United Americas
        • New American country in the future. (Nostromo Crew Profile for A.J. Dallas, The Alien Legacy DVD)
    • United Federation Of Britain
        • After Earth is devastated by chemical warfare, two habitable territories remain - the United Federation of Britain, also known as UFB (the British Isles and northwestern Europe), and the Colony (Australia).
    • The United States Of Anathdae
        • Duckworld version of USA - written across the top of Howard's money.
    • The United States of Dorksylvania
        • 
When the manager of the Native American casino Caesar's Pow-Wow shows Bart a vision of his future in which Lisa is President of the United States, a fact which Lisa reminds Bart, he jokes, "Of what? The United States of Dorksylvania?" (Season 11 episode Bart to the Future)
    • The United States Of Zombieland
        • Columbus' new name for the USA now that zombies have taken over.
    • Uqbar Orbis
        • Fictional country in Jimmy and Marco's scam: "Okay, his name is Idi Abbassi. He's 27 years old. He's a Nigerian prince. He's worth, conservatively, $400 million. The dictatorship of equatorial Uqbar Orbis is detaining him on trumped-up charges. Now, the Abbassi family, they're going crazy. They will reward whoever helps them get their boy back. The hitch is the banks have frozen their assets. I'm talking Irish Sweeps tickets, a whole trunk full of them. They're just sitting at O'Hare, impounded in customs." (Season 1 episode Marco)
    • Urmania
        • Fictional country where Arthur's flying moth suit was created. (Pilot episode)
    • Val Verde
        • Arius attempts to blackmail John Matrix into assassinating the current president of Val Verde.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza has said that the movie takes place in Val Verde, but this is up for debate. In the 2010 movie Predators, Isabelle states that the events of the original film took place in Guatemala, though part of the film's first act takes place in another unnamed country. The Predator novelization by Paul Monette also places the events in Guatemala, while Mark Verheiden's comics for Dark Horse specify Colombia.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • In Supercarrier episode 5 "Rest and Revolution", the USS Georgetown docks in Val Verde just as civil war breaks out.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • General Ramon Esperanza is from Val Verde.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Country. (Season 1 episode Plague Ship of Val Verde)
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Elephant Larry made a series of comedy sketches about the country of Val Verde that take place between the scenes of the film Predator.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Sheena is set in Val Verde.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Val Verde is where Chris lost her parents, and where she was enslaved for six years before being rescued by the United Nations.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Broforce, which has characters that parody action heroes like John Matrix from Commando (as well as Dirty Harry, John Rambo, etc.), uses Val Verde as one of its settings.
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • Papa Shogun recalls discovering a hallucinogenic compound in the slime of an indigenous ground toad found in "this shit-hole country of Val Verde."
        • Val Verde is a fictional country used by Hollywood screenwriter and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems.
        • The Jon Gabrus podcast ActionBoyz is reportedly recorded from a studio in Val Verde.
        • Visible on a computer screen in the background (shown at Lake Turkana, on the borders of Kenya and Ethiopia) during conversation between Tony Stark and Nick Fury.
        • In 1988, under orders from the Celestial Ego, the Ravagers are sent to Earth to retrieve his son Peter Quill. Ravager leader Yondu Udonta assigns the task to his underlings Kraglin Obfonteri and Taserface, who mistakenly abduct a young T'Challa from Wakanda. (Season 1 episode What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?)
        • Killmonger heads to Wakanda to seek what he considers to be his rightful place on the throne. (Season 1 episode What If… Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?)
        • The Watcher chooses Killmonger in Wakanda. (Season 1 episode (What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?)
        • The Watcher refers to Starlord T’Challa as the Lost Prince of Wakanda. (Season 1 episode (What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?)
    • Wherever
        • I had it all. Even the glass dishes with tiny bubbles and imperfections, proof they were crafted by the honest, simple, hard-working indigenous peoples of wherever.
    • Wolkekuckukkland
        • Fictional country bordering Darklonia (Issue #88 Python Patrol) Destro explains to Wolkekuckukkland is an international underground banking center, much like the Cayman Islands, and that the name means "Cloud Cuckoo Land". (Issue #146 Immovable Objects) Nicknamed W-Land. (Issue #149 Heroes and Medals and Things)
    • Xebel
        • Kingdom ruled by King Nereus (Dolph Lundgren), Mera's father.
    • Zubrowka
        • Fictional Eastern European country... "On the farthest eastern boundary of the European continent: The former Republic of Zubrowka. Once the seat of an empire..."

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