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Most sovereign states have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Some have special names particular to poetic diction or other contexts. This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any ...
Once a periphery country can industrialize, and use its own resources to its own benefit, it will begin to enter semi-periphery status. In order for a periphery country to industrialize, it must first undergo proto-industrialization. [16] In this stage, a market-based economy begins to form, normally in rural areas, using agricultural products ...
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 opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
For a general list of divided regions bearing the same or similar names, see Divided regions. Armenia (country) and Armenia (city in Colombia) Azerbaijan (country) and Azerbaijan (historical region of Iran) Bihar, a state of India and Bihar, a former county of Hungary; Congo (country, capital Kinshasa) and Congo (country, capital Brazzaville)
Yudonia: a country mentioned in the episode "We're Married" from Drake & Josh sitcom. Very similar to countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Zagorias Federation: Mediterranean country, featured in Time Crisis 3 video game, which invades Astigos, a small island, a territory of the neighbouring nation of Lukano
Thousands of artists — ranging from the late Norman Rockwell to the Oscar-nominated director Wes Anderson — have been named in a widely circulated list of people whose work was used to train a ...
Poictesme: a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James Branch Cabell. Poland: Eastern European country similar to the real Poland in the play King Ubu by Alfred Jarry. Poldavia: a small country presumably in Eastern Europe in The Blue Lotus from The Adventures of Tintin.
A similar country of the same name is mentioned in the first episode of season 2 of the TV series The Equalizer; Parador: Latin American country from the film Moon Over Parador; Paragonia: Latin American country in the film The Americano; Puerto Guavo: Latin American police state in the Joe 90 episode "Big Fish".