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* In ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' there is Mega-City 1, Luna-City 1, [[FailedFutureForecast East Meg 1 and East Meg 2]]. There used to be Mega Cities 2 and 3 as well, but [[DesignatedHero Dredd]] [[WhatTheHellHero nuked]] Mega-City 2, and Mega-City 3 broke away from the union [[AfterTheEnd following the Atomic Wars]], becoming Texas City instead. Other nations include Euro Cit, Pan Africa, Murphyville and Brit Cit.

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** In Fanfic/PanemReborn, the third incarnation of the Capitol also manages to capture the entire country of France and renames it to "District Fifteen". They also split the country into four sectors labelled A-D, each of them focusing on a specific product like their continental counterparts.

* Over in Dublin, the the pre-2013 postal codes can be used likewise e.g. Dublin 8 or D4.

*** Except Seoul was not exactly a new name for the city. The word Seoul, meaning "capital" in Korean, is believed to have come from "Sorabeol," the capital of the ancient/medieval kingdom of Shilla that unified Korean peninsula in 7th century--that city is now known as Gyeongju, which, incidentally, also means "the capital (province/district)." The official name Gyeongseong for Seoul precedes Japanese annexation of Korea by at least a few decades and Koreans generically called the city Seoul for centuries prior because it was "the capital city." The tradition of calling capital cities "The capital" in some form is fairly common in Asia: Beijing means the "Northern capital" and Nanjing means the "Southern capital" in Mandarin--and other cities have been called Northern and Southern capitals (as well as Eastern and Western capitals) before by different dynasties of China. Kyoto means "capital city" and Tokyo means "Eastern capital" in Japanese. Hanoi was also known as Tonkin in Vietnamese (which remains as an ArtifactTitle for certain place names, such as Gulf of Tonkin), meaning "Eastern capital." All these may qualify as examples of this trope.

*** Except Seoul was not exactly a new name for the city. The word Seoul, meaning "capital" in Korean, is believed to have come from "Sorabeol," the capital of the ancient/medieval kingdom of Shilla that unified Korean peninsula in 7th century--that city is now known as Gyeongju, which, incidentally, also means "the capital (province/district)." The official name Gyeongseong for Seoul precedes Japanese annexation of Korea by at least a few decades and it Koreans generically called the city Seoul for centuries because it was "the capital city." The tradition of calling capital cities "The capital" in some form is fairly common in Asia: Beijing means the "Northern capital" and Nanjing means the "Southern capital" in Mandarin--and other cities have been called Northern and Southern capitals (as well as Eastern and Western capitals) before by different dynasties of China. Kyoto means "capital city" and Tokyo means "Eastern capital" in Japanese. Hanoi was also known as Tonkin in Vietnamese (which remains as an ArtifactTitle for certain place names, such as Gulf of Tonkin), meaning "Eastern capital." All these may qualify as examples of this trope.

*** Except Seoul was not exactly a new name for the city. the word Seoul, meaning "capital" in Korean, is believed to have come from "Sorabeol," the capital of the ancient/medieval kingdom of Shilla that unified Korean peninsula in 7th century--that city is now known as Gyeongju, which, incidentally, also means "the capital (province/district)." The official name Gyeongseong for Seoul precedes Japanese annexation of Korea by at least a few decades and it Koreans generically called the city Seoul for centuries because it was "the capital city." The tradition of calling capital cities "The capital" in some form is fairly common in Asia: Beijing means the "Northern capital" and Nanjing means the "Southern capital" in Mandarin--and other cities have been called Northern and Southern capitals (as well as Eastern and Western capitals) before by different dynasties of China. Kyoto means "capital city" and Tokyo means "Eastern capital" in Japanese. Hanoi was also known as Tonkin in Vietnamese (which remains as an ArtifactTitle for certain place names, such as Gulf of Tonkin), meaning "Eastern capital." All these may qualify as examples of this trope.

*** Except Seoul is not exactly a new name for the city: the word Seoul, meaning "capital" in Korean is believed to have come from "Sorabul," the capital of the ancient/medieval kingdom of Shilla that unified Korean peninsula in 7th century--the city is now known as Gyeongju, which, incidentally, also means "the capital (province/district)." The official name Gyeongseong for Seoul precedes Japanese annexation of Korea by at least a few decades and it Koreans generically called the city Seoul for centuries because it was "the capital city." The tradition of calling capital cities "The capital" in some form is fairly common in Asia: Beijing means the "Northern capital" and Nanjing means the "Southern capital" in Mandarin--and other cities have been called Northern and Southern capitals (as well as Eastern and Western capitals) before by different dynasties of China. Kyoto means "capital city" and Tokyo means "Eastern capital" in Japanese. Hanoi was also known as Tonkin in Vietnamese (which remains as an ArtifactTitle for certain place names, such as Gulf of Tonkin), meaning "Eastern capital." All these may qualify as examples of this trope.

* Nepal's Constitution went into effect in 2015, dividing the country into seven provinces. As their boundaries were drawn up based on logistical and political convenience rather than historical significance or culture, these provinces only have numbers, not names when they are established in January 2018. As of writing (end of Aug 2021), five of them have been given proper names. Only Province No. 1 and Province No. 2 have yet to receive any.
* In Russia the provinces are sometimes referred by their code numbers[[note]]They are given by the (roughly) alphabet order they are listed in the Constitution, and the same numbers are used by the traffic police to issue the license plates.[[/note]] (for example, Khabarovsk Krai is #27, Primorsky Krai is #25 and Moscow is #77), but this is not really universal, and, anyway, a region might have several code numbers — Moscow has eight , for example, mostly for the vehicle registration purposes.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' is set in a metropolis designated as City 31 five years after Earth was successfully retaken from the Elders, the alien overlords that gave the city this name. It has since become a symbol of peace and coexistence between humans and the various alien slave races left behind by the Elders after their defeat, but for some reason, its new inhabitants still haven't come up with a proper name yet.

* ''TabletopGame/Starfinder'' features the militaristic vesk, a ProudWarriorRace. They first conquered their homeworld, which was renamed Vesk Prime. Then they expanded outward in their solar system, and each world was renamed Vesk X, with X being its order out from their sun. The original inhabitants of these worlds had ... mixed reactions to this, although official responses are either 'yes sir' or 'yes ma'am', given vesk tendencies.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' plays this for laughs, with the reveal that Freeza doesn't even bother listing the planets he conquers in numerical order, and instead just shouts out random numbers when prompted.

* ''WebVidoe/DragonBallZAbridged'' plays this for laughs, with the reveal that Freeza doesn't even bother listing the planets he conquers in numerical order, and instead just shouts out random numbers when prompted.

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* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Capitol has renamed all of the subdued areas Districts 1-13.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the various lands conquered by the Holy Britannian Empire are given numbers as part of the "Number system" of identified said conquered lands. Japan is renamed "Area 11." Furthermore, the people themselves of conquered Areas are renamed as well, so, for example, the people of Japan (now named Area 11) are called "Elevens." Full citizens of Britannia also use "Numbers" as shorthand for everyone in Areas.