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* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': The company of heroes assembled by Belgarath the Sorcerer comes to include a member of every "good" nation in the West, minus the morally dubious Nyissans. Some are formal representatives of their rulers, who want to see the [[CosmicKeystone Orb of Aldur]] returned to its rightful place; others get roped in by a SentientCosmicForce of Prophecy with a fondness for symmetry. TheHero Garion initially appears redundant until his [[RightfulKingReturns Rivan royal blood]] is revealed [[IAmWho to him]].

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* "Literature/AMartianOdyssey" has a group of four men landing on Mars -- they include a German, a Brit, a Frenchman, and an American.



* The ''Literature/EndersGame'' novels, particularly the [[Literature/EndersShadow Shadow arc]], features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).

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* The ''Literature/EndersGame'' novels, ''Literature/EndersGame'', particularly the [[Literature/EndersShadow Shadow arc]], features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).
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* The Fellowship in ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' deliberately represents at least one of the free peoples of Middle-earth and the nations they hail from, which are from all over the map. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are from the Shire, which is the only "nation" of {{hobbit}}s. Boromir is a Man from Gondor, which has been on the front lines against Sauron for most of its history. Aragorn is also a Man but from the long-destroyed sister kingdom of Arnor, having lived most of his life in a watchful exile until the time was right to reclaim his throne. Legolas is an elf from the Mirkwood realm, and Gimli is a dwarf from the restored kingdom of Erebor. Gandalf is the odd one out, being one of the istari Wizard guides sent by the Valar to shepherd the free peoples in lieu of direct divine intervention (which, during its one use, proved to be unavoidably destructive).
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* The title vampire from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' faces one composed of Englishmen Jonathan Harker, John Seward, and Arthur Holmwood, Dutchman Abraham Van Helsing, and American Quincy Morris.
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* We're told the cities that the crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' come from: Vancouver in modern-day Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[ClimateChange Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.

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* We're told the cities that the crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' come from: Vancouver in modern-day Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[ClimateChange [[GlobalWarming Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.
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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'': The ''Thea Stilton'' SpinOff series introduces the Thea Sisters: Nicky (Australian), Colette (French), Violet (Chinese), Paulina (Peruvian), and Pamela (Tanzanian).

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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'': The ''Thea Stilton'' SpinOff series introduces the Thea Sisters: Nicky (Australian), Colette (French), Violet (Chinese), Paulina (Peruvian), and Pamela (Tanzanian).
(Tanzanian). They met in college at the prestigious Mouseford Academy and take adventures around the world, including all their home countries.
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* We're told the cities that the crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' come from: Vancouver in modern-day Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[GlobalWarming Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.

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* We're told the cities that the crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' come from: Vancouver in modern-day Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[GlobalWarming [[ClimateChange Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.
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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'': The ''Thea Stilton'' SpinOff series introduces the Thea Sisters: Nicky (Australian), Colette (French), Violet (Chinese), Paulina (Peruvian), and Pamela (Tanzanian).
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* ''Literature/MonsterOfTheMonthClub'': The twelve monsters all come from different countries around the world - one each from North America (Baffin Island in Canada), Africa (Botswana) and Australasia (New Zealand), two from South America (one each from Aruba and Argentina), three from Europe (one each from Ireland, Portugal and Transylvania), and four from Asia (one each from mainland China, Hong Kong, Burma/Myanmar and Nepal).
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* ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'' has The Tigers of Mompracem: the core group is composed by Malays and Dayaks (Sandokan being a Dayak himself), but we also have people from other ethnic groups, the mentioned ones being Chinese, Javanese, Bugis, Indian (including, at one point, a Thuggee), and even white men (besides Yanez, the crew of the King of the Sea included a group of Americans).
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* In ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' the eponymous fighter squadron is partly reconstituted as one of these for political reasons (i.e. to coax wavering planets to join the New Republic or appease grumpy politicians, they'd put a pilot from their planet in the Rogues). The team ends up with two Corellians, an Alderaanian, a Bothan, a Rodian, a Shistavanen, a gal from Kessel and another from Bespin, a Twi'lek, and a Tatooinian. The most blatantly political one is that they end up with two Thyferran pilots, one with family connections to each of the two major bacta cartels.

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* In ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries ''[[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' the eponymous fighter squadron is partly reconstituted as one of these for political reasons (i.e. to coax wavering planets to join the New Republic or appease grumpy politicians, they'd put a pilot from their planet in the Rogues). The team ends up with two Corellians, an Alderaanian, a Bothan, a Rodian, a Shistavanen, a gal from Kessel and another from Bespin, a Twi'lek, and a Tatooinian. The most blatantly political one is that they end up with two Thyferran pilots, one with family connections to each of the two major bacta cartels.
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* The crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' are from modern-day Vancouver in Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[GlobalWarming Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.

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* The We're told the cities that the crew of four astronauts in ''Literature/ToBeTaughtIfFortunate'' are from modern-day come from: Vancouver in modern-day Canada, Tampico in Mexico, Lusaka in Zambia and Melbourne in Australia. However, as the [[GlobalWarming Great Shift]] was mentioned to change national boundaries, and we know the Vancouverite grew up in a nation called [[DividedStatesofAmerica Cascadia]], it's unclear whether Mexico, Zambia and Australia exist as we know them to today.
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* MatthewReilly's Jack West Jr novels. ''Seven Ancient Wonders'' had the team comprised of commandos hailing from Australia, UAE, Spain, Jamaica, Israel, Ireland (2 of 'em) and New Zealand, with a Canadian professer and Egyptian girl.

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* MatthewReilly's Creator/MatthewReilly's Jack West Jr novels. ''Seven Ancient Wonders'' had the team comprised of commandos hailing from Australia, UAE, Spain, Jamaica, Israel, Ireland (2 of 'em) and New Zealand, with a Canadian professer and Egyptian girl.
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* Eddings does the same thing in ''Literature/TheElenium'', with a team consisting mainly of a member of each of the continent's four orders of church knights (one from each dominant country), plus two Styrics and a few accessories. Then the same thing happens ''again'' in the ''Tamuli''.

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* Eddings does the same thing in ''Literature/TheElenium'', with a team consisting mainly of a member of each of the continent's four orders of church knights (one from each dominant country), plus two Styrics and a few accessories. Then the same thing happens ''again'' in the ''Tamuli''.''Literature/TheTamuli''.
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* The ''Literature/EndersGame'' novels, particularly the Shadow arc that follows Bean, features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).

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** The prequel novels have the Mobile Operations Police, a force made up of the best of the best from top agencies and special forces branches in various countries. When Captain Wit O'Toole, the commander of the unit, first arrives to New Zealand to recruit a number of "Kiwi" soldiers as [=MOPs=]. When the commander of a NZSAS base doubts the need of his country to get involved with the [=MOPs=], O'Toole plays the politician and explains that they go to places where politics prevents most developed nations from interfering. If at least one members of the unit is from New Zealand, then the country can get credit for helping out. It's implied that the [=MOPs=] help form the International Fleet after the First Invasion.

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** The [[Literature/FormicWars prequel novels novels]] have the Mobile Operations Police, a force made up of the best of the best from top agencies and special forces branches in various countries. When Captain Wit O'Toole, the commander of the unit, first arrives to New Zealand to recruit a number of "Kiwi" soldiers as [=MOPs=]. When the commander of a NZSAS base doubts the need of his country to get involved with the [=MOPs=], O'Toole plays the politician and explains that they go to places where politics prevents most developed nations from interfering. If at least one members of the unit is from New Zealand, then the country can get credit for helping out. It's implied that the [=MOPs=] help form the International Fleet after the First Invasion.
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* The hero's party in the ''{{Belgariad}}'' includes one member of each non-evil ethnic group on the continent, even the ones thought to be extinct.

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* Eddings does the same thing in the ''{{Elenium}}'', with a team consisting mainly of a member of each of the continent's four orders of church knights (one from each dominant country), plus two Styrics and a few accessories. Then the same thing happens ''again'' in the ''Tamuli''.

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* Eddings does the same thing in the ''{{Elenium}}'', ''Literature/TheElenium'', with a team consisting mainly of a member of each of the continent's four orders of church knights (one from each dominant country), plus two Styrics and a few accessories. Then the same thing happens ''again'' in the ''Tamuli''.
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* ''PhoenixForce'' is an [[HeroesRUs internationally operating (but US Government-controlled) anti-terrorist team]] selected from the world's best soldiers and operatives. They include Israeli veteran Yakov Katzenelenbogen, Canadian demolitions expert and security engineer Gary Manning, Japanese martial arts and electronics expert Keio Ohara, ex-SAS soldier and pilot David [=McCarter=], and Rafael Encizo, a Cuban survivor of the Bay of Pigs invasion. When Ohara was killed and Katzenelenbogen retired their numbers were made up with SWAT member Calvin James (Black American) and Somalia/Gulf War veteran T.J. Hawkins (a Southerner). The team has used the assistance of John Trent, a Japanese-American ninjitsu master; and German Karl Hahn, former GSG 9 operator turned BND agent.

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* ''PhoenixForce'' ''[[Literature/TheExecutioner Phoenix Force]]'' is an [[HeroesRUs internationally operating (but US Government-controlled) anti-terrorist team]] selected from the world's best soldiers and operatives. They include Israeli veteran Yakov Katzenelenbogen, Canadian demolitions expert and security engineer Gary Manning, Japanese martial arts and electronics expert Keio Ohara, ex-SAS soldier and pilot David [=McCarter=], and Rafael Encizo, a Cuban survivor of the Bay of Pigs invasion. When Ohara was killed and Katzenelenbogen retired their numbers were made up with SWAT member Calvin James (Black American) and Somalia/Gulf War veteran T.J. Hawkins (a Southerner). The team has used the assistance of John Trent, a Japanese-American ninjitsu master; and German Karl Hahn, former GSG 9 operator turned BND agent.
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* The collaborative Russian sci-fi novel ''The Road to Mars'' (written by 15 authors) involves a crew of six being sent on humanity's first manned mission to the red planet. The mission is a joint effort between NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos, with the crew made up of two Russians, two Americans (one of whom is black), a Frenchman, and an Italian. Notably, they are the second ''backup'' crew. The original crew was grounded after two of its members died in a plane crash, and the first backup crew was unable to achieve orbit, leaving the third crew the only ones who can get to the ship ''Ares'' in a reasonable timeframe. The multinational crew has to not only get to Mars but beat the Chinese ''Millennium Boat'', which averts this trope by having only a crew of two, both being Chinese.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Countdown}}'' series, M Day initially began as an all-American force, but then slowly picked up various nationalities; by the time of book two, they have [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks American]], [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British]], [[UsefulNotes/CanuckswithChinooks Canadian]], [[UsefulNotes/ChineseWithChopperSupport Chinese]], Guyanan, [[UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets Russian]], [[UsefulNotes/NepaliWithNastyKnives Gurkha]] soldiers, and even some Cuban sailors who defected.
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** The prequel novels have the Mobile Operations Police, a force made up of the best of the best from top agencies and special forces branches in various countries. When Captain Wit O'Toole, the commander of the unit, first arrives to New Zealand to recruit a number of "Kiwi" soldiers as [=MOPs=]. When the commander of a NZSAS base doubts the need of his country to get involved with the [=MOPs=], O'Toole plays the politician and explains that they go to places where politics prevents most developed nations from interfering. If at least one members of the unit is from New Zealand, then the country can get credit for helping out. It's implied that the [=MOPs=] help form the International Fleet after the First Invasion.
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* The students in ''Literature/{{Idlewild}}'' are intentionally genetically and culturally varied [[spoiler: as their designers wanted to incorporate as many possibilities for survival as possible]].
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* In ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'', the Escapist is a European-born American, aided by the Austrian Dr. Alois "Big Al" Berg, the Chinese Miss Plum Blossom, and Omar, who is from [[{{Qurac}} some fictional North African country]] but looks very much Indian.
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* AndrewVachss's ''Burke'' books have the white American Burke, Chinese Mama Wong, Mongolian Max the Silent, black The Prophet/Prof, Jamaican Clarence and then some.

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* AndrewVachss's Creator/AndrewVachss's ''Burke'' books have the white American Burke, Chinese Mama Wong, Mongolian Max the Silent, black The Prophet/Prof, Jamaican Clarence and then some.
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* ''A Sailor Of Austria'' is the story of an Austro-Hungarian U-boat in WWI, carrying a crew of eleven that speaks nine different languages.
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** Notably, most of the members of the team are also exceptional representatives of their nation's [[PlanetOfHats hat]], thus symbolising that culture as a whole: Mandorallen is the strongest knight, Silk the best spy, Sadi the best poisoiner, etc.
* Eddings does the same thing in the ''{{Elenium}}'', with a team consisting mainly of a member of each of the continent's four orders of church knights (one from each dominant country), plus two Styrics and a few accessories. Then the same thing happens ''again'' in the ''Tamuli''.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' the eponymous fighter squadron is partly reconstituted as one of for political reasons (i.e. to coax wavering planets to join the New Republic or appease grumpy politicians, they'd put a pilot from their planet in the Rogues). The team ends up with two Corellians, an Alderaanian, a Bothan, a Rodian, a Shistavanen, a gal from Kessel and another from Bespin, a Twi'lek, and a Tatooinian. The most blatantly political one is that they end up with two Thyferran pilots, one with family connections to each of the two major cartels.

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* In ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' the eponymous fighter squadron is partly reconstituted as one of these for political reasons (i.e. to coax wavering planets to join the New Republic or appease grumpy politicians, they'd put a pilot from their planet in the Rogues). The team ends up with two Corellians, an Alderaanian, a Bothan, a Rodian, a Shistavanen, a gal from Kessel and another from Bespin, a Twi'lek, and a Tatooinian. The most blatantly political one is that they end up with two Thyferran pilots, one with family connections to each of the two major bacta cartels.
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* TomClancy's novel ''Rainbow Six'', which spawned a slew of video games, is centered around a NATO+ Israel Multinational Team, based in England albeit led by Americans.
** The video games feature an even more diverse roster, with team members from countries including Egypt, Belarus, Russia, Korea, and Israel. The novel toned this down significantly: the team consisted solely of soldiers from core Western NATO countries (mostly American, with some British, a couple French, and one German) and an Israeli, and the Americans did most of the heavy lifting. The novel even admitted the multinational aspect was mostly just for propaganda/diplomatic purposes.
* The ''EndersGame'' novels, particularly the Shadow arc that follows Bean, features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).

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* TomClancy's Creator/TomClancy's novel ''Rainbow Six'', ''Literature/RainbowSix'', which spawned a slew of video games, is centered around a NATO+ NATO + Israel Multinational Team, based in England albeit led by Americans.
** The video games feature an even more diverse roster, with team members from countries including Egypt, Belarus, Russia, Korea, and Israel. The novel toned this down significantly: the team consisted solely of soldiers from core Western NATO countries (mostly American, with some British, a couple French, and one German) and an Israeli, and the Americans did most of the heavy lifting. The novel even admitted the multinational aspect was mostly just for propaganda/diplomatic purposes.
* The ''EndersGame'' ''Literature/EndersGame'' novels, particularly the Shadow arc that follows Bean, features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).
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* MatthewReilly's Jack West Jr novels. ''Seven Ancient Wonders'' had the team comprised of commandos hailing from Australia, UAE, Spain, Jamaica, Israel, Ireland (2 of 'em) and New Zealand, with a Canadian professer and Egyptian girl.
* TomClancy's novel ''Rainbow Six'', which spawned a slew of video games, is centered around a NATO+ Israel Multinational Team, based in England albeit led by Americans.
** The video games feature an even more diverse roster, with team members from countries including Egypt, Belarus, Russia, Korea, and Israel. The novel toned this down significantly: the team consisted solely of soldiers from core Western NATO countries (mostly American, with some British, a couple French, and one German) and an Israeli, and the Americans did most of the heavy lifting. The novel even admitted the multinational aspect was mostly just for propaganda/diplomatic purposes.
* The ''EndersGame'' novels, particularly the Shadow arc that follows Bean, features a raft of child warriors from around the globe (the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, England, China, India, etc.).
** Ender is the son of a Pole and a Mormon, Bean is Greek/Ibo from the Netherlands, Alai is North African, Dink is Dutch, Carn is an Aussie, Crazy Tom is a Brit, Dumper is Quechua, Fly Molo is from the Philippines, Hot Soup is Chinese, Petra is Armenian, Shen is Japanese, Vlad is Belorussian, Bonzo is Spanish, Rose De Nose is Jewish, Suriyawong is Thai, Virlomi Indian. Most of them end of commanding Armies against each other and then exiled off Earth as the first governors of the colonies.
** At least one is Maori, and of course there's the [[BadassIsraeli reputation Jewish boys have for killing bugs]].
* ''PhoenixForce'' is an [[HeroesRUs internationally operating (but US Government-controlled) anti-terrorist team]] selected from the world's best soldiers and operatives. They include Israeli veteran Yakov Katzenelenbogen, Canadian demolitions expert and security engineer Gary Manning, Japanese martial arts and electronics expert Keio Ohara, ex-SAS soldier and pilot David [=McCarter=], and Rafael Encizo, a Cuban survivor of the Bay of Pigs invasion. When Ohara was killed and Katzenelenbogen retired their numbers were made up with SWAT member Calvin James (Black American) and Somalia/Gulf War veteran T.J. Hawkins (a Southerner). The team has used the assistance of John Trent, a Japanese-American ninjitsu master; and German Karl Hahn, former GSG 9 operator turned BND agent.
* ''Film/{{Contact}}'' had the Five, representatives from Earth who were chosen specifically to [[FirstContact talk to the aliens]]. There's someone from India, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and someone from an African nation.
* AndrewVachss's ''Burke'' books have the white American Burke, Chinese Mama Wong, Mongolian Max the Silent, black The Prophet/Prof, Jamaican Clarence and then some.
* The hero's party in the ''{{Belgariad}}'' includes one member of each non-evil ethnic group on the continent, even the ones thought to be extinct.
** In the sequel, some of the western groups are dropped but they gain a Nyissan (Sadi) and an Angarak ('Zakath).
* ''Literature/RemoteMan'' is about a group of five teenagers who band together to bring down a wildlife smuggling operation: Ned (Australian, but living in Massachusetts for most of the book), Kate (Australian), Rocky (American), Cleverton (Jamaican) and Yvette (French). Most of the communication between them is through e-mail and chatrooms.
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