Talk:Fictional country

message: I'm not sure the countries of Nineteen Eighty-Four really qualify because these "countries" are comprised solely of real-world countries; they simply united or confederated. And I don't think Strong Badia really qualifies, either, since it was a field that Strong Bad simply declared that he ruled. It's as much of a "country" as my back yard. ;) - Furrykef 13:39, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do these qualify? 

message: Can we also add fictional countries we made?
- Revolutionary
:Probably not.  I'm thinking that No original research is the closest policy that's relevant. PaulStansifer 21:12, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Could I link this article to the NationStates article? At last count, NationStates contained 124,934 fictional nations in 14,955 regions, a small portion of which have extremely detailed backgrounds. (See the NSwiki)
--Wyrm 19:43, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Does this belong here? Just because it has the word "country" in it?
If it has "USA" after it, it's a state or a town. KingTT 17:06, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free Country, USA 

message: The list of semi-fictional countries seems to include a great deal of legitimate alternative names for completely real countries. Often these alternative names link to the same article as the name that's listed as real (via a redirect, usually). There are also pairs like Germany and Prussia which are/were both completely real and are simply not the same thing (although some will argue otherwise I suppose.) Other things just don't make much sense, at least with the way they're linked, like Romania being listed under Eastern Roman Empire. Either this is a list of semi-fictional countries or it's a list of different names used at some point correctly and/or incorrectly for real countries... It can't very well be both. Michael Sappir 01:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I raise this question again. They really should go in a separate article, possibly with a title such as "Real countries used in poetic or fictional contexts" I'm sure someone can find a better name. DGG 19:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Semi-fictional countries"? 

message: Yesterday I added Bandrika to the list, as it features prominently in The Lady Vanishes.  Today it was re-listed under Vandreka, and the Bandrika entry removed.  Personally I wouldn't mind if the Bandrika entry also remained; but as it was removed I was hoping to find out why.  The name Bandrika is spoken several times throughout the film, and appears on the subtitle track of the DVD release - along with (whenever someone speaks the language) "(Speaks Bandrikan)".  I'm not aware of any alternative versions of the film existing, but as far as I know the country is never referred to as Vandreka.  If someone could correct me and point out where this alternative version is used, then I'll quite happily go along with it (so long as the Bandrika entry is also re-listed).  Otherwise, I would request that Bandrika be reinstated.  I could provide several soundclips and DVD grabs to prove that the word is definitely Bandrika. HowardBerry 23:13, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The entry of Bandrika/Vandreka was reinstated under Bandrika. I initially posted the entry under Vandreka because a Google search gives more results on this one. However, because of your evidence (DVD subtitle, audio and video clips) the main entry is now under Bandrika. Tavilis 10:34, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bandrika/Vandreka 

message: There are at least 50 I can think of not on the list. Tobyk777 02:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you see theres a longer list here: List of fictional countries Astrokey44 14:11, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: List is way incomplete

message: Now that we have a separate 'list of...' article, I think all lists from this one should be moved away. Rationale: if this were ever to become a FAC, one of the 'what makes a good article' criteria is 'as little lists as possible'.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 12:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Get rid of all the lists

message: What's the proper name to describe countries that were seriously considered in real world, but never came into existance? Like United States of Greater Austria, Międzymorze, Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth or Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth just to name the few? They are not fictional, yet common enough to deserve their own subtype and a category.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 12:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I am going ahead and creating the :Category:Proposed countries.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 12:35, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Proposed country]]?

message: Please add to the list the planets Handor, Naboo and Tatooine of the Star Wars epic movie anthology. You need to include those places part of the creative genius of George Lucas in development of movies, characters and fictional settings. The descriptions of fictional planets is excellent and special effects to make the planets come alive is good work. 207.200.116.136 19:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Wars planets 

message: I noticed Hoenn and Orre were on the list, but not Kanto, Johto, or Sinnoh.  Is there a reason they're not on there, or can I add them? Kochdude388 00:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or Fiore Kochdude388 00:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Now that I'm looking at it again, all the Pokémon regions (except Fiore and Sinnoh) are listed under "Not on Earth", while Hoenn and Orre are also mentioned in the "list of fictional countries".  Kochdude388 00:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pokémon lands 

message: The ITU should reserve a range of phone numbers for fictional countries (and no, 555 isn't going to cut it.) Or maybe a whole new country code. Scott Gall 12:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Country codes 210, 211, 214, 215, 217, 219 were allocated for North Africa (I don't know why) and never used; see List of country calling codes.  —Tamfang 02:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phone numbers for fictional countries 

message: Wikipedia tells me it doesn't want to edit articles at the moment, so this is more of a reminder then anything else;
Bartovia link leads to a Simpsons episode summary. 
Sarawak is a real country. 
Santo Angelo links to an article about a real city.
Azania is real also but it's 'fiction' section mentions nothing of Marvel.
Canaan is real and is also apparently a big, real, religous movement.
Costa Brava is real.
Maura leads to a dismbiguation page.
Terra Verde links to a -musical- style.
Tierra Verde links to Maritime Square, a shopping center.
That is all.
P.S. I deleted a huge political spam that had been sitting at the top of this page. Odd.
Lots42 02:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List Of Marvel Comics Fictional Locations 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Middle-earth.jpg

message: Is there supposed to be a difference between these two?  If not, they should merge. Marnanel (talk) 02:57, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Closing this discussion as no consensus to merge. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Imaginary country]] 

message: Looking at the page on ISO 3166, ZZ is not reserved for fictional countries: it's listed as user-assigned. (Alas, the code ZZ is not listed in the ISO OBP page.) The archived version of the FAQ talks about this. Perhaps the sentence would be better written as "The ISO 3166 country code ZZ is often used for fictional countries." The citation would be the ISO 3166 FAQ as archived by the Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20070306080355/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/10faq/frequently-asked-questions.html#Q09
--John (first post to any talk page, so I hope I haven't messed this up.)
Jhmcmullen (talk) 14:01, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISO 3166