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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 and be exempt from criticism for vilifying an actual nation, political party, or people. The fictional
Tomania (a
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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. By the 19th century, when
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367:List of fictional European countries
357:List of fictional American countries
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352:List of fictional African countries
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608:. January 20, 1992. Archived from
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436:The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
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612:on October 26, 2012.
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50:Nineteen Eighty-Four
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2084:Unreliable narrator
1941:Speculative fiction
1649:Nonlinear narrative
1597:Three-act structure
1457:Deal with the Devil
668:Fictional countries
632:Fictional countries
389:Fictional geography
377:Fictional companies
284:Legendary countries
134:, the protagonist,
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1218:Dramatic structure
588:. January 8, 1992.
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1307:Stereotype
1277:Plot twist
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921:Veyshnoria
818:Shangri-La
465:References
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280:magazine.
74:literature
32:Land of Oz
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2460:universes
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1995:Superhero
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1579:Structure
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1532:Narration
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886:Poictesme
861:Freedonia
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808:Phaic Tăn
803:Madripoor
770:Val Verde
755:Jesusland
335:Shambhala
303:El Dorado
260:RIMPAC 98
198:DC Comics
171:thrillers
169:and some
163:Superhero
153:dystopian
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2034:Creative
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1956:Southern
1874:Paranoid
1869:Nautical
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1706:Folklore
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1437:Metaphor
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1390:universe
1370:Dystopia
1327:Suspense
1213:Dialogue
1201:Conflict
1109:Narrator
1081:Hamartia
967:Category
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881:Molvanîa
866:Latveria
846:Borduria
798:Luggnagg
742:Americas
722:Khokarsa
712:Bangalla
341:See also
314:Lyonesse
293:Atlantis
248:swastika
219:ptomaine
204:Purposes
186:Latveria
104:ISO 3166
87:Bookland
2509:Related
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2412:African
2376:in film
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2182:Prequel
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1973:Science
1946:Fantasy
1914:Romance
1864:Mystery
1849:Ergodic
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1770:Parable
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1666:Premise
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939:Patusan
931:Oceania
841:Baltish
732:Wakanda
717:Genosha
308:Lemuria
192:); and
157:planets
149:utopian
2186:Sequel
2170:Retcon
2165:Reboot
2129:Future
1963:Horror
1951:Gothic
1936:Satire
1854:Erotic
1721:Legend
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1404:Utopia
1292:Reveal
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1102:Tragic
833:Europe
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256:Hawaii
211:parody
167:comics
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2012:Urban
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1689:Drama
1654:films
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901:Slaka
428:Books
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194:Qurac
96:ISBNs
80:, or
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