List of fictional European countries

This is a partial list of fictional countries in Europe.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  • Fairytopia: A kingdom in Barbie: Fairytopia and its sequels and spinoffs, neighbored by Flutterfield (based on Spain) and Shimmervale (based on Portugal).
  • Fasilica: appeared in an early 1914 serial by Rex Stout, of later Nero Wolfe fame, reprinted in the 1990s as A Prize for Princes.
  • Flavonia: appeared in Violet Needham's Betrayer (1950) and other novels by the author.
  • Florin: one of the fictional principalities in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
  • Floravia: A European kingdom in Barbie: Princess Adventure.
  • Fosboria: a fictional Eastern European country in the 19th century in the Flemish comic series Robert en Bertrand, episode 28 The Duel.
  • Franistan: from the I Love Lucy episode 'The Publicity Agent' in which Lucy pretends to be the "Maharincess of Franistan", royalty from a faraway land who is a big fan of Ricky's, in order to get Ricky some publicity.
  • Freedonia: From the Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup. It is ruled by Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx).
  • Franchia: a strange country in Welcome to Night Vale, described as "a land of arches'. It is a country with no residents at all, with the possible exception of a great beast, just hundreds of square miles of ancient stone arches, intertwined and leaning against each other, with the wind hollowing through the narrow alleyways.
  • Frobnia: Communist Eastern Bloc nation in Central Europe from Infocom's interactive fiction game Border Zone, bordering neutral Litzenburg.
  • Frovania: Eastern European country in the 19th century in the Flemish comic series Robert en Bertrand, episodes 49 De Gouden Hand and 50 De wraak van Zabor.

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  • Jugendheit: kingdom of King Frederick in Harold MacGrath's The Goose Girl (1909, #8 US best seller) Note that the name is a kind of pig-German literally meaning "youthness".

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  • Madelvia: a small European kingdom that appears in the Freeform film My Christmas Prince.
  • Maestrazgo (Aragonese: Mayestrato) is a comarca in southeastern Aragon, Spain. Its names derives from the Maestrat/Maestrazgo mountain massif that extends to the east to the Comarques of the Valencian Community Alt Maestrat and Baix Maestrat. Also, a European fictional kingdom in the blog Blog de heraldica
  • Magyaristan: Islamic state in the former Hungary. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.
  • Malaria: a kingdom in the animated film Igor.
  • Maldavia: principality in Eastern Europe that is mentioned by Muffy in the Arthur season 10 episode "Family Fortune".
  • Mandorra: European kingdom in the U.S. motion picture, The Brigand.
  • Mandrika: Mountainous European country on Alfred Hitchcock's film The Lady Vanishes (1938).
  • Margoth: European kingdom in Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Rider.
  • Marisi: appears in Rex Stout's A Prize for Princes ("Ruritanian romance" set in Fasilica and Marisi; serialized in 1914 and reprinted as a book in the 1990s; author is the later creator of the Nero Wolfe mystery series).
  • Markovia: European monarchy in the DC Universe.
  • Marshovia (Marsovia, Makovnia): small Eastern European kingdom most likely located somewhere near Transylvania in the operetta The Merry Widow.
  • Medici: a Mediterranean country and setting of Just Cause 3
  • Medioka: Ruritania type of mid-European country presented in the Mickey Mouse comic strip story "The Monarch of Medioka" (1937–38).
  • Mendorra: principality located near Germany from the American soap opera, One Life to Live.
  • Mervo: island principality in The Prince and Betty by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Messina: principality in Richard Harding Davis's, The King's Jackal (1891).
  • Minaria: Alternative name for Limaria.[5]
  • Mittenheim: grand duchy in The Heart of Princess Osra by Anthony Hope
  • Mixo-Lydia: Balkan country in the novels of Angela Thirkell; has a long-standing enmity with neighbouring Slavo-Lydia.
  • Moldavia: Eastern European country from the first episode of Batman and later Dynasty (note: Moldavia really exists as a nation itself and also as a region in Romania). It is also mentioned as a Balkan country and later as a Eastern European country in the 19th century in the Flemish comic series Robert en Bertrand with capital city Narkov and city Blitzy. In at least ten episodes.
  • Moldovakia: Eastern European country in Recess best known for its spies and its luge team.
  • Molvanîa: Eastern European country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same authors as Phaic Tăn and San Sombrèro.
  • Monaco : Western European country and the main setting of the second season of Yakitate!! Japan anime. Unlike the real life Monaco, the Monaco from the anime series is not a principality and is ruled by a King.
  • Monte Lucio: state ruled by a count in Violet Needham’s novel, The Changeling of Monte Lucio and also mentioned in some of her other works.
  • Montenaro: European country featured in The Princess Switch: Switched Again.
  • Montland: an English-speaking constitutional monarchy in the Dead or Alive video game series. It is a home country of Amy and Luna.
  • Moronica (alternatively, Moronika): parody of Nazi Germany from the Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy and its sequel I'll Never Heil Again, with "Moe Hailstone" as its dictator. A nation called Moronica also appeared in 2010's Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros.
  • Morvania: An Eastern European country in Jem, ruled by Queen (formerly Princess) Adriana Slododac.
  • Morvania (2): the Eastern European setting of Andre Norton's first published novel, Ruritanian romance The Prince Commands (1934). Though tiny, it seems to have been important due to strategic location; on his way there, the title character had to attend state occasions in London, Paris, and Berlin.
  • Muravia: Republic in the Balkans with capital Stefania in Dashiell Hammett's story This King Business, featuring The Continental Op.
  • Mypos: Native home of Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers.

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  • Razkavia: Germanic country in Philip Pullman's The Tin Princess.
  • Réndøosîa: a fictional Eastern European country plagued by natural disasters to the point that its flag is always depicted with a hole in it. It is also at war with the neighboring nation of Grimzimistan. Homeland of Enk, Adi and Xan, the main characters on the animated series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers.
  • Republic of Great Britain: A fictional version of Great Britain featured in the Doctor Who story Inferno.
  • Republic of Krovtonova: A fictional Eastern European nation referenced in the Father Ted episode "Speed 3", in which it is mentioned that Craggy Island has been helping to ease the republic's unusually high milk surplus.
  • Robo-Hungarian Empire: A fictional Eastern European nation in several Futurama episodes.
  • Rogash: A small Central European country featured in the Night Court episode "My Life as a Dog Lawyer". Despite its small size it possesses nuclear weapons and missiles supplied by the US government in exchange for maintaining a listening post to spy on Switzerland.
  • Romanovia: Eastern European country featured in the comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Dodgeball is the national sport. This country was also mentioned in Inspector Gadget.
  • Rongovia: Fictional country mentioned in Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris. It has an embassy to the US in Trumansburg, New York, and a very active Ministry of Fine Arts. The capital is Fat City. Rongovia is a state of mind.
  • Rovinia: a kingdom mentioned in Pursuit to Algiers.
  • Rubovia: a kingdom in Eastern Europe that featured in Gordon Murray's BBC Television children's puppet series A Rubovian Legend, 1955–63.[23]
  • Rumekistan: a fictional Eastern European nation featured in Marvel Comics' Cable & Deadpool
  • Ruritania: a kingdom in central Europe from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works, which gave rise to the Ruritanian romance genre. Also used in Ernest Gellner's nonfictional Nations and Nationalism as a stereotypical country developing nationalism.

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  • Taronia: Ruritanian Kingdom from the film Thirty Day Princess (1934)
  • Tauri-Hessia: European country in the book The Circus of Adventure, part of the Adventure Series by Enid Blyton.
  • Tcherkistan: East European country from the film Supercondriaque (2014)
  • Tescara: European island nation located in the Atlantic Ocean. As a free trade zone enrolled into the United Nations in 1991, it is used as place of origin for the suspects of CSI: New York's season 1 episode 19, "Crime and Misdemeanor".
  • Ticktockia: A small country between France and Germany, ruled by King Salazar the Pushy, that invades neighboring Warnerstock in the film Wakko's Wish.
  • Thembria: A frigid land whose pillars are military dictatorship, unbridled incompetence, and constant threat of death from a firing squad. From Disney's cartoon series Tail Spin. Home of Colonel Spigot, Sergeant Dunder, professor Crackpotkin, and others.
  • The Triple Monarchy of Scythia-Pannonia-Transbalkania: from Dr. Engelbert Eszterhazy stories by Avram Davidson.
  • Tomainia: Nazi Germany-like country from the film The Great Dictator, ruled by Adenoid Hynkel.
  • Transbalkania: a fictional kingdom featured in "Number 187", a story by Baroness Orczy.
  • Trans-Carpathia: A country in Eastern Europe, used in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Trans-Carpathia is also a real region in the Ukraine.
  • Transia: a small East European nation in Marvel Comics. The location of Mount Wundagore, and the birthplace of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.
  • Tratvia: A country in Europe that formed the setting for the radio series The Embassy Lark, which dealt with the trials and tribulations of the British Ambassador to Tratvia and the foreign relations between Tratvia and the United Kingdom. It would later feature in several episodes of the related radio series The Navy Lark.
  • Trent, Grand-Duchy of: European Grand-Duchy from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Choice".
  • Tryphemia: King Pausole's country in The Adventures of King Pausole by Pierre Louÿs
  • Turgisia: A small former Soviet republic located on the Azov Sea between Russia and Ukraine from the Danish political drama series Borgen

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Uzupis, a republic in what was a dilapidated area of Vilnius, with 1000 artists and a president who makes films

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  • Yakestonia: mountainous eastern European nation, where yodeling is prominent in local culture, but so is surfing on its coast. Important landmark is Mount Bubneboba, and its fresh mountain air is celebrated worldwide. A traditional greeting is doing an armpit fart while repeating the word "zwooba!". Home of exchange student Fentruck on the animated series Doug.
  • Yudonia: a central European country, presumably based on the former country of Yugoslavia, mentioned in an episode on the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh.
  • Yugaria: small Balkan nation from the Mission: Impossible: Operation Surma video game.

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  • Zandar: A small principality seen in Power Rangers: Dino Charge. Home of Sir Ivan, the Gold Dino Charge Ranger, and Prince Philip, the Graphite Ranger. The people of Zandar speak with British accents.
  • Zarkovia: A small yet strategically important country somewhere in Eastern Europe with an absolute monarchy featured in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode Viktor: The Spoils.
  • Zembla: Northern European country in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire
  • Zemenia: Eastern European country in episode 6, season 7 of Monk (TV series)
  • Zindaria: a brand-new one that existed in Europe during the English Regency era of 1811–1820, Anne Gracie's The Stolen Princess (2008).
  • Zubrowka: location of the eponymous hotel in the 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel, a European alpine state ravaged by war and poverty;[30] unrelated to the Polish vodka Żubrówka.

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