Talk:Molvanîa

message: The book is called Molvania, and always references the country as Molvania - the accent/grave is only used on the title cover. — mæstro t/c 11:01, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In English, Moldavia is the Romanian part of Moldova, which has the historical continuity and the nucleas land. Moldova is the now independent republic. In Romanian, the name Moldova is used for both regions. --Candide, or Optimism 12:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move the article 

message: This discussion is way off-topic. Granted Molvania is an uncharitable depiction of Eastern Europe, and doubtless Phaic Tan might cause offence to people in Southeast Asia, but judging by the locations of other fictitious countries that the authors have, nowhere (except North America) is going to be immune from ridicule or scorn. 'Pfaffländ' is set in Scandinavia - will we have people indignant about the depiction that part of the world too?
I find both Lonely Planet and Rough Guides written by self-important windbags - it's nice to see someone deflate the likes of them!
Quiensabe 2005-08-29 05:41 UTC
:I dunno if they'll make Pfaffländ, its just one of those fake books mentioned to make Jetlag Travel Guides more authentic. On they other hand, they've made San Sombrèro (mentioned at the back of Molvania) into the third book.--Greasysteve13 14:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lighten up! They're all going to be like this 

message: All right, you win Quinsabe, but only because I like your last remark. Lonely Planet authors being windbags, that is true. But back to the original topic, the book 'Molvania' - my other main critisizm is that it is generally all the same, all the way through it is a sequence of clauses followed by a punchline as it were. They don't vary in length, it's like 1-2-3-4-Punchline, 1-2-3-4-Punchline, right the way through. User:AlfredG 29-08-05
:I think you're taking this way to seriously. It's parody. It's satire. It's ruthless. It's funny. — mæstro t/c 14:45, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Having re-read the book, it is clear to me AlfredG's observation is simply not true. Format (talk) 07:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agreed 

message: The comments here are too much! The book is a send up of travel books and their formulaic ways of appearing to provide vague facts and info about the country, trying to describe complex societies in one paragraph and inevitably failing, and dredging up ancient customs and presenting them as if they are still common in the modern world when obviously they wouldn't be. I assumed the name Molvanîa was inspired by Moldavia in Dynasty (1981 TV series). In the Doctor and the Medics video for their cover of Waterloo the country Moldavia (or soemthing very similar) is on the Eurovision Song Contest voting panel. Asa01 00:22, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taking it too seriously

message: When talking about the national anthem, the article says, " The third verse is now considered optional due to Australian laws against racial vilification." But my copy of the book says that the third verse is optional due to EU laws against racial villification. I will change the article to conform with the book (Besides, why would a nation in eastern Europe follow Australian laws)--Fantastic fred 15:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think that they adapted this wording for each of the various editions of the book. So the Australian version speaks of Australian laws, versions published in EU countries of EU laws, etc. SchnitteUK (talk) 11:25, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racial villification 

message: Wouldnt it have to border Austria? IloveTrains (talk) 07:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No because it is only a joke. Format (talk) 07:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Borders 

message: Article opener changed as this article is about the book and not just the country. The fictional country is within the book. The article goes beyond the fictional country describing items of the travel guide unrelated to the country (adverts for other travel guides). Format (talk) 04:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article is about the book

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