Fictional countries in political thrillers (TV and books)

MountainDew17

MountainDew17

The West Wing/ The Newsroom

- Qumar- Arab Dictatorship, allied to the US, although also sponsors terrorist organizations
- Equatorial Kundu- on the coast of west Africa. site of a genocide and was invaded by the US (WW)

24

- IRK (Islamic Republic of Kamistan)- Iran

- Sengala- West African Republic- invaded by US following a Coup d'état.

One Life to Live-

- Mendorra- East European principality
 

Comte de Geneve

All hail Klopstokia

Klopstokia from the WC Fields/Jack Okie movie "Million Dollar Legs" where all the men are named George and all the women Angela. The President (Fields) is chosen through an arm-wrestling contest and all the inhabitants are so fast that they send a track team to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
 

Comte de Geneve

And if we consider Rufus Firefly's Freedonia then we have to bring in Ambassador Trentino's Sylvania. Viaduck, why in Freedonia we have a Code and 2 pairs of Plans!
 

Marky Bunny

San Pasquale a Central American country in "Commander in Chief".

Maguadora from the "Whoops Apocalypse" Film (Basicaly Argentina)

From "Yes Minister" Qumran a "Middle-Eastern" nation, Buranda from "Africa". From the 2013 series we have "Kumranistan" a former Soviet Asian Republic.
 
Zachanassian

Zachanassian

Gone Fishin'
The Grand Budapest Hotel is set in the State of Zubrowka, which is basically a stand-in for post-WWI Austro-Hungarian lands, complete with an aggressive northern neighbour and their own home-grown fascist movement (the Double Zig-Zag).

They also have a pretty kicking coat of arms:
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oshron

oshron

there's also DC Comics' Kasnia in the Balkans and 20th Century Fox's Val Verde, the setting of Predator and part of the background in Commando and Die Hard 2 (which, for one of my own projects, is the replacement for Panama). and let's not forget Ruritania.
 
Emote Control

Emote Control

The now-cancelled Little Orphan Annie comic strip had the nations of "Ratznestistan" and "Quagmiristan". It was a very conservative comic strip. Also, while not a thriller, there was the nation of "Genovia" in the Princess Diaries.
 

Chris S

Zachanassian said:
The Grand Budapest Hotel is set in the State of Zubrowka, which is basically a stand-in for post-WWI Austro-Hungarian lands, complete with an aggressive northern neighbour and their own home-grown fascist movement (the Double Zig-Zag).

They also have a pretty kicking coat of arms:
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That is a pretty kicking coat of arms!
 
GarethC

GarethC

Donor
George Macdonald Fraser has the Duchy of Strackenz in Royal Flash, a tiny bit of Germany that Bismarck is determined shall not side with Denmark over Schleswig-Holstein, so there is some politics in among the shagging, cowardice, and farce - it's an homage to the Prisoner of Zenda, which gave Ruritania mentioned a couple of time above.
 
Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf

Of course there was Moldavia in Dynasty, with the whole royal family thing (IIRC the Dynasty actress who married into the Moldavian royal family in the story was in real life an ACTUAL Serbian princess).

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 

Marky Bunny

From the BBC's excellent junior spy series MI High we have Uttland, which is described as being located "next to Sweden" and a "friend of the UK".
 

Files

in evelyn waugh's book Black Mischief, most of the story takes place in the fictional african island country of azania
 

Marky Bunny

Another one from MI High, "Garrland" a map shows it as the lower half of OTL Finland, and has a coast line on both the Gulf of Finland and on the Gulf of Bothnia. It is Monarchy with a "Grand Duke" as the Heir to the Thorne. It is all shown to be a member of the EU.
 
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