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1This index is for tropes regarding sovereign countries and nation-states, as well as issues of citizenship and nationality.
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6'''UsefulNotes:'''
7+ '''UsefulNotes/CountriesAndNations''' (main topic)
8+ UsefulNotes/NationalSubdivisions
9+ UsefulNotes/MajorWorldCities
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11'''Trope Indexes:'''
12+ FictionalCultureAndNationTropes
13+ FlagTropes
14+ HollywoodAtlas
15+ ImmigrationAndDiasporaTropes
16+ NationalStereotypes
17+ PatrioticTropes
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19* AdaptationalNationality: A particular character's national origin is changed in an adaptation.
20* AllNationsAreSuperpowers: Every country in the story's setting is depicted as being quite powerful and influential in global political affairs.
21* BannedInChina: Real-life media censorship by country.
22* FailedState: A nation whose central government has all but collapsed, leaving it unable to perform basic functions.
23* FakeNationality: When a character is played by an actor who doesn't even have the same ethnic/national identity in real life.
24* FictionalCountry: A made-up nation-state which was created for storytelling purposes.
25* FoundingDay: Often a national holiday which celebrates the anniversary of when a particular country was established as an independent and/or unified state.
26* MadeInCountryX: Stereotypes of commercial products which were produced in a particular country or region.
27* MistakenNationality: Incorrectly guessing which country someone is from.
28** MistakenForForeigner: Wrongly assuming that a fellow (native-born) citizen is actually from another country.
29* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Blindly nationalistic loyalty to one's country, to the point of willfully ignoring any moral problems associated with it.
30* NationsAsPeople: {{Anthropomorphic personification}}s of various countries.
31* NationsOfTheWorldMontage: A scene which shows people from all over the world doing or reacting to the same events.
32* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: When nationalists/separatists desire to remove all (real or perceived) foreign meddling in their homelands.
33* TheOldCountry: The ancestral homeland of an immigrant/diaspora community that is living abroad in another country.
34* PatrioticFervor: Nationalistic pride for one's country, whether for good or bad.
35* PuppetState: A nominally independent country which is actually mostly or completely dependent on the control of a more powerful foreign country.
36* QuirkyNeighbourCountry: Another nation sharing borders with your own, which is perceived as being rather eccentric.
37* SingleSpeciesNations: Fantasy and sci-fi nations are populated primarily by a single species.
38* TheStateless: Someone is not a legal citizen of any real sovereign nation in the world.
39* WarComesHome: When a spreading war eventually comes to one's homeland, to the point where nationalistic beliefs transform into militaristic ones.
40* WorldTour: The characters travel around the world and visit multiple countries.
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