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* The BananaRepublic country of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Verde_%28fictional_country%29 Val Verde]] is of special note, due to its extensive appearances in many fictional works. Most famously amongst 80's action fans, it featured in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/{{Predator}}'' and was mentioned in ''Franchise/DieHard II''. See its BananaRepublic entry for more info.
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* The BananaRepublic country of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Verde_%28fictional_country%29 Val Verde]] is of special note, due to its extensive appearances in many fictional works. Most famously amongst 80's 1980s action fans, it featured in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/Commando1985'', ''Film/{{Predator}}'' and was mentioned in ''Franchise/DieHard II''.''Film/DieHard2''. See its BananaRepublic entry for more info.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Totally ''not'' UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}, UsefulNotes/{{Jordan}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}.]]
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** Characters/DoctorDoom rules the tiny country of Latveria, which neighbours Hungary, Serbia and Romania. It is an absolute monarchy that has a large rural population, one airport and a single small city as its capital (Doomstadt), yet it is also one of the most [[FeudalFuture technologically advanced]] countries on the planet as Doom is a [[EmperorScientist scientific genius]] who provides for the needs of every citizen and has an army of [[MechaMooks personally designed robots]] working as soldiers, servants, police, [[RobotMe identical doubles]] and any other essential service. Doom is also ethnically Roma and Latveria prides itself on being a protectorate for the oft-persecuted Roma people. Creator/StanLee said he always liked the name "Latveria" because it sounded like a real country.
** Symkaria, home of the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther: Wakanda is a small yet high tech nation in the center of Africa with access to [[GreenRocks Vibranium]], a super element. While its people still live in tribal lifestyle and maintain an absolute monarchy, they single handedly developed high tech capabilities and a beyond first world industrial base. While many westerners think it's odd that such a technologically advanced society is still rooted in tribalism, the Wakandans usually point out that they have a higher standard of living than most western countries ''because'' their social roots remain strong. For this reason it also retains a very isolationist stance. On the flip side, the post of king is open to KlingonPromotion. On the flip flip side, the ''current'' king happens to be Marvel's nearest analogue to [=DC's=] Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** Genosha, an island nation with a horrific history of [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant discrimination]] that was taken over by ComicBook/XMen supervillain ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, before being destroyed by Professor Xavier's EvilTwin Cassandra Nova in an act of spiteful genocide.
** Symkaria, home of the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther: Wakanda is a small yet high tech nation in the center of Africa with access to [[GreenRocks Vibranium]], a super element. While its people still live in tribal lifestyle and maintain an absolute monarchy, they single handedly developed high tech capabilities and a beyond first world industrial base. While many westerners think it's odd that such a technologically advanced society is still rooted in tribalism, the Wakandans usually point out that they have a higher standard of living than most western countries ''because'' their social roots remain strong. For this reason it also retains a very isolationist stance. On the flip side, the post of king is open to KlingonPromotion. On the flip flip side, the ''current'' king happens to be Marvel's nearest analogue to [=DC's=] Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** Genosha, an island nation with a horrific history of [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant discrimination]] that was taken over by ComicBook/XMen supervillain ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, before being destroyed by Professor Xavier's EvilTwin Cassandra Nova in an act of spiteful genocide.
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** Characters/DoctorDoom ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Wakanda is a small yet high tech nation in the center of Africa with access to [[GreenRocks Vibranium]], a super element. While its people still live in tribal lifestyle and maintain an absolute monarchy, they single handedly developed high tech capabilities and a beyond first world industrial base. While many westerners think it's odd that such a technologically advanced society is still rooted in tribalism, the Wakandans usually point out that they have a higher standard of living than most western countries ''because'' their social roots remain strong. For this reason it also retains a very isolationist stance. On the flip side, the post of king is open to KlingonPromotion. On the flip flip side, the ''current'' king happens to be Marvel's nearest analogue to [=DC's=] ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] rules the tiny country of Latveria, which neighbours Hungary, Serbia and Romania. It is an absolute monarchy that has a large rural population, one airport and a single small city as its capital (Doomstadt), yet it is also one of the most [[FeudalFuture technologically advanced]] countries on the planet as Doom is a [[EmperorScientist scientific genius]] who provides for the needs of every citizen and has an army of [[MechaMooks personally designed robots]] working as soldiers, servants, police, [[RobotMe identical doubles]] and any other essential service. Doom is also ethnically Roma and Latveria prides itself on being a protectorate for the oft-persecuted Roma people. Creator/StanLee said he always liked the name "Latveria" because it sounded like a real country.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Symkaria, home of the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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.
**ComicBook/BlackPanther: Wakanda is a small yet high tech nation in the center of Africa with access to [[GreenRocks Vibranium]], a super element. While its people still live in tribal lifestyle and maintain an absolute monarchy, they single handedly developed high tech capabilities and a beyond first world industrial base. While many westerners think it's odd that such a technologically advanced society is still rooted in tribalism, the Wakandans usually point out that they have a higher standard of living than most western countries ''because'' their social roots remain strong. For this reason it also retains a very isolationist stance. On the flip side, the post of king is open to KlingonPromotion. On the flip flip side, the ''current'' king happens to be Marvel's nearest analogue to [=DC's=] Franchise/{{Batman}}.
**''ComicBook/XMen'': Genosha, an island nation with a horrific history of [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant discrimination]] that was taken over by ComicBook/XMen supervillain ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], before being destroyed by Professor Xavier's EvilTwin Cassandra Nova in an act of spiteful genocide.
** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] rules the tiny country of Latveria, which neighbours Hungary, Serbia and Romania. It is an absolute monarchy that has a large rural population, one airport and a single small city as its capital (Doomstadt), yet it is also one of the most [[FeudalFuture technologically advanced]] countries on the planet as Doom is a [[EmperorScientist scientific genius]] who provides for the needs of every citizen and has an army of [[MechaMooks personally designed robots]] working as soldiers, servants, police, [[RobotMe identical doubles]] and any other essential service. Doom is also ethnically Roma and Latveria prides itself on being a protectorate for the oft-persecuted Roma people. Creator/StanLee said he always liked the name "Latveria" because it sounded like a real country.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Symkaria, home of the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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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* Implications are that the Earth in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' universe is nothing but fictional countries (barring a single mention of Japan which, if [[WordOfSaintPaul Ian Flynn]]'s words are any indication, may've been retconned):
** The United Federation is the United States.
** The city-state of Soleanna is Venice.
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' takes player around the world to locations such as Apotos, Mazuri, Chun-nan etc., but whether those names refer to countries or just the settlements Sonic visits is unclear (Archie Comics go with the latter interpretation). Still, it's pretty easy to determine which real-life culture each location is based off.
** The United Federation is the United States.
** The city-state of Soleanna is Venice.
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' takes player around the world to locations such as Apotos, Mazuri, Chun-nan etc., but whether those names refer to countries or just the settlements Sonic visits is unclear (Archie Comics go with the latter interpretation). Still, it's pretty easy to determine which real-life culture each location is based off.
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* ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'' is set on planet Earth -- a globe with identical geography to our own is seen in the opening credits of the National Nightly News -- but none of the countries are the same. It's implied that history diverged from our own sometime in TheTwentiethCentury, prior to the start of the game's events. (Jesus Christ is mentioned -- [[SirSwearsALot often repeatedly]] -- and the Gregorian Calendar is frequently seen throughout, but all of the celebrities, television series, and movies seen and mentioned are fictional.) The country in which the game is set, clearly based on the United Kingdom, is never named until it has occupied other territories in a war of annexation, when it is given the new name "Territory One".
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* ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean'' and its sequel are set in the Pelago Commonwealth, an archi''pelago'' of over 1,000 islands in the South Pacific, with a capital named Ka'ai. In European localizations, it's known as the Republic of Paoul, better alluding to its inspiration, the Republic of Palau, a real Micronesian nation.
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** Symkaria, the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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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** Symkaria, home of the ComicBook/SilverSable, is Latveria's neighbouring country 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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* [[https://odin.tradoc.army.mil/DATEWORLD ODIN DATE WORLD]] has an entire set of them for military training purposes, each country has mixed tropes of the original country or region they represent, sometimes with [[https://vimeo.com/user186462655 fake documentary]] included.
