History Main / CityWithNoName

* The filmmakers of ''The Banishment'' (2007) wanted the movie to be "out of time and place" and did their best so the audience would not guess where and when the film took place. Even car plates and signboards were designed specially for the film. The props were bought in Germany, the "town" part of the film was shot in Belgium and northern France, and the "country" part was shot in Moldova.

For a very specific subtype, see CanadaDoesNotExist. See also WhereTheHellIsSpringfield, in which a place is named, but its actual location is never specified. Compare InformedLocation.

For a very specific subtype, see CanadaDoesNotExist. See also WhereTheHellIsSpringfield, in which a place is named, but its actual location is never specified.

* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is set in a city simply called "The city with no name". Another city in the same universe is called "The very large city".

* More like "Country With No Name" for ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''. [[spoiler:Koro-Sensei]] was born in a poor and corrupt country that was very hard to live in. The name of said country was left ambiguous.

A show is set in a location that is never named on-screen.

Not the same as a location that is never named (or is given a pseudonym), but is recognisable as a real place in disguise — that's NoCommunitiesWereHarmed.

For a very specific subtype, see CanadaDoesNotExist. Also see WhereTheHellIsSpringfield, in which a place may be named but its actual location is never revealed.

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* More like "Country" with No Name for ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''. [[spoiler:Koro-Sensei]] was born in a poor and corrupt country that was very hard to live in. The name of said country was left ambiguous.

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* The city of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' doesn't seem to have a name other than just "City", and GeographicFlexibility means the closest it could be narrowed down to is somewhere in the Sunbelt region (as they're close to water and the border with what is implied to be Mexico, they're also near deserts and forests, radio callsigns start with "K", several aerial shots show a location near Texas, they're hit by a tornado at one point), yet a Revolutionary War battle took place at the park, and other hints seem to imply they might be in California or even South Carolina.

* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' 's city. Some of the police appear to have the Liberty Bell on their patches, which would suggest Philadelphia, but its never stated.

* While western adaptations of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', including ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', call the anthropomorphic animal-populated world "Mobius", the mainstream games, ''Anime/SonicX'', and the [[ComicBook/SonicTHeHedgehogIDW IDW Comics]] only refer to it as "Sonic's World".

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* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', the city where the series begins is only ever called "the city".
** Some hints, and TheMovie reveal it to be Boston, Massachusetts, but evidently an AlternateUniverse Boston.
* The city in Ellen Kushner's ''{{Literature/Swordspoint}}''/Riverside books — Riverside is a district within the city, but the city is never named.

* The {{RPG}} City Of Mist takes place in The City, and it is strongly implied that it is actually an archetypic representation of the idea of cities. Just like it's inhabitants. It also includes classic locations in a city, like The Docks.

* The MegaCity in ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' though it's implied to be placed on the east coast (having absorbed New York), since one panel depicts the statue of Liberty. It's referred to as "TheCity".
** Of course, the same panel also showed the Golden Gate bridge, so ...
** Given how Broadcasting House from London shows up in one early issue, it's safe to assume that The City's architecture isn't a clear indicator of location. That being said, both California and Washington DC are mentioned as separate entities so that gives a vague idea of size and area.
** The climate, its status as a coastal city, the implied proximity to DC, and the distance from California strongly suggest the City is composed of the northernmost chunk of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis Northeast Megalopolis]], which had probably filled in considerably somewhere north of DC but failed to extend too far south of NYC or Philadelphia.

* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' has an unidentified town in Montenegro as one of its settings.
* ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren''

* The rpg City Of Mist takes place in The City, and it is strongly implied that it is actually an archetypic representation of the idea of cities. Just like it's inhabitants. It also includes classic locations in a city, like The Docks.

** ''Rugrats'' seems to suggest it could take place anywhere in the US that can receive snowfall in the winter, whereas the Christmas episode of ''All Grown Up'' has a snowless Christmas, which suggests that they live in a warmer part of the world. The fact that their school seems to be more or less designed for warmer weather also suggests they may be in California or some warm part of the US.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', the Human Village and the Nameless Hill sound like they should both be examples; but, both actually are intentionally named. The former is actually the name of the city, and the latter is named for its [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Perfect_Memento_in_Strict_Sense/Nameless_Hill sad past]].

* The location of ''Film/No Escape'', a war-torn country in Southeast Asia, is never named.

* The world ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' takes place in has no name. It's usually referred as "the world" or "the Warhammer world" in the army books. The continent most of the stories focus is on is similarly just "The Old World", even though every other continent has an actual name.

* The world ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' takes place in has no name. It's usually referred as "the world" or "the Warhammer world" in the army books.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The TownWithADarkSecret in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 "The Cutie Map"]] is never named. Later dialogue implies it ''has'' no name, and even after the secret is revealed and Starlight Glimmer is driven from the town (and later redeemed), it is only referred to as, e.g., 'Starlight Glimmer's old village'.