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* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in [[Series/YoungJustice ''Young Justice'']].

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* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in [[Series/YoungJustice ''Young Justice'']].
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* The ''{{Gundam}}'' metaverse is all over this trope. ''GundamWing'' has the Sanc Kingdom[[hottip:*:Denmark according to the sourcebooks]], ''GundamSEED'' has the United Emirates of Orb[[hottip:*:somewhere in the neighborhood of Samoa]], and ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has several, most prominently Azadistan[[hottip:*:[[{{Qurac}} somewhere in the Middle East]]. The kings, however, are ''GundamX'' and ''TurnAGundam'', which both take place AfterTheEnd 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).

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* The ''{{Gundam}}'' metaverse is all over this trope. ''GundamWing'' has the Sanc Kingdom[[hottip:*:Denmark according to the sourcebooks]], ''GundamSEED'' has the United Emirates of Orb[[hottip:*:somewhere in the neighborhood of Samoa]], and ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has several, most prominently Azadistan[[hottip:*:[[{{Qurac}} somewhere in the Middle East]].East]]]]. The kings, however, are ''GundamX'' and ''TurnAGundam'', which both take place AfterTheEnd 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).
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* The ''{{Gundam}}'' metaverse is all over this trope. ''GundamWing'' has the Sanc Kingdom[[hottip:*:Denmark according to the sourcebooks]], ''GundamSEED'' has the United Emirates of Orb[[hottip:*:somewhere in the neighborhood of Samoa]], and ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has several, most prominently Azadistan[[hottip:*:[[{{Qurac}} somewhere in the Middle East]]. The kings, however, are ''GundamX'' and ''TurnAGundam'', which both take place AfterTheEnd 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).
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* ''Chanda's Secrets'' and ''Chanda's Wars'' by Allen Stratton take place in a fictional sub-Saharan African country ravaged by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and civil wars.
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* Gallowmere, the setting of the first {{Medievil}} game, became this once the second game (set in Victorian-era London) was released.
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* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in ''YoungJustice''.

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* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in ''YoungJustice''.
[[Series/YoungJustice ''Young Justice'']].
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* Thembria in ''TaleSpin'', FictionalCounterpart for the SovietUnion.

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* Thembria in ''TaleSpin'', FictionalCounterpart for the SovietUnion.
SovietUnion.
* North and South Rhelasia for North and South Korea in ''YoungJustice''.
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* Mixo-Lydia in Angela Thirkell's [[Barsetshire]] novels, is a stand-in for the unpleasant middle-European country of your choice, but mostly Romania. The Mix-Lydian refugees and diplomats have names like "Bronscu."
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* The fictional 'presidentdom' of Groland in the eponymous satirical news show - mostly a thinly disguised parody of France.
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* Academy City and the Elizarina Alliance of Independent Nations in ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''. The former is an independent state in Japan and is the forefront of all science and technology in the [[TheVerse Toaruverse]], while the latter is an alliance of nations which split themselves from Russia.
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* TinTin visited a lot of these as well as real-world locations. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Borduria]] is a pretty obious NaziGermany 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 BananaRepublic.

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* TinTin visited a lot of these as well as real-world locations. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Borduria]] is a pretty obious obvious NaziGermany 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 BananaRepublic.
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* TinTin visited a lot of these as well as real-world locations. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Borduria]] is a pretty obious NaziGermany 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 BananaRepublic.

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* ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' 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.



* ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' has the Islamic Republic of [[strike:Iran]] Kamistan (IRK) in season 8.
* ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' 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.

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* ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' has the Islamic Republic of [[strike:Iran]] Kamistan (IRK) in season 8.
* ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' 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.



* ''MegaManBattleNetwork'': While the original MegaMan 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.

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* ''MegaManBattleNetwork'': While the original MegaMan ''Game/MegaMan'' 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.






* ''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.

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* ''Gosick'' ''{{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 ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.



* More ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.

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* ''TheWestWing'' 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...
* ''CommanderInChief'' has the South American country of San Pasquale.
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* A {{Garfield}} strip featured Garfield doing a routine on the fence for a boy scout delegation from the country of Booga-Booga. [[{{Rule Of Funny}} Made even funnier]] when he found out the hard way that the only currency in Booga-Booga is 800-pound chariot wheels.
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* ''Gosick'' is set in Sauville. Sauville is a tiny French-speaking country between France and Europe. It is supposed to look like a typical western European nation.

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* ''Gosick'' is set in Sauville. Sauville is a tiny French-speaking country between France France and Europe.Italy. It is supposed to look like a typical western European nation.
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* ''Gosick'' is set in Sauville. Sauville is a tiny French-speaking country between France and Europe. It is supposed to look like a typical western European nation.

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\n[[AC:WebComics]]\n\n* ''[[SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'' gives us the fictional country of Wolfkrone, located somewhere in the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany) and home to newcomer [[BadassPrincess Hildegard]] [[LadyOfWar von]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Krone]]. Not much of the land has been seen, but it appears to be [[AdvancedAncientAcropolis 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.
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* Republikue du Riaveè, former ''Riavenmont Kingdom'' in ThePresident

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* Republikue du Riaveè, former ''Riavenmont Kingdom'' in ThePresident

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A [[RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy fictional]] [[CaptainObvious country]] in [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted an otherwise real-world setting]]. May be a FictionalCounterpart to a RealLife country, or may be created whole-cloth as a example of a generic political/religious ideology (e.g. a CommieLand 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 RealLife country.

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A [[RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fictional]] [[CaptainObvious country]] in [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted an otherwise real-world setting]]. May be a FictionalCounterpart to a RealLife country, or may be created whole-cloth as a example of a generic political/religious ideology (e.g. a CommieLand 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 RealLife country.
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* ''FullMetalAlchemist'' seems to have Amestris as an analogy for inter-war Germany, with Xing representing Asian countries such as China and Ishbal representing middle-eastern countries.
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* ''{{Ligon}}'' in the series of the same name by KirBulychev is based on [[UsefulNotes/ThatSouthEastAsianCountry his experiences in Burma]].

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* ''MegaManBattleNetwork'': While the original MegaMan 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.



* In the ''PrincessDiaries'', the queen is from Genovia.

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* In the ''PrincessDiaries'', the queen is from Genovia.
Genovia, which seems to be a stand-in for the real life nation of Andorra.
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* Republikue du Riaveè, former ''Riavenmont Kingdom'' in ThePresident
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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Aurelia=Argentina, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Sotoa=Arabia, Kaluga=India, Clavis=Australia, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.

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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s 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.
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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Aurelia=Argentina, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.

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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Aurelia=Argentina, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Sotoa=Arabia, Kaluga=India, Clavis=Australia, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.
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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.

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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Aurelia=Argentina, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.

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* The world in the ''AceCombat'' universe looks like a scrambled version of the real world, and most of the countries are {{fictional counterpart}}s to real countries, eg Osean Federation=USA, Sapin=Spain, Belka=Germany, Wellow=Greenland, Delarus=Belarus, Yuktobania=Russia, etc.

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* Moronica from TheThreeStooges shorts "You Nazty Spy" and "I'll Never Heil Again"; FictionalCounterpart to NaziGermany.
* ''TheGreatDictator'': Tomania, FictionalCounterpart to NaziGermany.

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* Moronica from TheThreeStooges shorts "You Nazty Spy" and "I'll Never Heil Again"; FictionalCounterpart to NaziGermany.
* ''TheGreatDictator'': Tomania, FictionalCounterpart to NaziGermany.

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* Potsylvania in ''RockyAndBullwinkle'', a stand-in for the SovietUnion and other Eastern Bloc countries.
* Thembria in ''TaleSpin'', FictionalCounterpart for the SovietUnion.
* TwentyFour has the Islamic Republic of [[strike:Iran]] Kamistan (IRK) in season 8.

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* Potsylvania in ''RockyAndBullwinkle'', a stand-in for the SovietUnion Moronica from TheThreeStooges shorts "You Nazty Spy" and other Eastern Bloc countries."I'll Never Heil Again"; FictionalCounterpart to NaziGermany.
* Thembria in ''TaleSpin'', ''TheGreatDictator'': Tomania, FictionalCounterpart for the SovietUnion.
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* TwentyFour ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' has the Islamic Republic of [[strike:Iran]] Kamistan (IRK) in season 8.



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* Potsylvania in ''RockyAndBullwinkle'', a stand-in for the SovietUnion and other Eastern Bloc countries.
* Thembria in ''TaleSpin'', FictionalCounterpart for the SovietUnion.



* [[TheMouseThatRoared Grand Fenwick]]; despite being founded by a ''British'' Knight, it has never been part of any RealLife 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 ''DuckSoup''.

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* [[TheMouseThatRoared Grand Fenwick]]; despite being founded by a ''British'' Knight, it has never been part of any RealLife 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 ''DuckSoup''.

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* TwentyFour: 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 TelevisionWithoutPity.com) for a while.
* Maldonia, homeland of Prince Naveen in ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

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* TwentyFour: [[TheMouseThatRoared Grand Fenwick]]; despite being founded by a ''British'' Knight, it has never been part of any RealLife 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 ''DuckSoup''.

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* The first of Gordon Korman's ''MacdonaldHall'' books mentions "Malbonia". The country "Pefkakia" is prominent in ''TheTwinkieSquad'', and it is also mentioned in ''ASemesterInTheLifeOfAGarbageBag''.
* In the ''PrincessDiaries'', the queen is from Genovia.

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* ''[[TwentyFour 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 TelevisionWithoutPity.com) for a while.
* Maldonia, homeland of Prince Naveen in ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog''More ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.

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* The first of Gordon Korman's MacdonaldHall books mentions "Malbonia". The country "Pefkakia" is prominent in ''TheTwinkieSquad'', and it is also mentioned in ''ASemesterInTheLifeOfAGarbageBag''.
* In the "Princess Diaries", the queen is from Genovia.
* More ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.
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* The first Maldonia, homeland of Gordon Korman's MacdonaldHall books mentions "Malbonia". The country "Pefkakia" is prominent Prince Naveen in ''TheTwinkieSquad'', and it is also mentioned in ''ASemesterInTheLifeOfAGarbageBag''.
* In the "Princess Diaries", the queen is from Genovia.
* More ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Hontwarl, Franbell, Sainan, Dokuaru, and wherever Utoland City is supposed to be located.
''ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
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** Latveria and Symkaria, home of DoctorDoom and the Silver Sable, respectively, and neigbour countries with a single shared border; both of them are monarchies that are ruled by the aforementioned characters (via usurping the original dynasty, in Doom's case), and both countries' leaders maintain some measure of cordial relations between their nations.

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** Latveria and Symkaria, home of DoctorDoom and the Silver Sable, respectively, and neigbour neighbour countries with a single shared border; both of them are monarchies that are ruled by the aforementioned characters (via usurping the original dynasty, in Doom's case), and both countries' leaders maintain some measure of cordial relations between their nations.

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