List of fictional African countries

List of fictional African countries

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This is a list of fictional countries that are set somewhere in the continent of Africa. A African Confederation : Future African country that includes present-day Somalia, that is the birthplace of Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation Afrinia : African country used in World Bank training exercises Afromacoland : African country in the novel Chief the Honourable Minister by T. M. Aluko Azania : African country from Evelyn Waugh 's novel Black Mischief Abuddin: A Middle East country in the series Tyrant B Babar's Kingdom : from children's book, a country of intelligent bipedal elephants. Bahari *: from the CBS television series Scorpion , a small north African nation under the brutal rule of a dictatorship. The nation is a former Nazi German colony and there are several Nazi German military bases located in the deserts of the country. Bangalla : from The Phantom comic strip. The Phantom's base lies in the deep woods of this central African nation. Bapetikosweti : The "homeland" state in which the

Fictional country

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Map of the Land of Oz , the fictional country in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Map of the fictional island of Sodor used in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories Fictitious countries used in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four A fictional country is a country that is made up for fictional stories, and does not exist in real life, or one that people believe in without proof. Sailors have always mistaken low clouds for land masses, and in later times this was given the name Dutch capes . Other fictional lands appear most commonly as settings or subjects of myth, literature, movies, or video games. They may also be used for technical reasons in actual reality for use in the development of specifications, such as the fictional country of Bookland , which is used to allow EAN "country" codes 978 and 979 to be used for ISBN numbers assigned to books, and code 977 to be assigned for use for ISSN numbers on magazines and other periodicals. Also, the ISO 3166 country code "ZZ" is reserved as a fictional country code,.

List of fictional places in Yes Minister

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This list of fictional places in Yes Minister elaborates on the details provided in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn 's Yes Minister and The Complete Yes Minister, the diary-based novelisation of the series. Buranda Buranda is a fictional West African LDC (less developed country, later known as a developing country ) that features in the second episode of Yes Minister (" The Official Visit ") and (briefly) in Yes, Prime Minister (" A Conflict of Interest "). Formerly British Equatorial Africa, it is referred to privately by James Hacker as a "TPLAC" (tin-pot little African country), much to Sir Humphrey 's consternation. Buranda's leader in both episodes is Colonel Selim Mohammed, previously Charlie Umtali prior to his conversion to Islam . The first storyline hinges on Hacker's former association (as a fellow alumnus of the London School of Economics ) with Mohammed, which he tries to use (on Sir Humphrey's urging) to avoid a diplomatically-embarrassing speech to an audience including the Queen . In the second,

List of fictional countries

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This is a list of Fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it – as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography. A Name Work Notes Aldorria Scorpion A South American nation of Spanish-speaking people engaged in a long term border war. America, Confederate States of East of West An alternate Confederacy , formed in 1910. Heavily oriented around trade. Its capital is located in Savannah, Georgia . America, Confederate States of Numerous Numerous works of alternate history detail the workings of the Confederacy as an independent nation after the American Civil War . Such works include Bring the Jubilee , the Southern Victory Series , and The Guns of the South . America, Pacific States of The Man in the High Castle A puppet state governed b

List of fictional American countries

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This is a list of fictional countries supposedly located in North , Central , or South America . North America The United States of America Bible Belt : country formed by Evangelical Christians in the former Confederate States of America in the novel Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno . Brobdingnag : country where the people are all giants from the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift . Countries in Fallout (video game series) . Coalition States : A fascist empire founded upon the post-apocalyptic ruins of the American Midwest in the Rifts role-playing game . Countries in Jericho (2006 TV series) Countries in the television series Revolution Ecotopia : an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach . See also Cascadia , a secessionist idea based in part on Callenbach's Ecotopia. Gilead : a stereotypical Christian republic in the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Greater Texas : successor state to the United States, encompassing most o

List of fictional Asian countries

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This is a list of fictional countries supposedly located somewhere in the continent of Asia. Central Asia Adjikistan : Central Asian nation located near Afghanistan and Pakistan in the video game SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault Albenistan : Central Asian country in the d20 adventures Raid on Ashkashem, the Qalashar Device, and the Khorforhan Gambit written by Fraser Ronald and published by Sword's Edge Publishing. Aldastan : Central Asian country, adjacent to Kazakhstan , in the Command & Conquer: Generals video game. Apparently a union of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzistan. "'Backhairistan"': Central Asian country with Soviet influence, in the Nickelodeon cartoon The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius . Bahavia : Central Asian country, culturally similar to India, Pakistan in Disney show Cory In The House Basenji : from I Dream of Jeannie . Jeannie's family rules the country. It borders Russia, Afghanistan, and Kasha, its historic enemy . Franistan : from the I Love Lucy episode 'The Publicity Agen

List of fictional European countries

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This is a partial list of fictional countries in Europe A Adjikistan : Featured Eurasian country in SOCOM: US Navy Seals . Alaine : small European kingdom from the film His Majesty, the American. Al-Alemand : Islamic state consisting of the former Germany and the Low Countries . From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt , by Kim Stanley Robinson . Al Amarja : island nation located in Mediterranean, from the role playing game Over the Edge . Alfaine : appeared in Jules Lemaitre 's Prince Hermann Regent (1893). Alpenstein : European principality and former ally of Nazi Germany featured in San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups . Alpine Emirates : Islamic states in the Bavarian Alps in the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt , by Kim Stanley Robinson . Alsander : Southern European state in James Elroy Flecker 's King of Alsander (1914). Altis : A small island nation in the Central Mediterranean south of Malta. The setting of the video game ARMA 3. Alvania : Balkan k

Opar (fictional city)

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Opar is a fictional lost city in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs and later the Khokarsa novels of Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey and various derivative works in other media. The city first appeared in the second Tarzan novel, The Return of Tarzan (1913). In the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs As envisioned by Burroughs, Opar is a lost colony of Atlantis located deep in the jungles of Africa , in which incredible riches have been stockpiled down through the ages. The city's population exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism caused by a combination of excessive inbreeding, cross-breeding with apes, and selective culling of offspring. Consequently, female Oparians appear perfectly human, while male Oparians are apelike brutes. The ruler and high priestess of the city is Queen La , who on her first encounter with Tarzan falls in love with him, and subsequently carries a torch for him. Tarzan, already committed to Jane Porter , spurns her advances, thus endangering his own life, as the religion o

List of fictional countries by region

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This list of fictional countries groups 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 BabaKiueria : a country in Australia in the movie BabaKiueria Wirrawee : In The Tomorrow series by John Marsden Europe Island nati

Wakanda (comics)

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Wakanda is a fictional nation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . It is the most prominent of several fictional African nations in the Marvel Universe, and it is home to the superhero Black Panther . Wakanda first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . Location Wakanda is located in Northeastern Africa, although its exact location has varied throughout the nation's publication history: some sources place Wakanda in East Africa , just north of Tanzania , while others - such as Marvel Atlas #2 - show it bordering Lake Turkana , near Somalia , Kenya and Ethiopia (and surrounded by fictional countries like Azania, Canaan, and Narobia). In the Captain America: Civil War movie, Wakanda was shown on a map at the northern end of Lake Turkhana, at a fictional point bordering Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. History The Wakandan royal line began with Bashenga, an ancient Wakandan whose first and only appearance was in Black Panther vol. 1

Ku (fictional language)

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Ku is a fictional language appearing in the 2005 drama / thriller film The Interpreter . In the film, Ku is a language spoken in the fictional African country of Matobo . The constructed language was created for the film by Said el-Gheithy , the director of the Centre for African Language Learning in Covent Garden , London . Commissioned by The Interpreter's director, Sydney Pollack , and Working Title Films , el-Gheithy adapted aspects of Shona and Swahili , languages spoken in Eastern and Southern Africa , to devise the basis of this fictional language. The language has its own internal dictionary and el-Gheithy created a whole culture and history in his mind. In this context, the actual language spoken by the Tobosa people of the fictional Democratic Republic of Matobo, although known as 'Ku' to foreigners, is indigenously known as Chitob uk u which literally means 'the language of the Tobosa people'. Ch'itoboku, then, would be the only surviving ancient Bantu language, and the Tobosa oral traditions indic

Bangalla

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Bangalla , also known as Bengali or Bangolia or Bengalla (in the 1996 movie adaptation ), is a fictional African country that features in the Lee Falk created comic strip The Phantom . Bangalla is the home of the Phantom, who resides in the Deep Woods of the jungle in the fabled Skull Cave . In the 1996 film, Bengalla is located in Asia instead of Africa. In the 2009 The Phantom (miniseries) Bangalla is a fictional small island nation located in the Malay Archipelago . Geography Bangalla is located in East Africa , around the approximate region of Tanzania , Kenya , Uganda and Ethiopia . The capital of Bangalla is Mawitaan (formerly Morristown); other cities include Bengalitown, Sanloi, Spyglass and Mucar. Until the 1960s, the country was portrayed as being in Asia , near India . The Bangallan flag is blue with a yellow crescent to the left, and a star and a circle to the right. Regime Bangalla is a former British colony that since became a democracy. The country's first president was Lamanda Luaga, a doctor

List of fictional island nations

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This is a list of fictional countries in various media which are said to be located upon islands. Antarctic 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 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. 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. 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. Fröl

List of fictional U.S. states

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This is a list of fictional states of the United States found in various works of fiction involving the states , insular areas , districts , reservations , or other unincorporated territories . Fictional states of the United States Fictional states are not as common as fictional cities, counties, or countries; often, a work will invent a fictional city and simply not reveal its state. Occasionally, however, a fictional state is created to house fictional cities, towns, or counties. Typically, a work that features a fictional state will also reveal the names of several cities within that state. Non-existent states Named U.S. states Comics Calisota , in the Duck universe from various Walt Disney comic books , Calisota is roughly equivalent to Northern California . It includes the city of Duckburg , and possibly Mouseton , Spoonerville , and St. Canard. The name is likely derived from California and Minnesota , with possible references to the Northern California town of Calistoga . Coventry , from Bill Willingha

Lists of countries and territories

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This is a list of many lists of countries and territories by various definitions, including FIFA countries, federations, and fictional countries. A country or territory is a geographical area, either in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) or state (a political entity). Demographics Demographics The characteristics of the human population: Life and Health List of countries by birth rate List of countries by death rate List of countries and territories by fertility rate List of countries by foreign-born population List of countries by happiness List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate List of countries by homicide rate List of countries by infant mortality rate List of countries by life expectancy List of countries by median age List of countries by suicide rate List of countries by Human Development Index List of countries by literacy rate ( Adult Literacy Index ) Education Index Life Expectancy Index Religion List of countries by Christian population List of countries by Muslim population List

List of fictional pachyderms

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This list of fictional pachyderms is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates . Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium. Outside strict biological classification , the term " pachyderm " is commonly used to describe elephants , rhinoceroses , and hippopotamuses ; this list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths , mastodons , etc. Literature Name Species Author Work Notes Alexander Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant Son of Babar and Celeste. Arthur Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant Cousin of Babar. Babar Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant An elephant prince. Berilia Elephant Terry Pratchett Discworld One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. Celeste Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant Female cousin of Babar, with whom she eventually marries. Cornelius Elephant Jean de Brunhoff Babar the Elephant Counsellor of king Babar. The Elephant Child Asian elephant Rudyar

United States of Africa

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The United States of Africa is a proposed concept for a federation of some or all of the 55 sovereign states on the African continent. The concept takes its origin from Marcus Garvey 's 1924 poem, Hail, United States of Africa. Former Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi , who was the 2009 Chairperson of the African Union (AU), advanced the idea of a United States of Africa at two regional African summits: first in June 2007 in Conakry, Guinea , and again in February 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . Gaddafi had previously pushed for its creation at a 2000 summit in Lomé, Togo , having described the AU as a failure on a number of occasions; Gaddafi asserted that only a true pan-African state can provide stability and wealth to Africa. A number of senior AU members also support the proposed federation, believing that it could bring peace to a 'new' Africa. Alpha Oumar Konaré , former President of Mali and former Chairperson of the African Union Commission , spoke in favor of the concept at the commemoration of Af

List of fictional places in G.I. Joe

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The G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series was first published by Marvel Comics and later by Devil's Due Productions . The Marvel Comics series was written primarily by Larry Hama . Larry Hama frequently uses fictional cities and countries as stand-ins for real locations with similar political and economic conditions, and these countries are frequently a satire of their real world counterparts. Devil's Due Productions continued the trend of using fictional stand-ins for locations. Countries Some of the fictional countries in the G.I. Joe comics universe include: Badhikistan – the location of Monolith Base, which served as the new main base of operations for Cobra, after Cobra Island was abandoned. Benzheen – the oil-rich neighbor of Trucial Abysmia. The site of the murders of multiple Joe officers. The name is a pun on benzine , a type of oil. Borovia – Its capital is Krogdnsz. Borovia was originally a communist country. When Communism fell a democracy was put in place; the country was renamed Bor

Matobo

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Matobo can refer to: Matobo National Park in Zimbabwe Matobo District , an administrative division of Zimbabwe Matobo, Botswana , a village in Botswana The fictional country Matobo (officially the Democratic Republic of Matobo) in the movie The Interpreter . Matobo as a fictional country also appears in the Swedish comedy Morgan Pålsson - världsreporter ("Morgan Pålsson - world reporter"). Matobo can refer to: Matobo National Park in Zimbabwe Matobo District , an administrative division of Zimbabwe Matobo, Botswana , a village in Botswana The fictional country Matobo (officially the Democratic Republic of Matobo) in the movie The Interpreter . Matobo as a fictional country also appears in the Swedish comedy Morgan Pålsson - världsreporter ("Morgan Pålsson - world reporter").

List of fictional arthropods

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This list of fictional arthropods is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals . It is restricted to notable insect , arachnid and crustacean characters from the world of fiction. Literature Character Species Work Author Notes Aragog Spider Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling Aragog was an Acromantula—an enormous, sentient spider capable of speech—who made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student. In his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid was caught talking to Aragog in the dungeons by Tom Riddle, who alleged that Aragog was the "Monster of Slytherin" and that Hagrid had opened the Chamber of Secrets. Arianwen Spider The Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo Charlotte A. Cavatica Spider Charlotte's Web E. B. White A spider who befriends Wilbur the pig; she at first seems bloodthirsty due to her method of catching food. The Gnat Gnat Alice Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll The Gnat seems to love jokes; however, he doesn't like telling th

-stan

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The suffix -stan ( Persian : ـستان ‎‎ - stān ) is Persian for "place of" or "country". It appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central and South Asia , but also in the Caucasus and Russia ; areas where significant amounts of Persian culture were spread or adopted. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian, and Urdu rigestân (ریگستان) "place of sand, desert", Pakistan "land of the pure", Hindustan "land of the Indus river", golestan (گلستان) "place of flowers, garden", and in Bengali koborstan (কবরস্থান) "graveyard/cemetery" etc. Etymology and cognates The suffix, originally an independent noun, but evolving into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds , is of Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European origin: It is cognate with Sanskrit sthā́na ( Devanagari : स्थान ), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location", and ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna-. The Proto-Indo-Eu

Kahndaq

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Kahndaq is a fictional Middle Eastern country in the DC Comics Universe. Its real world location is between Egypt and Israel . JSA #56 states that it is located on the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula . Fictional history As revealed in the JSA comic book series, Kahndaq is the homeland of the antihero Black Adam , who served as the magically powered superhero of Egypt over 3600 years ago. In 1600 B.C. Kahndaq is burned to the ground by the supervillain Ahk-Ton; Black Adam's wife and children are killed during this attack. The loss of his family and children eventually drives him to take extreme measures to protect Kahndaq. This in turn forces the wizard Shazam to remove Adam's powers and entomb him for centuries. In recent times the country is ruled by a Saddam Hussein -style dictator named Asim Muhunnad. Muhunnad is deposed by Black Adam and a group of former Justice Society of America members, and executed by Atom Smasher . Adam then declares himself the new ruler of Kahndaq. Kahndaq is heavily damage

List of fictional rabbits and hares

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This is a list of fictional rabbits and hares . Fantasy hybrids such as Jackelopes are not listed. Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Literature Name Specie(s) Work Author Notes Babbitty Rabbitty Rabbit The Tales of Beedle the Bard J. K. Rowling While at first a human witch, Babbitty transforms herself into a rabbit. Basil Stag Hare Hare Redwall & Mattimeo Brian Jacques Basil gave himself the middle name "Stag" because he greatly admired that animal. Basil is a bit eccentric, but an excellent fighter. Benjamin Bunny Rabbit The Tale of Benjamin Bunny , The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies , The Tale of Mr. Tod Beatrix Potter Son of Old Mr. Bouncer, Peter Rabbit's cousin and eventually Flopsy's husband and father of six bunnies. Bigwig Rabbit Watership Down Richard Adams The largest, bravest rabbit of the group who escape destruction at the Sandleford warren , he is "bluff and tough." While helping to defend the rabbits' new home at Watership Down from an invasion, he famously delivers the line, "My Chief Rabbit ha

Slavery in Africa

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The main slave routes in medieval Africa. A Zanj slave gang in Zanzibar (1889). Slavery in Africa has existed throughout the continent for many centuries, and still continues in the current day in some countries. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of the continent, as they were in much of the ancient world. In most African societies where slavery was prevalent, the enslaved people were not treated as chattel slaves and were given certain rights in a system similar to indentured servitude elsewhere in the world. When the Arab slave trade and Atlantic slave trade began, many of the local slave systems changed and began supplying captives for slave markets outside of Africa.[1] Slavery in historical Africa was practiced in many different forms: Debt slavery, enslavement of war captives, military slavery, and criminal slavery were all practiced in various parts of Africa.[2] Forms of slavery Multiple forms of slavery and servitude have existed throughout Africa during his

Khokarsa

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Khokarsa is a fictional empire in ancient Africa that serves as the primary setting for Philip José Farmer ’s prehistoric fantasy novels Hadon of Ancient Opar , Flight to Opar , and The Song of Kwasin (the Khokarsa series ). Literary origins Farmer has stated that he derived Khokarsa from Ambrose Bierce 's short story " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " ( 1891 ), in which the narrator's spirit visits an ancient fallen civilization. Over time, Farmer states, the syllables of the name "Khokarsa" were transposed so that the civilization eventually became known as " Carcosa ." An examination of Farmer's notes relating to the Khokarsa series has indicated that he also drew on classical sources to create his fictional civilization, such as Robert Graves ' The White Goddess (which inspired the matriarchal basis of Khokarsan culture), Jessie L. Weston 's classic Arthurian study From Ritual to Romance (whose "freeing of the waters" theme influenced Farmer's conception of the downfall of Khokarsan civilization), and the play

List of fictional fraternities and sororities

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These are fictional fraternities and sororities from media such as film, novels and role playing games . If the fictional organization name is derived from another organization, it is included. Film Accepted Beta Kappa Epsilon, fraternity (ΒΚΕ) Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The I Eta Pi ("I ate a pie"), sorority (ΙΗΠ) Alpha Girls Alpha Beta, sorority (ΑΒ) American Pie Presents: Beta House Beta Delta Xi (Beta), fraternity (ΒΔΞ) Epsilon Sigma Kappa (Geek), fraternity (ΕΣΚ) Kappa Phi Nu, fraternity (ΚΦΝ) Lambda Pi Gamma (Little person), fraternity (ΛΠΓ) Big Fish Sigma Omega Delta, sorority (ΣΩΔ) Black Christmas (2006) Delta Alpha Kappa (ΔΑΚ) Can't Hardly Wait Delta Iota Kappa (ΔΙΚ) Decoys Delta Pi Phi (ΔΠΦ) Dead Man on Campus Kappa Omega Penis (ΚΩΡ) Decoys Pi Beta Omega, sorority (ΠΒΩ) D.E.B.S. Delta Epsilon Beta Sigma, sorority (ΔΕΒΣ) Domino Zeta Theta Theta (ΖΘΘ), fraternity Dirty Work Phi Kappa Delta (ΦΚΔ) Drumline Sigma Phi Alpha, Sorority (ΣΦΑ) Dude, Where's the Party? Rho Beta Rho (ΡΒΡ) The Dukes of Hazzard

List of fictional medicines and drugs

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The use of fictional medicine and drugs has history in both fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction) and the real world. In fiction, drugs and medicine have served as analogues to real-world drugs , giving color and depth to the fictional world. They are often included by authors to create or to reduce the utopian / ideal nature of their fictional world and to introduce harsh realism and dystopia . In the real world, fictional drugs have been used in scientific studies as markers to determine unreliability for survey participants who are asked to provide their history of drug usage. The following list of fictional medicines and drugs is limited to drugs appearing in works of fiction. Some of the listed items may be used as both medicine and recreation or in other capacities, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions. Grouping is made according to primary usage within the fictional work. Fictional medicines Name Source Uses and effects Adara's Rose Malloreon series Created by Garion durin

Val Verde (fictional country)

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Val Verde is a fictional country or city used by Hollywood writer and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South- or Central-American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems. The location first appeared in his 1985 film Commando . The name translates as "Green Valley", as "Val" is the Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish apocopic word, the old-fashioned French word, and Friulian, Galician, Piedmontese, Romansch and Venetian words for "valley". The country is based on Cuba , Nicaragua , and Colombia . Appearances A fictional country carrying the name of Val Verde has appeared in a number of films, television programs, and comics by de Souza: Commando (1985), Arius ( Dan Hedaya ) is the former ruler of Val Verde and sends John Matrix ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ) to kill the current president but he escapes en route. In the movie, the country is an 11-hour flight from Los Angeles International Airport, which places it approximately 5500 miles from California and is likely to be near

List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles

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This list contains fictional chemical elements , materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particles that either a) play a major role in a notable work of fiction, b) are common to several unrelated works, or c) are discussed in detail by independent sources. Fictional elements and materials Name Source Uses Adamant / Adamantine Greek mythology As a noun, adamant has long been used to designate any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance and, formerly, a legendary stone/rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness and with many other properties, often identified with diamond or lodestone . The English word is used both as a noun and an adjective and is derived from the Latin: adamans, adamantem [accusative] referring to the property of impregnable, diamondlike hardness, or to describe a very firm/resolute position, itself from the Greek word adamastos meaning untameable. Diamond is also derived from the same word. Adamant and the literary form adamantine (utilising the suffix -ine meaning 'of the nature of' or 'mad

Night of Truth

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Night of Truth ( French : La nuit de la vérité ) is a 2004 French / Burkinabe film, the first by director Fanta Régina Nacro . Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandés. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Théo, leader of the Bonandés, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However, things do not go as smoothly as planned. The film is in French and Dioula . External links Night of Truth on IMDb Night of Truth ( French : La nuit de la vérité ) is a 2004 French / Burkinabe film, the first by director Fanta Régina Nacro . Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandés. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Théo, leader of the Bonandés, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However, things do not go as smoothly as planned. The film is in French and Dioula . Extern

List of fictional ships

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This list of fictional ships lists artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction. Anime and manga Advenna Avis — Baccano! M/V B156  — An fictional anime ship That made by a youtuber GeneWayy Cruises Lines™ Argonaut — Heroic Age Asuka II (CVN-99) — United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier from Macross Zero Blue — Blue Drop Blue 6, Shang 9 — Blue Submarine No. 6 Ghost Ship — Blue Submarine No. 6 Going Merry  — One Piece Gran Tesoro - One Piece Film: Gold Harekaze (Y-467) — Kagerō-class destroyer , Yokosuka girls marines high school, High School Fleet I-401 — Arpeggio of Blue Steel Illustria — United Nations aircraft carrier from Macross Zero JDF Ishin — Theta-class submersible destroyer (actually a frigate) from Innocent Venus JDS Mirai (DDG-182)  — Zipang Moby Dick  — One Piece SS Naked Sun — aircraft carrier from Kill la Kill Oro Jackson  — One Piece Over the Rainbow (a renamed USS Harry S

African-American literature

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African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley . Before the high point of slave narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed their lives. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a great period of flowering in literature and the arts, influenced both by writers who came North in the Great Migration and those who were immigrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. African-American writers have been recognized by the highest awards, including the Nobel Prize to Toni Morrison . Among the themes and issues explored in this literature are the role of African Americans within the larger American society, African-American culture, racism , slaver

A Good Man in Africa

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A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on William Boyd 's 1981 novel A Good Man in Africa and directed by Bruce Beresford . Bruce Beresford did not remember the film fondly: God, that was horrible. That was the worst film experience I ever had. It was cast wrong, the crew was all strange. We were filming in the wrong place. We filmed in South Africa, it was set in West Africa. Which is like shooting in Alaska when it’s set in New Orleans. And I realized that although the novel that it’s based on is terribly funny, it was very anecdotal. It had no narrative. I think on about the second day I realized it was never going to work, because the scenes don’t link. I thought, “I’m sunk! I’m never gonna get out.” Plot Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat living in Kinjanja, an African nation recently freed from British rule. Arthur Fanshawe (John Lithgow), a new diplomat eager to leave Africa, learns that Kinjanja sits on top of a huge oil reserve. Unfortunately, Morgan is too preoccupied with alcohol

List of fictional astronauts

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This is an incomplete list of fictional astronauts appearing in various media, including books, film, television shows (live or animated), radio shows, records, and comic books. To be included in this list, a fictional astronaut must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world space programs , as they have actually existed since the beginning of the Space Age , or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age. Criteria include: A fictional astronaut must be human (not an alien, robot, or animal). A fictional astronaut must be on a flight originating from the Earth; space travellers engaging in casual voyages between other planets (as in Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica ) are not eligible. A fictional astronaut must be presented as living in the period of the early exploration of space, i.e. from the beginning of the Space Age to the present, and for a few decades into the future; currently, in the period of about 1960–2060. A fictional astronaut is preferably part of a real space program, like

List of fictional bears

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This is a list of fictional bears that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature. This also includes pandas, but not the unrelated red panda species. The list is limited to notable, named characters. This list is a subsidiary to the List of fictional animals article. Animation Character Origin Notes Akakabuto Ginga Nagareboshi Gin A power-hungry bear from the fictional Japanese Mountains of Ohu. His name means "red-helmet", after the unusual red patch of fur lining his backbone. Bloodthirsty and full of wrath, he terrorizes the people in nearby villages and forms alliances with other powerful bears to build his own fortress in the mountains. He is the main villain in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, and has a brief cameo in Ginga Legend WEED via narrated flashback. Andy Panda Walter Lantz He has a girlfriend called Miranda Panda, and a father called Andrew Senior. They have appeared in many cartoons and comic books. One of his comic book adventures was drawn by Carl Barks . John Stanley

Daresalam

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Daresalam ( English : "Let There Be Peace" ) is a 2000 dramatic film by Chadian director Issa Serge Coelo . It has been considered one of the very few recent African films that has treated the theme of the internecine conflicts that have ravaged the African continent since independence. While set in a fictional African country called Daresalam, it reflects the civil war that ravaged Chad during the 1960s and 1970s. Synopsis The film takes place in a fictional central African country (called Daresalam, "the Land of Peace" in Arabic) amidst a civil war. It features as main characters two young friends, Koni (Haikal Zakaria) and Djimi (Abdoulaye Ahmat), whose peaceful existence is interrupted when the central government irrupts in their village harassing them and browbeating the villagers into paying new taxes to help fight the civil war. A heated discussion ensues, which degenerates, causing the death of a government official, which causes in retaliation the burning of the village and the massacre of its inhab

Cinema of Africa

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African cinema is film production in Africa . It dates back to the early 20th century, when film reels were the primary cinematic technology in use. The Nigerian film industry is the largest in Africa in terms of value, number of annual films, revenue and popularity. It is also the second and third largest national film industry in the world, based on the number of annual films and revenue respectively. History The colonial era During the colonial era, Africa was represented exclusively by Western filmmakers. The continent was portrayed as an exotic land without history or culture. Examples of this kind of cinema abound and include jungle epics based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the adventure film The African Queen (1951), and various adaptations of H. Rider Haggard 's novel King Solomon's Mines (1885). In the mid-1930s, the Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment was conducted in order to educate the Bantu . Egyptian actor Emad Hamdy in a scene from Faten Hamama (1962). In the

A Man of the People

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A Man of the People (1966) is the fourth novel by Chinua Achebe . This satirical novel is a story told by the young and educated narrator, Odili, on his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed modern African country. Odili represents the changing younger generation; Nanga represents the traditional customs of Nigeria. The book ends with a military coup, similar to the real-life coups of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi , Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Yakubu Gowon . Plot introduction A Man of the People is a first-person account of Odili, a school teacher in a fictional country closely resembling post-colonial Nigeria. Odili receives an invitation from his former teacher, Chief Nanga, who is now the powerful but corrupt Minister of Culture. As Minister, Nanga's job is to protect the traditions of his country especially when he is known as "A Man of the People". Instead, his position is used to increase his personal wealth and power that proves particularly alluring to Odi

List of fictional islands

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Below is a list of islands that have been invented for films, literature, television, or other media. A The Abarat : 25 islands in an archipelago, one for each hour and one for all the hours, from the series The Books of Abarat by Clive Barker Absolom : a prison island in the movie Escape from Absolom Aepyornis Island : an atoll near Madagascar, in H. G. Wells ' story by that name. Al Amarja : Mediterranean island state in the Over the Edge roleplaying game Alabasta : An island controlled by Crocodile in the OnePiece manga series Alca/Penguin Island : an island off the northern shore of Europe, where penguins were transformed into humans (in fact, a satirical analogue of France) in the 1908 novel L'île des Pingouins by Anatole France . Altis : a fictional Mediterranean island in the 2013 video game, ARMA 3 . Altruria : from the novel A Traveler from Altruria by William Dean Howells Amity Island : from the book and film Jaws Angel Island : a major location in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. Angel

Bongo Bongo Land

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In British English , Bongo Bongo Land (or Bongo-bongo Land ) is a pejorative term used to refer to Third World countries, particularly in Africa , or to a fictional such country. The origin of the term is unclear but it may come from one of the following: bongo drums , as (inaccurately) supposed to be played by African natives a parody of African place-names or languages There is a reference to "Bongoland" in the English translation by Ellen Elizabeth Frewer of a book originally in German, by Georg August Schweinfurth , published in 1874 in English as The Heart of Africa. The 1947 song Civilization by Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman , recorded by various artists, contained the line "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I Don't Want to Leave the Congo". A variation of this was adopted for a poster produced by the fascist Union Movement bearing the chant "Bongo, bongo, whites aren't going to leave the Congo ". The term has featured in political controversies. Alan Clark , while Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutt

List of fictional pirates

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This is a list of fictional pirates , alphabetized by the character's last name or full nickname. Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z • See also A Portgas D. Ace - the deceased former captain of the Spade Pirates and the former 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates in the manga One Piece by Eiichiro Oda Captain Jesamiah Acorne - captain of the Sea Witch and featured in the Sea Witch series of historical fantasy adventure novels by British author Helen Hollick Morgan Adams - captain of the Morning Star, played by Geena Davis in the film Cutthroat Island Air pirates (also called "sky pirates") - various groups, distinct from each other, use this label or belong in this category Johannes Alberic, captain of Perdita, a lightning catcher airship, member of the Fellowship of the Castle; from Neil Gaiman's 1999 novel Stardust Pirates of Algarth - major villains in The Clocks of Iraz , a novel by L. Sprague de Camp Angelica - Daughter of Black Beard in Pirates of the Cari

Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era

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South Africa under apartheid was subjected to a variety of international boycotts , including on sporting contacts. There was some debate about whether the aim of the boycott was to end segregation in sport, or to end apartheid together. United Nations In 1980, the United Nations began compiling a "Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa". This was a list of sportspeople and official who had participated in events within South Africa. It was compiled mainly from reports in South African newspapers. Being listed did not itself result in any punishment, but was regarded as a moral pressure on athletes. Some sports bodies would discipline athletes based on the register. Athletes could have their names deleted from the register by giving a written undertaking not to return to apartheid South Africa to compete. The register is regarded as having been an effective instrument. The UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports on 10 December 1985. Olympic Games The I

List of fictional birds of prey

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This list of fictional birds of prey is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds . It is restricted to notable bird of prey characters from the world of fiction. Literature Character Species Origin Author Notes Archimedes Owl The Once and Future King T. H. White Merlyn 's familiar. Remade by Disney as The Sword in the Stone . Barn Owl Barn Owl The Animals of Farthing Wood Colin Dann Informs Fox that he had a conversation with Tawny Owl who told him all about the animals' journey, which in turn lets him know the others are safe, but he can't say where the animals are heading because Tawny Owl did not tell him that information. He also appears in the TV series in the episode Friends in Need. Bess Boreal owl Guardians of Ga'Hoole Kathryn Lasky Chil Kite The Jungle Book , The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling A male kite who helps rescue Mowgli from the Bandar-Logs. The divine condor Condor The Return of the Condor Heroes Jin Yong Tim Condor the Condor Condor Wild Beasties' of Outback New Zealand Michael F. Ka

List of fictional dictators

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In fiction, dictatorship has sometimes been portrayed as the political system of choice for controlling dystopian societies in books, video games, TV and movies. Below is a list of fictional dictators . Character Location In Notes Adam Susan (called Sutler in the film version) England , possibly Scotland V For Vendetta Dictator and High Chancellor in the V for Vendetta graphic novel and movie. Came to power as a result of a massive terror attack, which in fact was orchestrated by him. Is a homophobe, racist and totalitarian. Resembles Adolf Hitler . Napoleon Farm Animal Farm A group of animals overthrow their abusive farmer, Mr. Jones, and try to establish an equal society of animals. And later, Napoleon, paralleled to Joseph Stalin seizes power and is repressive. Clearly resembling the October Revolution in Russia . President Snow Panem The Hunger Games In the future North America has become a dictatorship, divided into 12 districts. Every year, two children from each district are forced to fight each other

Waziri (fictional tribe)

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The Waziri are a fictional African tribe created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his Tarzan novels. Burroughs characterizes the Waziri as the greatest warriors in Africa, though small in numbers. They are feared by Arabic ivory and slave traders as well as cannibal tribes, and known from western to eastern Africa. The Waziri also appear in other media based on the novels. Origin of the name According to David Arthur Adams, Burroughs may have coined the name "Waziri" on the basis of two historical African groups: "The infamous slaver, Tippu-Tib , who accompanied Henry Morton Stanley upon part of his journey, employed the Wangwana (the name of the inhabitants of Uganda) and Wanyamwizi (from Tanzania) to help round up slaves. The name Waziri could very likely be one of ERB's name juxtapositions , and, again, the reversal of alliances would be a normal practice in his writing." Burroughs was frequently using Stanley's writings as a source for his early Tarzan novels. The Waziri as portrayed by Burroughs In West Afric

North African communities of Paris

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The Paris metropolitan area has a large North African/ Maghrebian ( Arabs and Berbers ) population. As of 2012 the majority of those of African origin living in Paris come from the Maghreb, including Algeria , Morocco , and Tunisia . There were 30,000 people with Algerian nationality, 21,000 persons with Moroccan nationality, and 15,000 persons with Tunisian nationality in the city of Paris in 2009. In addition, there were thousands of Maghrebian Jews who fled the Maghreb as a consequence of the post-World War II Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries . Naomi Davidson, author of Only Muslim: Embodying Islam in Twentieth-Century France, wrote that as of the mid-20th Century "The "community" of Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians, however, was certainly not monolithic, as even the police acknowledged in their discussion of the North African "populations" of the Paris region". History According to French police records, there have been Algerian and other North African residents of the 18th , 19th , and 20

Forbes Fictional 15

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The Forbes Fictional 15 is a list generated by Forbes magazine that lists the 15 richest people in the realm of fiction . The members are characters from movies, books, cartoons, television, video games, and comics. It is cited by numerous outside sources. To qualify for the list, members must be "both fictional (in the sense that we excluded mythological and folkloric figures) and characters (meaning they are part of a narrative story or series of stories)," in addition to being wealthy. The one exception to the rule was Santa Claus , a character whom Forbes decided to be an "irresistible" addition, although he has been absent from the list since 2006. Forbes stated, "We still estimate Claus's net worth as infinite, but we excluded him from this year's rankings after being bombarded by letters from outraged children insisting that Claus is real. We don't claim to have settled the ongoing controversy concerning Claus's existence, but after taking into account the physical evidence—toys delivered, milk and coo

List of fictional birds

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This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals . It is restricted to notable bird characters from the world of fiction. Anseriformes (swans, geese, etc.) For ducks see Abigail and Amelia Gabble, British geese who are twin sisters and the nieces of Uncle Waldo from the Disney movie The Aristocats Akka of Kebnekaise, Morten, Gusta, a goose in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf Alice and Chloe, two female Canada geese who made fun of Blu in Rio Augustus, a swan in Crayola's The Ugly Duckling Baby ducks in Regular Show Boris Goosinov ("Uncle Boris"), a Russian snow goose from the Balto movie Brantalis, a barnacle goose in the novel Redwall Bruce, a goose in Animal Stories Cyril, the mascot of Swansea City A.F.C. Daggi, a goose from the German comic book series Fix and Foxi Ducks in the movie Thumbelina Fifi, a huge goose in Shrek Forever After Gandy Goose , a goose in Terrytoons Geese, a flock of geese in Regular Show Geese from the animated film Titanic: The Legend Go

Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa

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The Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa consists of approximately 3 million people of Indian origin. Most of this diaspora in Southeast Africa arrived in the 19th century as British indentured labourers , many of them to work on the Kenya–Uganda railway . Others had arrived earlier by sea as traders. Sub-groups Indian Ocean Islands Indians in Madagascar Indo-Mauritian ( Bihari ) Réunionnais of Indian origin ( Malbars ) Indo-Seychellois Mainland Southeast Africa Indians in Kenya Indians in Mozambique Indians in Tanzania Indians in Uganda Indians in Zambia Indians in South Africa Indians in Zimbabwe History Indian trader's family in Bagamoyo , German East Africa , around 1906/18. In the British Empire, the labourers, originally referred to as " coolies ", were indentured labourers who lived under conditions often resembling slavery. The system, inaugurated in 1834 in Mauritius , involved the use of licensed agents after slavery had been abolished in the British Empire. The agents imported indentured labour to r

List of African-American firsts

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African Americans (also known as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group in the United States. The first achievements by African Americans in various fields historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier".[1] [2] One commonly cited example is that of Jackie Robinson, who was the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player, ending 60 years of segregated Negro Leagues.[3] 18th century 1730s–1770s 1738 First free African-American community: Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (later named Fort Mose) in Florida 1760 First known African-American published author: Jupiter Hammon (poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", published as a broadside)[4] 1768 First known African American to be elected to public office: Wentworth Cheswell, town constable in Newmarket, New Hampshire.[5] 1773 First known African-American woman to publis