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* [[Shire (Middle-earth)|The Shire]], land of the [[Hobbit]]s |
* [[Shire (Middle-earth)|The Shire]], land of the [[Hobbit]]s |
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See also the category [[:Category:Realms of Middle-earth|Realms of Middle-earth]]. |
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BUSH ASSKISSER ! UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LIES FRAUD DISINFORMATION BY SPOOKS... The Quatloos Website is a FRAUD |
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Dave Champion thrashes Jay D. Adkisson on American Radio Show, March 6, 2004 |
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Riser Adkisson LLP-law firm rung by Asskisser which focuses on asset protection |
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Fraudulent Transfers-Another website run by asskisser |
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Beware, tax honesty advocates! There is a lot of snake oil out there, and the most prominent source of anti-tax protester snake oil is the Quatloos website at http://www.quatloos.com. This website is run by a verbally abusive and arrogant lawyer named Jay Adkisson. Below is the picture of him submitted by one of our readers: |
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==Lands of the DC Comics universe== |
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* Austanburg |
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* Badhnisia - land where [[Johnny Thunder]] was raised |
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* [[Bialya]] |
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* Corto Maltese - Small South American nation |
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* Dinosaur Island |
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* Feithera - home of [[Northwind]] |
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* Gorilla City - [[Africa]]n [[city-state]] and home of [[supervillain]] [[Gorilla Grodd]] |
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* Hasaragua - [[South America]]n nation |
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* The Hidden City of the [[Homo Magi]] |
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* Jarhanapur - home of [[Rama Kahn]] |
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* [[Kaznia]] |
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* Khandaq - Conquered/liberated by [[Black Adam]] and associates. Presumably near [[Egypt]]. |
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* [[Kooey Kooey Kooey]] |
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* Markovia - home of [[Geo-Force]]. [[Middle Europe]]an nation. |
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* M'Changa |
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* Modora - home of [[Sonar (comics)|Sonar]] |
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* Ogaden |
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* [[Pokolistan]] - a former [[Soviet]] country ruled by [[General Zod]] |
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* Posidonis (Atlantis) - home of [[Aquaman]] |
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* [[Qurac]] |
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* Rhapastan |
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* Rheelasia - [[Asia]]n nation |
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* [[Santa Prisca (DC Comics)|Santa Prisca]] - [[Caribbean]] republic, birthplace of supervillain [[Bane (comics)|Bane]] |
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* [[Themyscira]] (Paradise Island) - Country of the Amazons (Hippolyta, [[Wonder Woman]]), believed to be in the [[Caribbean]], specifically in the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. |
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* Transbelva - Eastern European nation |
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* Tritonis (Atlantis) - home of merpeople such as [[Lori Lemaris]] |
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* [[Vlatava (comics)|Vlatava]] - Balkan nation once ruled by ancestors of [[Count Vertigo]], destroyed by [[Spectre (comics)|The Spectre]] |
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* Zandia |
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==Lands of the Marvel Comics universe== |
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That website has been around for at least the last three years and has been in existence ever since this website stood up. It has become famous for trashing absolutely EVERYONE who wants an accountable and law-abiding government so far as taxation is concerned. From now on, we will refer to Mr. Adkisson in this article as AssKisser (or Ass Kisser's Son, in its long rendition), and the favorite Asses he kisses and brown noses are those of the Senate Finance Committee and the Illegal Robbery Squad (IRS). We use the derogatory term "AssKisser" only because we think Divine Justice ought to operate on him, where he reaps exactly what he sows. His whole website slanders people so he, and only he, definitely ought to get a BIG dose of his own medicine. We don't, however, have to tell untruths in order to discredit him, because the truth about his misdeeds is more damaging than the kinds of deception and lies that he practices. If it's truth, it isn't slander, but simply "news". He is among the few people who deserve this kind of negative attention. |
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* [[Al-Mazahmiya]] |
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* [[Alberia]] |
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* [[Althea Island]] |
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* [[Aquiria]] |
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* [[Azania]] |
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* [[Bagmom]] |
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* [[Bartovia]] |
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* [[Bastrona]]- A Latin American nation with an oppressive, couping government and an apparent proximity to the states, home of Diego Ramirez and [[Paco Perez]]. |
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* [[Belgriun]] - European kingdom |
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* [[Boca Caliente]]- [[A.I.M.]]s Caribbean island nation base |
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* [[Boca Del Rios]] |
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* [[Bodavia]] |
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* [[Bolamoira]] |
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* [[Bora-Buru]] |
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* [[Bosqueverde]]-South American puppet state. |
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* [[Burunda]] |
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* [[Canaan]]-African homeland of Moses Magnum |
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* [[Carnelia]] |
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* [[Carpassia]] |
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* [[Celsia]] |
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* [[Central Saharan Republic]] |
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* [[Costa Brava]] |
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* [[Costa Diablo]] |
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* [[Costa Dinora]] |
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* [[Costa Salvador]] |
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* [[Costa Verde]]-South American, deeply spiritual home of [[Silverclaw]] |
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* [[Delvadia]] |
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* [[Draburg]] |
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* [[El Dorado (Marvel Comics)|El Dorado]] |
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* [[Europa (Marvel Comics)|Europa]], birthplace of Henrietta Hunter in the [[Marvel Universe]], location in central Europe |
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* [[Genosha]]-Magneto's former Mutant Homeland |
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* [[Ghudaza]] |
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* [[Ghulistan]] |
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* [[Grand Nixon Island]] |
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* [[Halwan]] |
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* [[Hidalgo]] |
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* [[Imaya]] |
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* [[Isla Suerto]] |
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* [[Khamiskhan]] |
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* [[Kiber the Cruel|Kiber's Island]] |
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* [[Koslavia]] |
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* [[Ksavia]] |
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* [[Latveria]]-Dr. Dooms European Home country |
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* [[Lichtenbad]] |
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* [[Llhasa]] |
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* [[Madripoor]]-A weath-gapped, corrupt island nation in the Strait of MAlacca |
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* [[Maura]] |
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* [[Moldavia (Marvel Comics)|Moldavia]] |
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* [[Monster Isle]]-Location in the [[Sea of Ohkotsk]] where the many monsters that plague Japan on a regular basis are held |
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* [[Morvania]] |
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* [[Muir Island]]-Moria MacTaggarts Scottish research haven |
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* [[Murtakesh]] |
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* [[Narobia]]-Member of the Pan-African Congress |
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* [[Providence]]- Cable's Pacific haven |
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* [[Puerto Dulcer]] |
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* [[Rhapastan]] |
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* [[Rudyarda]] |
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* [[Rumekistan]]-Central Asian nation saved from a corrupt government be Cable |
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* [[Ruritania (Marvel Comics)|Ruritania]] |
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* The [[Savage Land]] (hidden under Antarctica) |
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* [[San Diablo]] |
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* [[San Gusto]] |
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* [[San Lorenzo (Marvel Comics)|San Lorenzo]] |
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* [[San Revilla]] |
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* [[Santo Angelo]] |
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* [[Santo Marco]]-Small country in South America where Magneto attempted to create a mutant haven |
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* [[Santo Rico]] |
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* [[Sarawak]] |
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* [[Sifand]] |
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* [[Sin-Cong]] |
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* [[Slorenia]] |
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* [[Symkaria]] - European kingdom, birthplace of Silver Sable in the [[Marvel Universe]]. |
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* [[Temasika]] |
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* [[Terra Nuevo]] |
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* [[Terra Verde]] |
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* [[Tierra del Maiz]] |
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* [[Tierra Verde]] |
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* [[Trans-Sabal]] |
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* [[Trafia]] |
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* [[Transia]] (location of Wundagore Mountain) |
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* [[Trebekistan]] |
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* [[Triji]] |
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* [[Tropica]] |
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* [[Ujanka]] |
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* [[Vulcan Domuyo]] |
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* [[Wakanda (comics)|Wakanda]] |
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* [[Yashonka]] |
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* [[Zukistan]] |
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==Not on Earth== |
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"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble..... |
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These countries do not exist on our Earth, but on another planet (or in another universe). Some are planets unto themselves. |
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* [[Abh Empire]] from the [[anime]] ''[[Crest of the Stars]]'' |
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil [and the Quatloos Website] walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devoir. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." [1 Peter 5:5-9, Bible, NKJV] |
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* [[Alagaësia]] from [[Christopher Paolini]]'s [[Inheritance Trilogy]]. |
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* [[Amestris (Fullmetal Alchemist)|Amestris]] from the [[anime]] ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' |
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*The [[Autarchy of Yzordderrex]] and the Reconciled Dominions ruled over by the Autarch in ''[[Imajica]]'' by [[Clive Barker]] |
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* Aveh from the Playstation Game ''[[Xenogears]]'' |
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* Fanelia - from the [[anime]] ''[[Escaflowne]]'' is a kingdom on the planet gaia, from whom [[Earth]] is visible as a moon. |
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* Derlavai - continent in an alternate universe, from ''[[Harry Turtledove's Darkness|Darkness]]''. |
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* [[Fourecks]] desert continent in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' |
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* [[Hoenn]], A region in the [[Pokémon]] universe, based on the islands of [[Kyūshū]] and [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]]. |
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* [[Hyrule]], a kingdom that is the chief setting of [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Legend of Zelda]]'' games. |
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* [[Johto]], A region in the [[Pokémon]] universe, based on the [[Kansai]] Prefecture, [[Japan]]. |
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* [[Jurai]] - Planet and interstellar empire from the anime ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''. |
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* [[Kanto (Pokémon)]], A region in the [[Pokémon]] universe, based on the [[Kantō region|Kantō]] Prefecture, [[Japan]]. |
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* [[Klatch]] empire on the Circle Sea in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' |
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* Kislev from the Playstation Game ''[[Xenogears]]'' |
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* [[Krypton]] - home planet of [[Superman]] (DC Comics) |
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* [[Lancre]], mountain kingdom of [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' |
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* Lost Hope, [[faerie]] kingdom ruled by the man with thistle-down hair in ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' |
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* [[Majipoor]] and other lands appear in works by [[Robert Silverberg]] |
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* [[Manticore]], capital planet of the Star Kingdom of Manticore (which includes the planets [[Sphinx]] and [[Gryphon]] in the same binary star system) in the [[Honorverse]] novels and stories of [[David Weber]] |
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* The [[Mushroom Kingdom]], setting for Nintendo's [[Super Mario]] video game series. |
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* [[Nehwon]], in [[Fritz Leiber]]'s [[Fafhrd and Gray Mouser]] series. |
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* [[Orre]], A region in the [[Pokémon]] universe, based on the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arizona]]. |
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* [[Tamaran]], the fictional homeplanet of DC Comics superheroine [[Starfire (DC Comics)|Starfire]] and her villainous sister [[Blackfire]] |
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* Tlön (actually an entire world), of [[Jorge Luis Borges]]'s ''[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius]]'' |
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* [[Trantor]], capital of the [[Galactic Empire (Asimov)|Galactic Empire]] of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[The Foundation Series|Foundation]] novels. |
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* [[Videssos]], a fictional empire from the books of [[Harry Turtledove]], analogous in many ways to the [[Byzantine Empire]] of our world |
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* Xing, from the [[manga]], ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. |
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===Midkemia=== |
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AssKisser has appeared at the Senate Finance Committee hearings several times over the past few years, held usually in April right around tax return time. These meetings have turned into a favorite method of tax terrorism of the American public by the greedy politicians, because they talk about shutting down people's free speech rights and tax honesty websites in violation of the First Amendment, and they like quoting statistics on all the people who have gone to jail for "not paying their fair share". Imagine that: Snake Oil salesmen in Congress trying to figure out a way to eliminate their competition! |
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A world created by [[Raymond E. Feist]]. |
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*Human |
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**[[The Empire of Great Kesh]] |
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**[[The Kingdom of the Isles]] |
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**[[The Kingdom of Roldem]] |
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**[[The Kingdom of Queg]] |
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**[[The Free Cities of Natal]] |
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**[[The Eastern Kingdoms]] |
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**[[Novindus]] (continent with small city-states throughout) |
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*Elven - [[Elvandar]] |
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*Dwarven |
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**[[Stone Mountain]] |
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**[[The Grey Towers]] |
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*Saaur - [[Wiñet]] (a smaller continent, unknown political divisions) |
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===Narnia Universe=== |
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AssKisser is the favorite fair-haired boy of Senator Charles Grassley, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Politicians love him up on Capital$ Hill because he's so gifted at propaganda, verbal abuse, and slander. You could search his website for days and not find a single reliable fact. The only thing he is interested in is: |
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A world created by [[C. S. Lewis]]. |
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* [[Archenland]] a kingdom featured in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. |
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* [[Calormen]] an empire featured in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. |
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* [[Narnia]] a kingdom that is the chief setting for many of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. |
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See also [[List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia]] |
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==Semi-fictional countries==<!-- This section is linked from [[Fictional country]] --> |
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Court rulings below the Supreme Court. He cherry-picks the few rulings that DIDN'T go unpublished and which favored the government and then says these are the "gospel", in spite of the fact that the IRS' own Internal Revenue Manual says in section 4.10.7.2.9.8 that rulings below the Supreme Court cannot be cited as applying to more than the specific "taxpayer" in question. |
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Some lands exist uneasily on the borderlands of fiction and fact, of imagination and reality. There follows a list of places with a real counterpart, but which in [[romanticism|romantic]]/poetic imagination or [[nationalism|nationalist]] fervour or historical dimmed memory can become "other". Note that a [[Latin]]ate name may conjure up visions of (questionable) past grandeur. |
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Tax protesters who trash their fellow colleagues. Thurston Bell's nite.org website has been shut down for quite some time and Thurston himself has been discredited by AssKisser's own admission, but the AssKisser still loves quoting mainly Mr. Bell's criticisms of his other fellow tax honesty advocates. |
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AssKissers Method of Operation (MO) is as follows: |
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* [[Andalusia]] |
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Quote irrelevant caselaw if it proves the point you want. Federal district and circuit courts only have jurisdiction over federal property and federal contracts under Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. They are legislative courts that have no jurisdiction over citizens in the states unless these citizens are STUPID enough to give away all their rights and sovereignty by signing a government form under penalty of perjury that misrepresents their status. |
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** [[Vandalia]] |
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Refuse to acknowledge the I.R.C. as "contract law" and "private law" and "special law" that only affects those who consent to be bound by it. Those who engage in a "trade or business" become privileged and subject to the contract. See Great IRS Hoax sections 5.4 through 5.4.3.6 and 5.6.13. |
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* [[Antarctica]] |
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Promote and exploit ignorance and the false presumption of the people, rather than try to educate or help them. Be a PREDATOR instead of a PROTECTOR. |
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** [[Terra Australis|Terra Australis Incognita]] |
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Ignore the source of jurisdiction in each case he quotes. For instance, ignore the citizenship or "taxpayer" status of the litigant. This helps reinforce the false notion that ALL AMERICANS are "taxpayers", when in fact they aren't. |
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* [[Arabia]] |
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Print the first rumor that comes along so that people can never latch onto any substantive or truthful. |
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** [[Araby]] |
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Ignore unpublished cases, which are the majority of cases and all of the cases where people won against the government. |
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* [[Australia]] |
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Refuse to acknowledge or talk about the trend to make federal tax cases unpublished. Never mind that the federal judiciary is covering up their own wrongdoing in what amounts to obstruction of justice and conspiracy against rights in violation of 18 U.S.C. §241. Click here for details. |
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** Oz (distinct from [[L. Frank Baum]]'s [[Land of Oz]]) |
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If you don't understand the arguments or they are too prejudicial to the government, then just call them "frivolous", which is the intellectually easy and lazy way and verbally abusive way to win any argument. |
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* [[Austria]] |
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When any argument gets too close to the truth, personalize it by slandering the messenger to divert attention away from the facts and the law. That way you never have to admit that you heard the truth. That's EVIL. |
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** [[Kakania]] (based on ''The Man Without Qualities'' by [[Robert Musil]]) |
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Disregard the fact that the federal government has no jurisdiction inside states of the Union by default and that jurisdiction can only be conferred by a ceding of state jurisdiction under the authority of 40 U.S.C. §255. Yes, the federal government does have very limited subject matter jurisdiction within states of the Union for certain very specific things, like mail fraud and counterfeiting, but direct taxation is not an authority delegated to them under the Constitution. The only taxing authority they have inside states of the union is on foreign commerce under 1:8:3 of the Constitution. See Chapter 5 of our Great IRS Hoax for a very thorough explanation of why this is the case, which is unrebutted by anyone. |
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* [[Brazil]] |
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Since you know that everything you say is lies anyway, don't ever put your name on anything, and ignore the fact that the IRS does the same thing with their own publication called "The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments". If it's not official and there is no formal author, then you can't be held liable for misrepresentation because no one can prove you wrote it. That's the key to what we call "plausible deniability" and its the only way to avoid having your license to practice law pulled if the lid ever blows on the huge Pozzi Scheme our government is pulling. |
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** [[Pindorama]] |
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Ignore the definition of "person" used for the criminal provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, which means an officer of a federal corporation or partnership. See also Great IRS Hoax section 5.4.8 and 26 U.S.C. sections 6671(b) and 7343. Refuse to acknowledge the link between being engaged in a "trade or business" and the fact that those who are engaged in this taxable activity are all officers of the federal corporation called the United States government (see 28 U.S.C. §3002(15)(A)) |
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* [[Great Britain|Britain]] |
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Refuse to acknowledge the fact that there are no implementing regulations under Part of of the CFR authorizing any kind of enforcement actions on Americans living in the 50 states, which by the way are MANDATORY for all enforcement authority. See Great IRS Hoax sections 5.4.6, 5.4.7, and 15.11.17. Also refuse to acknowledge the fact that the only parties against whom the federal government can enforce absent implementing regulations published in the Federal Register are federal "employees", which exactly describes those who are engaged in a "trade or business". Click here for details. |
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** [[Albion]] |
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Confuse people about the meaning of the word "includes". Make it into a "rubber word" that allows definitions to expand to fill any space at the whim of whatever judge is hearing the case. This provides a convenient vehicle to deceive people, to abuse Due Process, to deny justice, and transform our country from a society of laws (see Marbury v. Madison) into a society of men. It also provides a convenient way for judges and the IRS to violate the separation of powers doctrine and commit TREASON. Click here for details. |
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** [[Britannia]] |
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Ignore the massive conflicts of interest created by the corruption of our tax system. Click here for details: |
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** Pomgolia or Outer Pomgolia |
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When tax honesty advocates post anything in his Tax Protester Forum that he doesn't agree with or he can't argue with, deletes it from the forum rather than responding to it. The forum we started on the Quatloos website was locked so that no one could post to it, because he quite frankly doesn't want the truth getting out. He is a coward and a Communist! |
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* [[Canary Islands]] |
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Look at the IP addresses that protesters use when posting to the Quatloos forums and turn them over to the DOJ and IRS to become targets of persecution. AssKisser is a spy and a coward. |
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** [[Fortunate Isles|Blessed Islands]] (putative identification) |
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......THIS LIST GOES ON FOREVER. Click here to see more items to add to this infinite list. |
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* [[China]] |
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** [[Cathay]] |
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** The [[Middle Kingdom]] |
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* [[Czech Republic]] |
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** [[Kocourkov]] (a comedy movie ''U nás v Kocourkově'', 1934, starring [[Jan Werich]] and others) |
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* Eastern [[Roman Empire]] |
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** [[Byzantine Empire]] |
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** [[Byzantium]] |
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** [[Empire of Trebizond]] |
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** [[Romania]] |
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* [[England]] |
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** Blighty |
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** [[Barsetshire]] |
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** [[Cidershire]] |
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** [[Merry England#Deep England|Deep England]] |
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** [[Merry England]] |
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** [[Logres]] |
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* [[Ethiopia]] |
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** [[Abyssinia]] (Actually a formerly used name of the country) |
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* [[Germany]] |
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** [[Prussia]] (not an exact match...) |
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* [[Greece]] |
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** [[Hellas]] |
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* [[Hispaniola]] |
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** Quisqueya |
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* [[Iceland]] |
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** [[Thule]] |
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* [[India]] |
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** [[Aryavrata]] - The land of Aryans / best |
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** [[Hind]] |
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** [[Hindustan]] or Hindoostan |
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* [[Ireland]] |
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** [[Erin]] |
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** [[Hibernia]] |
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* [[Isle of Man]] |
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** [[Mona]] |
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* [[Israel]] |
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** [[Promised land]] |
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** [[Zion]] |
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* [[Japan]] |
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** [[Cipangu]] |
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** [[Titipu]] |
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** [[Yamato Province|Yamato]] |
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** [[Zipang]] |
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* [[Maghreb]] |
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** [[Barbary]] |
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* [[Maluku]] |
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** [[Spice Islands]] |
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* [[Mexico]] |
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** [[Aztlán]] |
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* [[New Zealand]] |
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** Maoriland |
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** Zelandia |
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* [[Pacific Ocean]] |
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** [[South Seas]] |
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* [[Peru]] |
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** [[Jauja]] |
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** [[Tahuantinsuyu]] (also known as Tahuantinsuyu, Inca empire) |
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* [[Portugal]] |
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** [[Lusitania]] |
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* [[Puerto Rico]] |
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** [[Borinquen]] |
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* [[Rome]] |
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** New [[Troy]] |
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* [[Scotland]] |
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** [[Alba]] |
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** [[Caledonia]] |
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** [[Scotia]] |
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* [[Siberia]] |
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** [[Tartary]] |
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* [[Somalia]] |
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** [[Land of Punt|Punt]] |
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* [[South East Asia]] |
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** [[East Indies]] (approximately) |
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* [[Spain]] |
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** [[Hesperia]] |
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* [[Sri Lanka]] |
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** [[Ceylon]] |
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** [[Lanka]] |
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** [[Taprobane]]: Tropical island paradise (almost identical to [[Sri Lanka]], but located near the equator) features as the location of the [[space elevator]] in [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[The Fountains of Paradise]]''. |
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* [[Thailand]] |
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** [[Siam]] |
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* [[Turkey]] |
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** [[Hatay]] |
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* [[United States]] |
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** [[Historical Columbia|Columbia]] (as in "Columbia, the gem of the ocean...") |
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AssKisser is deaf to nearly everything and everyone else. He worships the federal judiciary and probably hasn't cracked open a copy of the Internal Revenue Code or the Treasury Regulations in decades. His website features the most imbalanced and illogical view of federal taxation out there. |
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In the [[1991]] film [[King Ralph]], [[Finland]] (which is a republic) is portrayed as a Kingdom with a Royal Family. |
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AssKisser also happens to be the most evasive person we've met in regards to debating tax honesty issues. We have written this fool on several occasions to determine whether he is capable of rational thought on the subject of taxation. We didn't contact him to ask questions or ask for legal advice, but only to ask him to rebut the overwhelming evidence of government wrongdoing right out of the government's own mouth as reflected in the following publications: |
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==Franchise nations from Neal Stephenson's ''Snow Crash''== |
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The Great IRS Hoax-book |
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Rebutted version of the IRS' "The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments" |
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Rebutted version of the Congressional Research Report 97-59A entitled "Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Federal Income Tax". |
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Tax Deposition Questions-expanded version of the We the People Truth in Taxation Hearing |
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On each and every occasion, instead of sticking to the facts and issues addressed above, he simply returns our inquiry with insults, verbal abuse, and the frequent word "frivolous" without ever explaining why. Remember, the legal definition of the word "frivolous" is "without legal foundation or intended to harass". We were polite and logical and simply asked for a rebuttal, and we got insults back, because AssKisser knows he would blow up the whole tax system if he told the truth. If he rebutted even one issue in any of the above publications, then he would obligate himself to explain all the contradictions and illegalities he then introduces into all of the other facts in the same document, and so he doesn't dare respond to any of our materials. Never start an argument that you can't win, and never tangle with a legal opponent who has all the evidence. |
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* The Alps |
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AssKisser's sponsors in the Senate Finance Committee are just as evasive as he is. We've sent at least one polite letter to Mr. Grassley asking him to rebut our rebutted version of the Congressional Research Report 97-59A entitled "Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Federal Income Tax" and we got complete silence in return. That is what we call a "Fifth Amendment Response". Read the letter we wrote for yourself. |
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* Brickyard Station |
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* Caymans Plus |
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* Dixie Traditionals |
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* Meadowvale on the (river) |
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* Metazania |
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* The Mews At Windsor Heights |
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* Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong |
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* Narcolombia |
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* New South Africa |
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* Nova Sicilia |
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* Pickett's Plantation |
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* Rainbow Heights |
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* Reverend Wayne's Pearly Gates |
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* White Columns |
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==Questionable cases== |
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AssKisser's attitude certainly doesn't help anyone come to the truth of the matter, and we suspect he doesn't want Americans to know the truth, quite frankly. He is like every other lawyer in the tax profession: His main goal is to keep the Truth about taxation OUT of the courtroom and out of the hands of the American public. As long as confusion and uncertainty and fear prevail in federal courtrooms all over the country in regards to taxation, then the Feudal system of Taxation that we have can continue unabated, and maintaining the status quo on federal taxation is where most of his bread and butter comes from. |
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Countries from stories, myths, legends, that some people have believed to actually exist. |
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* [[Atlantis]] |
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We wrote AssKisser several emails. Most recently, we asked him where he gets his funding. I'm sure you realize that lawyers don't work for free, and in most cases, they entered the profession so they could get rich quick. Here was the interchange: |
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* [[Aztlán]] |
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* [[El Dorado]] |
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* [[Lemuria (continent)|Lemuria]] |
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* [[Mu (lost continent)|Mu]] (continent) |
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* [[Ophir]] |
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* [[Shangri-La]] or [[Shambhala]] |
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* [[Xanadu]] |
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* Zembla (See ''[[Pale Fire]]'') |
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* [[Zanj]] |
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==Books== |
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QUESTION: |
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* '''Alberto Manguel & Gianni Guadalupi''': ''[[The Dictionary of Imaginary Places]],'' ISBN 0-15-626054-9 |
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:: Excellent book; includes details of inhabitants, government structure, and sightseeing tips. Does not cover off-planet locations. |
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* '''Brian Stableford''': ''The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places'' |
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* [[Archive of fictional things]] |
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* [[Fictional city]] |
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* [[Fictional geography]] |
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* [[Constructed world]] |
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* [[Imaginary country]] |
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* [[Jennifer Government: NationStates]] |
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* [[List of fictional counties]] |
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* [[List of fictional buildings]] |
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* [[List of fictional companies]] |
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* [[List of fictional planets]] |
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* [[List of fictional universes]] |
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* [[List of fictional U.S. states]] |
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* [[Proposed country]] |
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* [[List of important dates in fiction]] |
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* [[Outer Slobovia]] |
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==References== |
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Name: Mark |
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*[http://conworld.wikicities.com Conworld Wikicity] |
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Question: Since your site focuses on tax, trust, and money scams and is political in nature, its entirely appropriate as a nonprofit organization that you fully disclose where your contributions come from. This kind of full disclosure would bolster your credibility. I would like to donate but I refuse to do so without a full disclosure of your recipients and/or donating organizations. In particular, I would also like to know how much of the money comes either directly or indirectly from the following organizations: |
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1. The U.S. government |
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2. State governments |
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3. The American Bar Association |
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4. Trial lawyers. |
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5. Individuals not connected directly or indirectly with any of the above (as a percentage). I don't want to know individual names. |
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Sure! The percentage of funding we receive is below: |
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NONE. |
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3. The American Bar Association |
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NONE. |
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4. Trial lawyers. |
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NONE. |
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5. Individuals not connected directly or indirectly with any of the above (as a percentage). |
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100% (mostly from mug sales -- people love our mugs, but our caps are cool |
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too!). |
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Also, we are not a political group and do not advocate the election of any candidate of any party whatsoever. |
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Hope this helps! |
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Quatloos! |
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He has only been selling mugs for about one of the last three years. How many of you believe that a tax lawyer, most of whom earn $300 or more per hour, is going to work basically for charity. And how many of you believe that the the very uncharitable things he says about tax honesty advocates have a charitable motive? Click here to read a few samples. We don't believe that his efforts are charitable in any sense of the word. Charitable causes don't trash people. We don't trash people, we criticize bad (sinful) behavior, but no people. We don't hate AssKisser, but we hate the evil that he does to people by misinforming them and by lying to them about what the tax laws say. AssKisser also contradicted his own words above in a posting on his Tax Protester's forum on July 28, 2003, in which he said: |
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I'm tempted to have the non-profit that sponsors Quatloos!, i.e., Financial and Tax Fraud Education Associates, Inc., apply for leave to join the suit as Amicus Curiae, and then immediately file a motion for Rule 11 sanctions against WTP and all involved. Those possibly interested in helping out with a such a lawsuit, contact me offline. |
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Wait a minute! First he says all his revenues come from coffee mugs, and then he turns around and says that he instead is sponsored by a nonprofit group. You can't have it both ways. Either coffee mugs or an external organization sponsor the costs, but he only mentioned one of the two so AssKisser must be a liar. Right after we posted this article, Mr. AssKisser trumped himself again in response to it. We found the above quote by searching his online forums using the "Search" button. Well, apparently when Mr. Askisser read this article, he responded by removing the "Search" button from his Tax Protester Forum to make it more difficult to find postings made by him that would further expose his fraudulent dealings! Click here and visit his tax protester forums and try to locate a "search" button for yourself if you don't believe us! |
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Below is how the Apostle Paul responded to people like AssKisser, which is consistent with how we view him: |
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“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers [at the IRS], specially they of the circumcision: |
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Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses [and families], teaching [and saying] things [about the tax laws] which they ought not, for filthy lucre's [money’s] sake. |
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One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own [Senator Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee], said, The Cretians [tax protesters are] always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. |
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This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them [IRS and government and AssKisser] sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; |
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Not giving heed to Jewish fables [in this case, the Internal Revenue Manual or the IRS Publications], and commandments of men [their 800 telephone support service, that gives wrong advice over 60% of the time by the IRS’ own admission], that turn from the truth. |
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Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure [the IRS and the Congress and AssKisser]; but even their mind and conscience is defiled [their conscience has been warped because they took a bribe [by being a consultant, in the case of AssKisser, in violation of Exodus 23:8]. |
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They profess that they know God [and at least PRETEND that they love their brother and the people they serve]; but in [EVIL] works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” [Titus 1:10-16, Bible, NKJV] |
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Revision as of 01:45, 12 July 2007
A fictional country is a country that is made up for fictional stories, and does not exist in real life. Fictional lands appear most commonly as settings or subjects of literature or of movies.
Fictional countries appear commonly in stories of early science fiction (or scientific romance). Such countries supposedly form part of the normal Earth landscape although not located in a normal atlas. Later similar tales often took place on fictional planets.
Jonathan Swift's protagonist, Lemuel Gulliver, visited various strange places. Edgar Rice Burroughs placed adventures of Tarzan in areas in Africa that, at the time, remained mostly unknown to the West and to the East. Isolated islands with strange creatures and/or customs enjoyed great popularity in these authors' times. When Western explorers had surveyed most of the Earth's surface, this option was lost to Western culture. Thereafter fictional utopian and dystopian societies tended to spring up on other planets or in space, whether in human colonies or in alien societies originating elsewhere.
Superhero and secret agent comics and some thrillers also use fictional countries on Earth as backdrops. Most of these countries exist only for a single story, a TV-series episode or an issue of a comic book. There are notable exceptions, such as Marvel Comics Latveria and DC Comics Qurac and Bialya.
Purpose
Fictional countries often deliberately resemble or even represent some real-world country or present a utopia or dystopia for commentary. Variants of the country's name sometimes make it clear what country they really have in mind. (Compare semi-fictional countries below.) By using a fictional country instead of a real one, authors can exercise greater freedom in creating characters, events, and settings, while at the same time presenting a vaguely familiar locale that readers can recognize. A fictional country leaves the author unburdened by the restraints of a real nation's actual history, politics, and culture, and can thus allow for greater scope in plot construction.
Writers may create an archetypal fictional "Eastern European", "Middle Eastern", "Asian", "African" or "Latin American" country for the purposes of their story.
Such countries often embody stereotypes about their regions. For example, inventors of a fictional Eastern European country will typically describe it as a former or current Soviet satellite state, or with a suspense story about a royal family; if pre-20th century, it will likely resemble Ruritania or feature copious vampires and other supernatural phenomena. A fictional Middle Eastern state often lies somewhere on the Arabian peninsula, has substantial oil-wealth and problems with radical Islam and will either a sultan or a mentally-unstable dictator as a ruler. A fictional Latin American country will typically project images of a banana republic beset by constant revolutions, military dictatorships, and coups d'état. A fictional African state will suffer from poverty, civil war and disease.
Modern writers usually do not try to pass off their stories as facts. However, in the early 18th century George Psalmanazar passed himself off as a prince from the island of Formosa (present-day Taiwan) and wrote a fictional description about it to convince his sponsors.
Some larcenous entrepreneurs have also invented fictional countries solely for the purpose of defrauding people. In the 1820s, Gregor MacGregor sold land in the invented country of Poyais. In modern times, the Dominion of Melchizedek and the Kingdom of EnenKio have been accused of this. Many varied financial scams can play out under the aegis of a fictional country, including selling passports and travel documents, and setting up fictional banks and companies with the seeming imprimatur of full government backing.
Fictional countries have also been created for polling purposes. When polled in April of 2004, 10% of British people believed that the fictional country of Luvania would soon join the European Union.[1] In a similar event, two thirds of Hungarians polled in March of 2007 demanded that absolutely no asylum be granted to immigrants from the fictional country of Piresa.[2]
List of fictional countries
Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it — as opposed to inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet (see below).
Note: for inclusion in this list, the country should be notable enough to have a separate article. See List of fictional countries for a longer list.
- Adjikistan: Former Soviet state in Central Asia from SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2
- Aeaea: mythical island in Greek mythology, home of the sorceress Circe
- Al Amarja: Mediterranean island state in the Over the Edge roleplaying game
- Aquilonia: kingdom of the Robert E. Howard character Conan the Barbarian
- Axphain: neighbor of Graustark
- Babar's Kingdom
- Bahavia: The country from which Meena and her family are from in the Disney Channel sitcom Cory In The House; seems to mimic India to an extent.
- Belka: a country with a fascist government from the Ace Combat game series. Possibly referring to Nazi Germany. Capital city: Dinsmark.
- Brutopia: country appearing in several Donald Duck stories, possibly referring to the Soviet Union
- Duchy of Cagliostro: country apperaring in the anime movie The Castle of Cagliostro directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
- Carbombya: fictional country mentioned in the Transformers series
- Cimmeria: homeland of the Robert E. Howard character Conan the Barbarian
- Cockaigne: legendary country described in medieval tales, where all the harshness of medieval peasant life did not exist
- New Crobuzon: a dystopian city-state created by China Miéville
- Dawsbergen: neighbor of Graustark
- Derbaran : A fictional Middle Eastern country on civil war in the Free-2-Play PC game War Rock
- Dinotopia: a hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books
- Earth Kingdom - the geographically largest country in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Eastasia: from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Elbonia: Eastern European country from the comic strip Dilbert
- Equatorial Kundu: African country from the television series The West Wing
- Erusea: A country in the Ace Combat series that almost conquered an entire continent. Capital: Farbanti
- Eurasia: from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Fire Nation - the militaristic country that serves as the main antagonist in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Freedonia: European country from the Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup
- Genovia: European country from the The Princess Diaries novels and film (The Princess Diaries)
- Gilead: fictional republic in the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Gormenghast Castle: a castle of titanic proportions featured in a series of fantasy works penned by Mervyn Peake
- Grand Fenwick: a duchy in The Mouse That Roared and sequels by Leonard Wibberley
- Graustark: Eastern European country in several novels by George Barr McCutcheon
- Groland: French television channel Canal+ "presipality"
- Hoenn: a region or state in the Pokémon world
- Hy-Brazil
- Hyrule: The Kingdom from which Princess Zelda and Link hail in The Legend of Zelda game series
- Islandia: Austin Tappan Wright's imagined country in the Southern Hemisphere, about which several books, including Islandia, have been published
- Island of Vanar: the land in which Martin Bertram's novel Vanity of Vanities takes place.
- Isis: A fictional nation in Dragon Quest III. This is a parody of ancient Egypt.
- Kinakuta (Queenah-Kootah): island state from Neal Stephenson's novels Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle
- Krakozhia: from the movie The Terminal
- Landover: the kingdom in the Magic Kingdom series by Terry Brooks
- Knothole Kingdom The fictional land from Sonic the Hedgehog comics from Archie Comics
- Latveria: a country appearing in Marvel Comics usually ruled by Victor Von Doom, also known as Doctor Doom. Doom ruled this country as a Dictatorship which he preferred to call an "enforced monarchy". The capitial is Doomstadt.
- Laurania: the republic in Savrola (A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania) by Winston Churchill
- Lyonesse: land sunk under the waves in Welsh legend
- Matobo: African country from the movie The Interpreter. Possibly referring to Zimbabwe.
- Lugash: Middle East country in the Pink Panther films. Possibly based to Shah's era Iran
- Molvanîa: Eastern European country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same author as Phaic Tan.
- Mushroom Kingdom: World in the Super Mario Brothers video games
- Novistrana: Soviet breakaway state from the computer game Republic: The Revolution
- Nutopia: John Lennon's conceptual country
- Oceania: from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Orre: a region in the games Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, although its relation to Hoenn and Johto is unknown
- Osea country with capitalist economy. Appears in the Ace Combat game series. Possibly referring to the USA. Capital city is Oured.
- Oz: from L. Frank Baum's World of Oz novels
- Pala: fictional island utopia in Aldous Huxley's Island.
- Palombia: from Spirou et Fantasio comics.
- Parador: Latin American country from the movie Moon Over Parador.
- Phaic Tan: South East Asian country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same author as Molvanîa.
- Ponyville: A hamlet inhabited by small, colorful cute ponies; from My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade.
- Pottsylvania: from Jay Ward's The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Prester John's kingdom.
- Qumar: Middle Eastern state from the television series The West Wing
- Qwghlm: a country off the northwestern coast of Britain in Neal Stephenson's fictions Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle
- Ruritania: from Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and associated works
- Saguenay, Kingdom of: a legendary land of vast riches believed to exist by early French explorers of Canada
- San Lorenzo: a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
- San Marcos: Latin American republic in Woody Allen's comedy Bananas
- San Salvacion,A fictional country in Ace Combat 04.Capital:San Salvacion
- San Sombrèro, made up country in the Jetlag travel Series, along with Phaic Tan and Molvanîa, San Sombrèro is said to be in Latin America.
- San Serriffe: April Fool's Day joke
- Shangri-La: a mystical, harmonious valley, enclosed in the western end of the Himalayas, in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon
- Skull Island: from King Kong movie(s)
- Slobovia: a country on the west side of the former Soviet Union, from Looney Tunes
- Slovetzia: a tiny country in Eastern Europe in the movie The Beautician and the Beast
- Island of Sodor: between England and the Isle of Man, the setting for the Reverend Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine railway network managed by The Fat Controller
- Strong Badia: from Homestar Runner cartoon series.
- Tecala: South American republic in the movie Proof of Life resembling Colombia.
- Thulahn: Himalayan country in The Business by Iain Banks
- Tropico: A Caribbean island from the video game Tropico, it is apparently somehwhere in the Gulf of Honduras.
- Utopia: from Thomas More's De Optimo Reipublicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia
- Vulgaria: the far-off, make-believe land in the film version of children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Wakanda: A central African country ruled by T'Challa in Marvel comics.
- Yudonia: fictional country from the sitcom Drake & Josh. Presumably Eastern European.
- Yuktobania: a country with a socialist government from Ace Combat game series. Possibly referring to the USSR. Capital city is Cinigrad from its possible namesake, Stalingrad.
- Zekistan: Fictional Asian/Middle Eastern country in Full Spectrum Warrior. Reflects Afghanistani and Iraqi recent history.
- Zipangu: A fictional nation in Dragon Quest III. This country is a parody of Japan. The name is a reference to the old name for Japan. See Zipangu for the historical use of the name.
Lands in Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan had adventures in:
- Ashair
- Caspak
- Castra Sanguinaries & Castrum Mare
- London-on-Thames
- Opar
- Pellucidar
- Pal-ul-Don
- Xujan Kingdom
Lands in the Simpsons
- Bosqueverde-War-torn South American nation (there is some dispute over if it is an island or on mainland South America). It has been in perpetual civil war for forty years and is currently headed by Señor Presidente Hildago.
- Hossaragua-Mentioned but not seen by a pilot saying, "Please fasten your setbelts, we will be flying beneath the radar of Hossaragua, our friendly neighbor to the north." This is a joke upon the names Bosqueverde and Hossaragua being both countries in rival comic book publishers (Marvel ahd D.C, respectively)
- Micro-Atia-A land where Homer goes on a missionary trip. It is a peaceful paradise, but Hdomer introduces fear, theft and stupidity by building a casino. It is presumably destroyed in a volcanic eruption.
- Garbagio- An independent Hawaian island from a 2004 comic strip. It was created by Mr. Burns from the Trash from the other Hawaiin islands. He strands Lenny, Carl, and the Simpsons there for an early retirement. The island is eventually eaten by a flock of seagulls, and the castaways are picked up by the Coast Guard. It presumably now is not independent for lack of territory.
Lands in the Tintin stories by Hergé
The Adventures of Tintin involve the following imaginary states:
Lands in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Lemuel Gulliver stumbled upon:
- Balnibarbi
- Brobdingnag
- Glubbdubdrib
- Laputa
- Lilliput and Blefuscu
- Luggnagg
- the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos
- the Kingdom of Tribnia, called by the natives Langden (anagrams of Britain and England)
- Japan although technically real, had a semi-mythical aura about it in Swift's day
Lands inside the Earth
See also Hollow Earth.
- Agarthi - mysterious empire inside the earth
- Pellucidar - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- D'ni
- Skartaris the setting for the DC Comic Warlord
- Shambhala - Legendary land of Eastern mysticism, believed by Neo-Nazis to be the current residence of Adolf Hitler.
- Zion - The Matrix
- The Lower Elements - Artemis Fowl
Lands of Robert E. Howard
While the map of Earth in the "Hyborian Age" differs markedly from today's, some of Howard's fictional, ancient countries obviously serve as ancestors of historical ones.
- Aquilonia, kingdom of Conan the Barbarian.
- Cimmeria, home of Conan the Barbarian.
- Valusia, kingdom of Atlantis ruled by Kull
...and others.
Lands of Arda and Middle-earth
Though J. R. R. Tolkien indicated that he intended Arda to represent our Earth in a previous age, no geographic correspondences exist between modern landmasses and countries and those of Arda; this was intentional. The following countries, areas or regions feature on the continent Middle-earth:
- Angmar, country of the Witch-king of Angmar
- Arnor, the northern kingdom of the Dúnedain.
- Dol Guldur Hill of Black Magic, stronghold of the Necromancer (Sauron). From the description, probably based on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset.Template:ME-fact
- Dunland, the country of the Dunlendings
- Eriador
- Erebor, the Lonely Mountain
- Forodwaith, the Northern Waste
- Gondor the southern kingdom of the Dúnedain.
- Haradwaith, a Southron land, home to the Haradrim
- Ithilien, trans-Anduinian Gondor
- Lothlórien, greenwood land of Galadriel (also Lórinand and Laurelindórenan Elves).
- Mirkwood an elven forest invaded by the evil of Sauron
- Mordor, mountain-girt land of evil
- Moria (also Khazad-dûm), a country or city-state beneath the Misty Mountains
- Rohan, home to the horse-lords
- The Shire, land of the Hobbits
See also the category Realms of Middle-earth.
Lands of the DC Comics universe
- Austanburg
- Badhnisia - land where Johnny Thunder was raised
- Bialya
- Corto Maltese - Small South American nation
- Dinosaur Island
- Feithera - home of Northwind
- Gorilla City - African city-state and home of supervillain Gorilla Grodd
- Hasaragua - South American nation
- The Hidden City of the Homo Magi
- Jarhanapur - home of Rama Kahn
- Kaznia
- Khandaq - Conquered/liberated by Black Adam and associates. Presumably near Egypt.
- Kooey Kooey Kooey
- Markovia - home of Geo-Force. Middle European nation.
- M'Changa
- Modora - home of Sonar
- Ogaden
- Pokolistan - a former Soviet country ruled by General Zod
- Posidonis (Atlantis) - home of Aquaman
- Qurac
- Rhapastan
- Rheelasia - Asian nation
- Santa Prisca - Caribbean republic, birthplace of supervillain Bane
- Themyscira (Paradise Island) - Country of the Amazons (Hippolyta, Wonder Woman), believed to be in the Caribbean, specifically in the Bermuda Triangle.
- Transbelva - Eastern European nation
- Tritonis (Atlantis) - home of merpeople such as Lori Lemaris
- Vlatava - Balkan nation once ruled by ancestors of Count Vertigo, destroyed by The Spectre
- Zandia
Lands of the Marvel Comics universe
- Al-Mazahmiya
- Alberia
- Althea Island
- Aquiria
- Azania
- Bagmom
- Bartovia
- Bastrona- A Latin American nation with an oppressive, couping government and an apparent proximity to the states, home of Diego Ramirez and Paco Perez.
- Belgriun - European kingdom
- Boca Caliente- A.I.M.s Caribbean island nation base
- Boca Del Rios
- Bodavia
- Bolamoira
- Bora-Buru
- Bosqueverde-South American puppet state.
- Burunda
- Canaan-African homeland of Moses Magnum
- Carnelia
- Carpassia
- Celsia
- Central Saharan Republic
- Costa Brava
- Costa Diablo
- Costa Dinora
- Costa Salvador
- Costa Verde-South American, deeply spiritual home of Silverclaw
- Delvadia
- Draburg
- El Dorado
- Europa, birthplace of Henrietta Hunter in the Marvel Universe, location in central Europe
- Genosha-Magneto's former Mutant Homeland
- Ghudaza
- Ghulistan
- Grand Nixon Island
- Halwan
- Hidalgo
- Imaya
- Isla Suerto
- Khamiskhan
- Kiber's Island
- Koslavia
- Ksavia
- Latveria-Dr. Dooms European Home country
- Lichtenbad
- Llhasa
- Madripoor-A weath-gapped, corrupt island nation in the Strait of MAlacca
- Maura
- Moldavia
- Monster Isle-Location in the Sea of Ohkotsk where the many monsters that plague Japan on a regular basis are held
- Morvania
- Muir Island-Moria MacTaggarts Scottish research haven
- Murtakesh
- Narobia-Member of the Pan-African Congress
- Providence- Cable's Pacific haven
- Puerto Dulcer
- Rhapastan
- Rudyarda
- Rumekistan-Central Asian nation saved from a corrupt government be Cable
- Ruritania
- The Savage Land (hidden under Antarctica)
- San Diablo
- San Gusto
- San Lorenzo
- San Revilla
- Santo Angelo
- Santo Marco-Small country in South America where Magneto attempted to create a mutant haven
- Santo Rico
- Sarawak
- Sifand
- Sin-Cong
- Slorenia
- Symkaria - European kingdom, birthplace of Silver Sable in the Marvel Universe.
- Temasika
- Terra Nuevo
- Terra Verde
- Tierra del Maiz
- Tierra Verde
- Trans-Sabal
- Trafia
- Transia (location of Wundagore Mountain)
- Trebekistan
- Triji
- Tropica
- Ujanka
- Vulcan Domuyo
- Wakanda
- Yashonka
- Zukistan
Not on Earth
These countries do not exist on our Earth, but on another planet (or in another universe). Some are planets unto themselves.
- Abh Empire from the anime Crest of the Stars
- Alagaësia from Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy.
- Amestris from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
- The Autarchy of Yzordderrex and the Reconciled Dominions ruled over by the Autarch in Imajica by Clive Barker
- Aveh from the Playstation Game Xenogears
- Fanelia - from the anime Escaflowne is a kingdom on the planet gaia, from whom Earth is visible as a moon.
- Derlavai - continent in an alternate universe, from Darkness.
- Fourecks desert continent in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Hoenn, A region in the Pokémon universe, based on the islands of Kyūshū and Okinawa, Japan.
- Hyrule, a kingdom that is the chief setting of Nintendo's Legend of Zelda games.
- Johto, A region in the Pokémon universe, based on the Kansai Prefecture, Japan.
- Jurai - Planet and interstellar empire from the anime Tenchi Muyo!.
- Kanto (Pokémon), A region in the Pokémon universe, based on the Kantō Prefecture, Japan.
- Klatch empire on the Circle Sea in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Kislev from the Playstation Game Xenogears
- Krypton - home planet of Superman (DC Comics)
- Lancre, mountain kingdom of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Lost Hope, faerie kingdom ruled by the man with thistle-down hair in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Majipoor and other lands appear in works by Robert Silverberg
- Manticore, capital planet of the Star Kingdom of Manticore (which includes the planets Sphinx and Gryphon in the same binary star system) in the Honorverse novels and stories of David Weber
- The Mushroom Kingdom, setting for Nintendo's Super Mario video game series.
- Nehwon, in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series.
- Orre, A region in the Pokémon universe, based on the U.S. state of Arizona.
- Tamaran, the fictional homeplanet of DC Comics superheroine Starfire and her villainous sister Blackfire
- Tlön (actually an entire world), of Jorge Luis Borges's Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
- Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire of Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels.
- Videssos, a fictional empire from the books of Harry Turtledove, analogous in many ways to the Byzantine Empire of our world
- Xing, from the manga, Fullmetal Alchemist.
Midkemia
A world created by Raymond E. Feist.
- Human
- The Empire of Great Kesh
- The Kingdom of the Isles
- The Kingdom of Roldem
- The Kingdom of Queg
- The Free Cities of Natal
- The Eastern Kingdoms
- Novindus (continent with small city-states throughout)
- Elven - Elvandar
- Dwarven
- Saaur - Wiñet (a smaller continent, unknown political divisions)
Narnia Universe
A world created by C. S. Lewis.
- Archenland a kingdom featured in The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Calormen an empire featured in The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Narnia a kingdom that is the chief setting for many of The Chronicles of Narnia.
See also List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia
Semi-fictional countries
Some lands exist uneasily on the borderlands of fiction and fact, of imagination and reality. There follows a list of places with a real counterpart, but which in romantic/poetic imagination or nationalist fervour or historical dimmed memory can become "other". Note that a Latinate name may conjure up visions of (questionable) past grandeur.
- Andalusia
- Antarctica
- Arabia
- Australia
- Oz (distinct from L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz)
- Austria
- Kakania (based on The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil)
- Brazil
- Britain
- Canary Islands
- Blessed Islands (putative identification)
- China
- Cathay
- The Middle Kingdom
- Czech Republic
- Kocourkov (a comedy movie U nás v Kocourkově, 1934, starring Jan Werich and others)
- Eastern Roman Empire
- England
- Ethiopia
- Abyssinia (Actually a formerly used name of the country)
- Germany
- Prussia (not an exact match...)
- Greece
- Hispaniola
- Quisqueya
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Japan
- Maghreb
- Maluku
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Maoriland
- Zelandia
- Pacific Ocean
- Peru
- Jauja
- Tahuantinsuyu (also known as Tahuantinsuyu, Inca empire)
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Rome
- New Troy
- Scotland
- Siberia
- Somalia
- South East Asia
- East Indies (approximately)
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Ceylon
- Lanka
- Taprobane: Tropical island paradise (almost identical to Sri Lanka, but located near the equator) features as the location of the space elevator in Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise.
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United States
- Columbia (as in "Columbia, the gem of the ocean...")
In the 1991 film King Ralph, Finland (which is a republic) is portrayed as a Kingdom with a Royal Family.
Franchise nations from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash
- The Alps
- Brickyard Station
- Caymans Plus
- Dixie Traditionals
- Meadowvale on the (river)
- Metazania
- The Mews At Windsor Heights
- Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong
- Narcolombia
- New South Africa
- Nova Sicilia
- Pickett's Plantation
- Rainbow Heights
- Reverend Wayne's Pearly Gates
- White Columns
Questionable cases
Countries from stories, myths, legends, that some people have believed to actually exist.
- Atlantis
- Aztlán
- El Dorado
- Lemuria
- Mu (continent)
- Ophir
- Shangri-La or Shambhala
- Xanadu
- Zembla (See Pale Fire)
- Zanj
Books
- Alberto Manguel & Gianni Guadalupi: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, ISBN 0-15-626054-9
- Excellent book; includes details of inhabitants, government structure, and sightseeing tips. Does not cover off-planet locations.
- Brian Stableford: The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places
See also
- Archive of fictional things
- Fictional city
- Fictional geography
- Constructed world
- Imaginary country
- Jennifer Government: NationStates
- List of fictional counties
- List of fictional buildings
- List of fictional companies
- List of fictional planets
- List of fictional universes
- List of fictional U.S. states
- Proposed country
- List of important dates in fiction
- Outer Slobovia
References
- ^ Haines, Lester (2004-04-29). "Brits welcome Luvania to EU". The Register.
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