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List of fictional countries by region

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This list of fictional countries groups fictional countries and imagined nations together, by the region of the world in which they are supposed to be located.

Africa

Americas

Antarctica Hili-liland: a nation near the South Pole, founded by Ancient Romans, in the 1899 novel A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake. It is south of Tsalal and has a more developed civilization. It consists of Hili-li City on Hili-li Island, along with some outlying island colonies. Leaphigh, Leaplow, Leapup, Leapdown, Leapover, Leapthrough, Leaplong, Leapshort, Leapround, Leapunder: ten independent kingdoms in the Antarctic archipelago of the Leap Islands, in the 1835 novel The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper Tsalal: an island in the 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe and its 1897 sequel An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne. It has a tribal society led by a chief, Too-Wit.

Asia

Oceania Australasian Confederation: A nation from the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg. Australis: A country based on Australia in Strike Witches. BabaKiueria: a country in Australia in the film BabaKiueria Erewhon (anagram of nowhere): in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler. New Zeiland: A country based on New Zealand in Strike Witches. Wirrawee: In The Tomorrow series by John Marsden Wumpa Islands: an archipelago southeast of Australia in the Crash Bandicoot video games series.

Europe

Island nations

Antarctic Hili-liland: a nation near the South Pole, founded by Ancient Romans, in the 1899 novel A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake. It is south of Tsalal and has a more developed civilization. It consists of Hili-li City on Hili-li Island, along with some outlying island colonies. Leaphigh, Leaplow, Leapup, Leapdown, Leapover, Leapthrough, Leaplong, Leapshort, Leapround, Leapunder: ten independent kingdoms in the Antarctic archipelago of the Leap Islands, in the 1835 novel The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

Atlantic Birdwell Island: de facto independent island community in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series similar in geography and custom to an island off of the east coast of the United States. Fröland: Island in the North Sea in the Dutch TV series Fröland - country? Islandia: self-isolated country in Austin Tappan Wright's novel Islandia Sahrani: Atlantic island divided into the northern communist Democratic Republic of Sahrani and the oil-rich democratic monarchy of the Kingdom of South Sahrani in the video game Armed Assault

Caribbean Barclay Islands (the Barclays): British-dependent Caribbean archipelago off the Bahamas embroiled in conflict between Castro's Cuba and the drug trade in Frederick Forsyth's novel The Deceiver. Booty Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean Sea in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley) Cascara: a tiny Caribbean island in the movie Water Cayuna: an imaginary Caribbean island modelled on Jamaica in the novels of John Hearne Crab Island: poor Caribbean island shaped like a crab, under the domination of Crocodile Island, in the Patrouille des Castors comics Crocodile Island: Caribbean island shaped like a crocodile, with a dictatorial government which seems to be heavily influenced by Tahiti, in the Patrouille des Castors comics Guarma: A Caribbean island east of Cuba that Arthur Morgan, Dutch, Javier, Micah, and Bill Gets stranded on in Chapter 5 of Red Dead Redemption 2 Jambalaya Island: an ex-pirate island in the Caribbean, turned to a tourist attraction center, in Escape from Monkey Island Mêlée Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean Sea, from the Monkey Island games, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley) Phatt Island: an island in the Caribbean in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Plunder Island: a pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island, part of the Tri-Island area (governed by Elaine Marley) Porto Santo: a tiny island nation in Latin America visited by Steve Urkel in the Family Matters episode "South of the Border" (Note: Porto Santo is a real island of Madeira Archipelago) Sacramento: a Caribbean Island from Érico Veríssimo's novel, O Senhor Embaixador (The Ambassador), heavily based on Cuba. San Lorenzo: a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle San Marcos (2): Caribbean island from an episode of The A-Team San Monique: Caribbean nation run by a drug lord in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die Santa Costa: Caribbean island dictatorship from the pilot episode of Mission: Impossible. Appears to lie somewhere between Cuba and the Venezuelan coast on a map seen–briefly–at the start of the episode. Scabb Island: an anarchic pirate island in the Caribbean in the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Skull Island (2): a small pirate island in the Caribbean in the game The Curse of Monkey Island Tropico: island nation in the Caribbean in the Tropico computer game

Indian Ocean Blefuscu: a land where all the people are tiny from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Enemies of Lilliput Genosha: an island nation which was established as a mutant homeland in Marvel Comics Houyhnhnms Land: a land where horses rule. The animalistic human-like creatures in this land are called Yahoos. From the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Ishkebar: small island nation between India and Thailand from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody TV series, episode "Boston Holiday" Javasu: an island in the Indian Ocean, the alleged country of "Princess Caraboo" Lilliput: a land where all the people are tiny from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Pala: island utopia in Aldous Huxley's Island Saint Georges Island: an island nation located somewhere in the Arabian Sea. It was the centrepoint of the episode A Victory for Democracy from the sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister. Skull Island: from King Kong movie(s) Taprobane: a country described as "about ninety percent congruent with the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)" from Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise

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