# Fake country names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476 "2018-06-05T17:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/122 "2018-06-18T08:56:35Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > How about Ruthenia? It has “Ruth” in it, it’s cryptically eastern European, and its history and precise location are subject to some dispute. Disputed but not fictional. It’s a term used both geographically and ethnically, and in the confusion around Hitler’s break-up of rump Czechoslovakia in March 1939 some people declared an independent republic, which lasted for about a day. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/123 "2018-06-18T21:10:34Z")
For infinite fake country names, just have the computer generate random ones: Kunini, Kireland, Cova Caret, Barbuda, Iren, Putary, Lieda Cyprole, Mydo, Aarie, Montserla, Guna, Langula, Niue Tonosway, Twesin, Brnazalanda, Geeth, Kumus-Letie, Frageystemo, Caurbinis, Naugua, Philaden, Mallshuli, Qibed Islands, Tajikica, Puwa, Wesco Spina, Ehingas, … ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/124 "2018-06-20T19:18:26Z")
My favorite one is from an old Dave Barry column, after the Soviet Union broke up: “Stanstanistan”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/125 "2018-06-20T20:09:46Z")
That’s near Herman Cain’s Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/126 "2018-06-20T20:16:18Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > For infinite fake country names, just have the computer generate random ones: Kunini, Kireland, Cova Caret, **Barbuda,** Iren, Putary, Lieda Cyprole, Mydo, Aarie, Montserla, **Guna,** Langula, **Niue** Tonosway, Twesin, Brnazalanda, Geeth, Kumus-Letie, Frageystemo, Caurbinis, Naugua, Philaden, Mallshuli, Qibed Islands, Tajikica, Puwa, Wesco Spina, Ehingas, … Not all of those are fake. The highlighted ones are real, at least in part Barbuda is part of the independent country of Antigua and Barbuda. The Comarca de Guna Yala is an indigenous homeland in Panama. Niue is a self-governing territory in association with New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/127 "2018-06-20T21:28:41Z")
Right; so after mangling a list of real country names to get fake country names, which is what I did, filter or proofread the output to make sure you don’t accidentally re-generate any real names. The automated technique does have the advantage that if you need, say, fake South American-sounding names, all you have to do is input as many place names as you can from that particular region, and the program will generate random text conforming to those statistics. I don’t claim it’s in any way better or more suitable than simply making up a name yourself, but it works with any input. ---
**Author:** ![kay1864](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kay1864/32/16024_2.png) [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476/128 "2018-06-22T16:07:19Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Here’s a good place to start: [List of fictional countries on the Earth - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_countries) > > Does not include “Curuguay”, used, I think, in an episode of “A Team” or maybe “Hunter”. Heck, probably both since they had the same producer. Also does not include Agrabah, of “Aladdin” fame. Also of “country 30% of Republican primary voters thought we should bomb” fame. (to be fair, 19% of Democratic primary voters supported the bombing, although 36% opposed it) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-country-names/815476.md?page=6)