Add a few stamps to your imaginary passport with this tour of totally made-up nations.
Here are some of the most notable made-up countries from film and TV.
The quaint country, sandwiched between France and Spain in the film, originated in Meg Cabot’sPrincess Diariesbook series.
Wakanda in ‘Black Panther’; Jennifer Lawrence in Panem in ‘The Hunger Games’; Kingdom of Arendelle in ‘Frozen’.Credit:Marvel Studios; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Disney
Freedonia,Duck Soup(1933)
Hail, hail Freedonia!
Where no one’s allowed to smoke!
Or tell a dirty joke!
Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Princess Diaries’.Everett Collection
And whistling is forbidden!
Florin,The Princess Bride(1987)
A visit to beautiful Florin?
Who wouldn’t want to scale the Cliffs of Insanity for true love?
The country of Wakanda in ‘Black Panther’.©Marvel Studios 2018
Oceania,1984(1984)
Big Brother is watching.
Lilliput,Gulliver’s Travels(2010)
Lilliput where size doesn’t matter!
(Except when it comes to selecting your politically-charged footwear.)
Oz in ‘The Wizard of Oz’.Warner Bros
Initially greeted as a terrifying giant, he eventually proves his worth.
Hoping to get Rapunzel’s attention, her birth parents (a.k.a.
the king and queen) release paper lanterns in the sky, illuminating the capital in glorious fashion.
Groucho Marx (with telephone) in ‘Duck Soup’.Everett Collection
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
(And trust us, in Gilead, the bastards will definitely venture to grind you down.)
“It’s nowhere special, but it’s on the way to everywhere special.”
Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in ‘The Princess Bride’.20th Century Fox; Everett Collection
Themyscira,Wonder Woman(2017)
Note to visitors: No boys allowed.
And hey, don’t antagonize the locals.
Themiscyra is a women-only Amazonian nation whose most famous resident is Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), a.k.a.
Arendelle in ‘Frozen’.Walt Disney Studios
Panem,The Hunger Games(2012)
Want to visit Panem?
Here’s a hint: Don’t.
Should you still want to visit anyway, well, may the odds be ever in your favor.
The Grand Budapest Hotel in Zubrowka in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’.Fox Searchlight
John Hurt in ‘1984’.Everett Collection
Jack Black in ‘Gulliver’s Travels’.Everett Collection
Kingdom of Corona in ‘Tangled’.Disney
The Sultan’s palace in Agrabah in ‘Aladdin’.Walt Disney Studios
The cast of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.Take Five/Hulu
Ben Lamb and Rose McIver in ‘A Christmas Prince’.Netflix
Sokovia in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.Disney Studios Motion Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Gal Gadot in ‘Wonder Woman’.Warner Bros
Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, and Jennifer Lawrence in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’.Murray Close/Lionsgate
Zamunda in ‘Coming to America’.Paramount
Taurasi on ‘Designated Survivor’.ABC
Dearbhla Molloy and Tony Goldwyn on ‘Scandal’.Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Tom Hanks in ‘The Terminal’.DreamWorks Pictures
