World

The setting of the SPY x FAMILY manga, which largely takes place in the country of Ostania. Other mentioned countries of note include Westalis and Hugaria.
== History ==
Many years before the beginning of the story, tensions were high between the countries of Westalis and Ostania. During this time, a far-right political party named the National Unity Party was under the control of Ostania. At the war's start, Ostania was ruled by Prime Minister Chapman. During Loid's youth, the two countries were said to have created a pact to end their conflicts. However, due to cultural and political differences, war broke out between them. While the exact instigator is unknown, Ostania's invasion of the eastern provinces of Westalis with the initial bombing of Luwen is regarded as the inciting incident that began the war.
During the war, many soldiers and innocent civilians lost their lives, with unspeakable crimes being committed on both sides. Due to the efforts of key figures from both nations, the fighting came to an end, the two countries brokered for peace, and the National Unity Party was deposed. An "iron curtain" was placed to sever the two countries with tensions remaining hot, leading to the beginning of a different war, a cold war.
Over ten years after the war's official end, a Westalian Diplomat perishes in a car accident in Ostania after crashing through a road barrier and exploding. Westalis's intelligence agency, WISE, suspects the National Unity Party to be behind the event and is plotting another war. As such, they send their best agent, "Twilight", to investigate the party's leader Donovan Desmond, leading to the events of the current story.
== Language ==
At the moment, no significant language barriers between countries have been shown. There is a classical language that is taught in Ostanian schools, but there are no countries that currently speak it. The ties between Ostania and Westalis's languages and cultures are even more apparent as both Loid and Yor know the same lullaby from their youths, hinting at a very close shared history in the past.
== Geography ==
The countries of Ostania and Westalis border each other with Ostania to the east and Westalis to the west, the iron curtain severing the two countries.
Despite their seemingly peaceful front, their relationship has greatly deteriorated to the brink of pushing them into a war from any incidents.
=== Ostania ===
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 is the country bordering the east of Westalis.
=== Westalis ===
:Main article: Westalis
 is the country bordering the west of Ostania.
=== Hugaria ===
Hugaria.png|Landscape of Hugaria
Hugaria Anime.png|Hugaria as shown in the anime
 is the setting of the cover story often used by agents of Ostanian Intelligence, including Yuri Briar, to fabricate nonexistent travels abroad. The capital city of Hugaria is Obda.
The wine called Tokar that Yuri brings to the Forgers is from a shop on Hedger Street, and there is also a restaurant there called Kalpatia.
=== Ariane ===
 is a city where it is reported that there have been a series of kidnappings in which young women are abducted and forced to marry.
=== Far East ===
The are the eastern parts of the world. Appearing to be the Asia-equivalent of this world, they are rumored to have a martial arts technique called the . There is also a custom of wrapping a green onion around a sick person's neck to help them recover. Loid has been to the Far East in the past to play the part of a sumo wrestler.
=== Nortica ===
 is a nation near Ostania. It appears to be a neutral country, as Billy Squire, leader of the Red Circus, requests safe passage there for him and his group as one of his demands for freeing the captive Eden Academy students.
== Trivia ==
* With respect to the world's technology, Tatsuya Endo imagined the series to be around the 1960s or 70s, with other differences from reality.
* Hugaria was based on Hungary, with its capital city, Obda, being based on Hungary's capital, Budapest. The name Obda was possibly based on the town of Óbuda, which is part of present-day Budapest. The wine, which was given by Yuri, is also called Tokar that is a reference to Tokaj, a famous wine region in Hungary.
** The landscape of Hugaria features the Inner City (Belváros) of Budapest with buildings such as the Inner City Parish Church.
*** The exterior and name of the restaurant Kalpatia was based on the actual restaurant Karpatia in Budapest.
* The northern part of the map resembles southern Denmark and northern Germany. This suggests that the world's shape is similar to that of Europe.
* Westalis was based on West Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany. But unlike West Germany, Westalis has a different capital.
* Ostania was based on East Germany, the German Democratic Republic. Unlike East Germany, however, they had the capital city of Berlint, based on Berlin, to themselves.
* There is a black market where one can find interesting illegal developments (such as the Project Apple test animals) and various slaves (although this could be a rumor).
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