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List of fictional island countries

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This is a list of fictional countries in various media which are said to be located upon islands.

Antarctic and Arctic[edit]

  • Club Penguin: the island featured in the game Club Penguin.
  • Hili-liland: a nation near the South Pole, founded by Ancient Romans, in the 1899 novel A Strange Discovery by Charles Romeyn Dake. It is south of Tsalal, and has a more developed civilization. It consists of Hili-li City on Hili-li Island, along with some outlying island colonies.
  • Limberwisk: a Nordic island nation in the Norwegian Sea north of Iceland, between Norway and Greenland; it is depicted as being half the size of Iceland, with its capital at "Alkalai Clow", and speaks its own native language called "Hush", which is composed of different pitched blowing sounds and whistles. The island nation was created by the YouTube channel "Geography Now" as an April Fools' Day joke in 2018.
  • Leaphigh, Leaplow, Leapup, Leapdown, Leapover, Leapthrough, Leaplong, Leapshort, Leapround, Leapunder: ten independent kingdoms in the Antarctic archipelago of the Leap Islands, in the 1835 novel The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • Captain Nemo's Country: Captain Nemo, the captain of the fictional submarine The Nautilus from the 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, claimed a fictional representation of what Verne guessed the continent of Antarctica to look like as his own country, after journeying there in his submarine. Nemo didn't name his country, but claimed ownership of the land, and placed a black flag with a golden N centered on it at the south pole. Verne's fictional continent of Antarctica is described to be covered in a fine gravel of an igneous rock called Tuff, as well as pumice rocks, slag, and lava flows. The land is sparsely vegetated by small plants and lichen. Some of the animal life on and around Verne's Antarctica include several types of birds (large and small), mollusks, fish, walruses, and seals.
  • Tsalal: an island in the 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe, and its 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne. It has a tribal society led by a chief, Too-Wit.

Atlantic[edit]

  • Atlantis: island originally written about by Plato.
  • Birdwell Island: an independent island community in the Clifford the Big Red Dog series, similar in geography and custom to an island off of the East Coast of the United States.
  • Cairnholm: island in Wales from the book and movie of the same name Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
  • Islandia: self-isolated country in Austin Tappan Wright's novel Islandia, although in some languages it literally translates to Iceland.
  • Meropis: a parody of Atlantis created by Theopompus of Chios.
  • Muir Island: a small, fictional island off the northern coast of Scotland in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Nollop: island state from the novel Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.
  • Rogue Isles (also known as Etoile Islands): home base of the Arachnos faction in the game City of Heroes.
  • Saint Brendan's Island: a phantom island, or mythical island, supposedly situated in the North Atlantic somewhere west of Northern Africa. Discovered by Saint Brendan who founded the monastery at Clonfert, County Galway.
  • Sahrani: a fictional Atlantic island divided into the northern communist Democratic Republic of Sahrani and the oil-rich democratic monarchy of the Kingdom of South Sahrani in the video game Armed Assault.
  • Seahaus
  • Sodor: in the Irish Sea, near the Isle of Man; setting of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends by Rev. W. Awdry.
  • Swallow Falls: a fictional island which has sardines as the basis of its economy, the setting of the book and animated movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
  • Tescara: Atlantic island mentioned in the TV Series CSI: NY by Jerry Bruckheimer. According to the show, this nation joined the UN in 1991 and is a free-trade port.

Caribbean Sea[edit]

Indian Ocean[edit]

Mediterranean[edit]

  • Al Amarja: Mediterranean island state in the Over the Edge roleplaying game.
  • Altis and Stratis: officially the Republic of Altis and Stratis, it is an island state comprising two main islands featured in ArmA 3. The geography of the islands are based on Lemnos (for Altis) and Agios Efstratios (for Stratis); the country has a Hellenic-like culture and its state's character is reminiscent of the Republic of Cyprus.
  • Barataria: island kingdom, presumably somewhere in the Mediterranean. A fictional ínsula ("isle") awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Cervantes' Don Quixote (from the Spanish word barato, meaning cheap). Also, the setting for Act II of the operetta The Gondoliers, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
  • Medici: a fictional Mediterranean archipelago home to Rico in Just Cause 3
  • Mervo: an island principality in the Mediterranean in the novel The Prince and Betty by P. G. Wodehouse.
  • Mypos: island nation around the Greek isles, home of Balki from Perfect Strangers.
  • Pathos: neighbor of Mypos, part of a different Tri-Island Area in Perfect Strangers.
  • Santa Esperanza: Santa Esperanza is a multi-cultural country stretched on three small islands lost somewhere in the middle of the Black Sea.
  • Skeptos: neighbor of Mypos, part of a different Tri-Island Area in Perfect Strangers.

Pacific[edit]

Other or uncertain[edit]

  • August Bank Holiday Island: an island located between Easter Island and Christmas Island whose inhabitants practice black supremacy and unintentionally gain control of the Commonwealth of Nations; appears in The Goodies.
  • Arulco: the setting for the game Jagged Alliance 2, ruled by evil Queen Diedranna after overthrowing the once touristy peaceful land and turning it into a nightmarish police state.
  • Bright Island: believed to be off the North-west coast of Australia, mysterious goings on are observed in series one of Sea Patrol.
  • Cap'D'Far: a small island country from an episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and their only export is fish bones.
  • Corona: a small island kingdom which is the home of its lost princess, Rapunzel, from the Disney film Tangled.
  • Corto Maltese: an island country off the coast of South America in the DC Comics universe.
  • Dinotopia: a hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books.
  • Empire of the Isles: constitutional monarchy in the Dishonored video game franchise, encompassing the Isles of Gristol, Morley, Serkonos, and Tyvia, along with several smaller ones.
  • Flyspeck Island: home of Gunk in the comic strip Curtis.
  • Hudatvia: a large island somewhere in the Middle East that is visited in two episodes of the Gerry Anderson series. Stingray, these being Star of the East and Eastern Eclipse respectively. Hudatvia is an island nation that is perpetually undergoing revolutions thanks to the quarrelling leaders, El Hudat and his brother Ali Khali, suggesting a perpetual civil war. Titan attempts to use Hudatvia as a base for the conquest of the land, but the brother's quarrelling causes his plan to fail.
  • Huella Islands: islands off the coast of Cayenne, mentioned in the Hardy Boys books. They are ruled by dictator Juan Posada and their "spy chief" is named Bedoya. The adjective is Huellan.
  • Isle Delfino: a dolphin-shaped volcanic island; it is the main setting of the 2002 game Super Mario Sunshine.
  • Khembalung: fictional island nation in Forty Signs of Rain.
  • Kingdom of Loathing: an island nation in the video game Kingdom of Loathing
  • Mardi Islands: from Herman Melville's Mardi and a Voyage Thither.
  • Pokoponesia: island nation from the animated version of The Tick.
  • Pulau-Pulau Bompa: from The Adventures of Tintin comic Flight 714 to Sydney. The island from which arch-villain Rastapopoulos is carrying out his scheme against millionaire Laszlo Carreidas. Near Indonesia.
  • San Cristobel: tropical island country in The Guiding Light TV series, also the name for a separate fictional nation in the TV series Automan.
  • San Esperito: a South American island nation from the video game Just Cause.
  • San Seriffe: fictional island nation featured in an elaborate April Fools' Day hoax on 1 April 1977 in the British newspaper The Guardian. These islands have been reported at several different locations around the globe since 1977.
  • Samaru Island: believed to be in Oceania somewhere near Australia and New Zealand, had a political issues with an upcoming election and illegal arms trade in season 2 of Sea Patrol.
  • Shwambrania: from Lev Kassil's Konduit (or Black Book) and Shwambrania, an island in the shape of an inverted molar tooth having three roots.
  • Soleanna: an island kingdom, ruled by Princess Elise; major setting of the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog, inspired by Venice, Italy.
  • Themyscira: home of Wonder Woman and the Amazons in the DC Comics universe.
  • Vvardenfell: also known as the Black Isle, it is the main setting of the games The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind.
  • Cianland: a European country, inbetween the UK and Denmark.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Gleisner, T., Cilauro, S. and Sitch, R. (2006) San Sombrèro Melbourne: Working Dog Productions
  2. Paul Barbato (31 March 2015). "Geography Now! Bandiaterra". YouTube.

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