Fictional American countries

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This is a list of fictional countries supposedly located in North, Central, or South America.

1 North America
2 Central America
3 South America
4 "Latin America"

[edit] North America

Aztlan: country formed out of the American states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico after a nuclear war in the novel Warday.
Bible Belt: country formed by Evangelical Christians in the former Confederate States of America in the novel Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno.
Brobdingnag: country where the people are all giants from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Ecotopia: an ecological utopia appearing in the novels Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach. See also Cascadia, a secessionist idea based in part on Callenbach's Ecotopia.
Greater Texas: successor state to the United States, encompassing most of North America, in the novel A Spectre is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber
Islamic States of America: an Islamic republic in the former United States (minus the old Confederate States, Nevada and Utah) in the novel Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno.
Gilead: a republic in the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jesusland: As it apeared on the web following the 2004 Elections
Opium: from "House of the Scorpion". It is a future nation between Aztlan (formerly Mexico) and the United States. This nation is part of a deal made between the Mexican and American governments and a powerful druglord named El Patrón, promising that the drugs he makes will be sold in Europe and Asia and will also take care of the illegal immigrant problem if he is allowed a strip of land.
Soviet Canuckistan: An unflattering epithet for Canada.

[edit] Central America

Amerzone: Central American country, the setting of Amerzone video game
Anchuria: Central American country based in Honduras in the novel Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
British Hidalgo: tiny Central American country in the novel Limekiller by Avram Davidson (See Hidalgo)
Chimerica: Central American country from the Hidden Agenda computer game
Hidalgo: Central American country in the Doc Savage novels and film
Isthmus: a fictionalized version of Panama in the James Bond movie Licence to Kill
Maguadora: tiny Central American country in the movie Whoops Apocalypse
San Marcos (4): civil-war torn Central American country in an episode of MacGyver.
San Sombrèro: Central American country from a parody travel guidebook; from the same authors as Molvanîa and Phaic Tăn.
San Xavier: Central American Country from the book Middleworld.
Santa Cristal: Central American country in the movie Santa Cristal
Tecan: Central American country in the novel A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
Tijata: Central American dictatorship from the movie The In-Laws
Val Verde: Spanish-speaking country resembling Panama, in the movies Commando and Die Hard 2

[edit] South America

Abari: a British (and ex-British) territory in South America in novels written by John Hearne and Morris Cargill
Aquilea: South American country in the movie Les Trottoirs de Saturne
Brazuela: industrialized South American nation between Venezuela and Brazil in Totally Spies! TV series
Coronado: unstable South American state in a movie of the same name, presumably named after Francisco Coronado
Costaguana: from Joseph Conrad's Nostromo
Country of the Blind: from the short story with the same name by H. G. Wells
Las Acacias (Republica popular de): Country located inside Argentinian territory, as seen in famous Tv Show of Argentina, Telenoche.
Maple White Land: land of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Miranda / The Mirandan Republic: South American nation from Luis Buñuel's film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, from which the character Don Rafael is an ambassador to France. It is referred to by several characters as an unpleasant place with a strict military, oppressive leadership, and high murder rate.
Nuevo Rico: South American country from The Adventures of Tintin, neighbouring San Theodoros
Palombia: home of the Marsupilami from the Spirou et Fantasio and Marsupilami comics
San Marcos (3): South American country in an episode of Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei
San Pasquale: South American country in Commander in Chief. Possibly based on Bolivia or Panama.
San Pedro (2): South American country in the movie Hour of the Assassin
San Theodoros: South American nation featured in several of The Adventures of Tintin, home of General Alcazar
Sierra Gordo: a South American country often used as a satire of banana republics in the G.I. Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics.
Tecala: South American country from the movie Proof of Life
Utopia: from Thomas More's De Optimo Reipublicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia
Vespugia: South American nation located in Patagonia, site of ancient step pyramids and a history of some Welsh settlement; in books by Madeleine L'Engle. In an alternate timeline it was ruled by a dictator who threatened nuclear warfare.

[edit] "Latin America"

Cortuguay: Latin American country beset by revolutions in the film and Harold Robbins novel the Adventurers
Curuguay: a generic Latin American banana republic seen in The A-Team
Parador: Latin American country from the movie Moon Over Parador.
Paragonia: Latin American country in the movie The Americano
Republica de los Cocos: a Latin American state in "Su Excelencia" starring Mario Moreno Cantinflas
San Carlos: Latin American nation in the movie Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
San Cordova: a democracy in Latin America from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Elixir"
San Cristobal: a Latin American democracy in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Code"
San Marcos: Latin American republic in Woody Allen's comedy Bananas
San Miguel: small South/Central American dictatorship in the movie Deal of the Century
San Pascal: a Latin American country in the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Catafalque"
Santales: a small Latin American democracy, from the Mission: Impossible episode "Trek"
Sapogonia: imaginary country, located somewhere to the south of Mexico, where all mestizos come from, in the novel Sapogonia by Ana Castillo