List of fictional countries in the Americas

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

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North and South America

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From the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four . Oceania in pink

North America

Canada

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Brobdingnag (Pt II, Gulliver's Travels)

United States

Countries in Fallout (video game series):
  • Caesar's Legion is an autocratic, ultra-reactionary, utilitarian slaver army founded in 2247 by Edward Sallow (Who later adopted the name "Caesar") and Joshua Graham. It is largely inspired and partially based on the ancient Roman Empire, though it is not the Roman Empire, the Roman Republic or even its military, the Legion. It is a slave army with trappings of foreign-conscripted Roman legionaries during the late empire. All military, no civilian, and with none of the supporting civilian culture. It appears only in Fallout: New Vegas
  • The New California Republic (NCR) is a federal presidential republic founded in New California by Aradesh also formerly leader of Shady Sands, comprising five contiguous states and additional territories and holdings in pre-War regions in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and parts of Mexico. The Republic dedicates itself to the values of the old world: Democracy, liberty, the rule of law, all in order to make the wasteland a better place. However, its policies resulted in difficulties in recent years. It was founded in 2186, is mentioned in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 , and appears in Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas
  • The Enclave is a nation state established after the Great War, formed by members of the pre-War United States government and military industrial complex. It claims authority over the territory of the United States of America, considering itself the legal continuation of the U.S. government and styling itself as such. First appearing in Fallout 2, then later in Fallout 3, its add-on Broken Steel , and is mentioned from its few remaining now retired survivors appearing in Fallout: New Vegas with former soldiers, now followers for the Children of Atom in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor
  • Shi is a post-apocalyptic nation that is against all post-great war politics. It was founded by survived Chinese spies that established most areas from ruins of San Francisco as City State and uses some elements of the Chinese culture, such as their ancestors' customs, clothing, language, and demeanor. The younger generations, however, seem to rely more on the surviving popular culture interpretations of Chinese culture (such as kung-fu holovideos), rather than actual cultural traditions. It appears in Fallout 2 and is indirectly mentioned in Fallout 4[ citation needed ]
  • Republic of Dave (also formerly called Kingdom of Tom, Kingdom of Larry, the Republic of Stevie-Ray, Billsylvania, and the New Republic of Stevie-Ray) is a small farming settlement in the far northeast corner of the Capital Wasteland (Fallout 3) that is considered by its close-knit inhabitants to be a sovereign nation-state. This nation is actually closer to a micronation, because since on-off monarchies and republics with an only family control it, and they only had one citizen working as a teacher or merchant (optional) during the game. This nation only appears in Fallout 3
  • The Free Economic Zone of New Vegas is a neoliberal autocratic faction led by Pre-Great War survivor Robert House in Fallout: New Vegas. Although it is formally founded if House establishes sovereignty over the Mojave region, in practice, it exists in a practical capacity throughout Mr House's rule in New Vegas
In the world of The Man in the High Castle the United States has been partitioned by the victorious Axis powers after World War II.
An attempt to draw plausible borders of the United States as partitioned in four states by Imperial Japan and the German Reich in The Man in the High Castle (1962), based on the sparse relevant information available in the book:
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Pacific States of America
Rocky Mountain States
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An attempt to draw plausible borders of the United States as partitioned in four states by Imperial Japan and the German Reich in The Man in the High Castle (1962), based on the sparse relevant information available in the book:
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  • Pacific States of America, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan consisting of the west coast of the former United States. Its capital is Sacramento. In the television series it is an occupied province called the Japanese Pacific States and includes Alaska and the west coast of Canada.
  • United States of America, a puppet state of Nazi Germany consisting of the northern east coast of the former United States and several central states. In the television series it is an occupied province called Nazi America or the American Reich
  • The South , a racist regime in the Southeast of the former United States, which collaborates with Nazi Germany. It does not appear in the television series
  • Rocky Mountain States, a neutral buffer zone state consisting of the remaining territory of the former United States. Its capital is Canon City. In the television series it is portrayed as a lawless Neutral Zone
  • Monroe Republic, a neo-feudal republic dictatorship ruled by Sebastian Monroe, which controlled the former Northeastern United States including Michigan, Wisconsin, most of Virginia, New Jersey, as well as a small part of Canada. The Republic's military, the Monroe Militia, enforces strict laws against citizens owning firearms, which are often punished by death
  • The Patriots are a neo-fascist, totalitarian, semi-Paramiltiary/Political group formed from the pre-blackout American government. Their "capital" was Guantánamo Bay before they returned to Washington D.C
  • Georgia Federation is a nation-state with a government largely modeled after pre-blackout America located in the former Dixie states. They have a high population and standard of living
  • Plains Nation, is dominated by Native American-like tribes after the blackout, whom circulate a specified territory in the Midwest. There are also many scattered settlements, though they are largely self-governed
  • Texas, a nation located in the former U.S. state of Texas, as well as former Mexican Territory, this nation's governance is mostly like that of pre-blackout America, and a high standard of living is enjoyed. While not as advanced as the Georgia Federation, it is stated to be more militarily capable, and the 'Texas Rangers' are served as the main military force. Whilst military and farming technology here is mundane, Texans show great architectural skill, and even have networked newspapers, most notably the Austin Star Times
  • California Commonwealth, a nation formed from the previous states of California, Oregon and Washington
  • Wasteland, an area shown on a map of the former continental U.S., it is likely that this area is a lawless region, rather than a political entity [4]
In the alternate history novel Russian Amerika by Stoney Compton, has 20th-century North America made up of several independent sovereign nations. The point of divergence is that the United States lost the Civil War with the Confederacy; and as a post-war consequence, the Union loses all ground west of the Mississippi River as American-claimed western lands secede from the Union:
  • The Atlantic Alliance, a nation created out from Washington D.C. and most others on the Eastern Seaboard that practice extensive high technology and cyborging to augment its citizens survival. Its capital is very implied be Washington D.C. itself, ruled by an unnamed Atlantican president whose anti-biotechnology policies spark the Second American Civil War in 2161
  • Republic of Pacifica, a nation created out from California and several other states on the Western Seaboard that practices extensive bioengineering to augment its citizens survival. Its capital is in San Francisco, it is ruled by General Nathan Sheridan, and its secession sparks the Second American Civil War in 2161

Caribbean

Central America

South America

Unspecified "Latin America" region

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