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This is a list of nations by the origin of their names. This list is in progress, and needs to be improved with more information about different Civ Servers.
== [[CivMC]] Nations ==
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!Language of Origin
!Notes
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|[[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]]
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|{{Flag|Bergburg|name=Bergburg}}
|German
|Approximate meaning of "Mountain Fortress".
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|[[Camiseo]]
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|Crystalis
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|Dalgon
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|[[Free Danzilonan Republic|Danzilona]]
|Slavic/German
|Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
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|Deriykosa
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|Doom City
|English
|Named after Mount Doom.
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|Falkorst
|Scottish?
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|[[Grand Imperium]]
|English
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|[[Griffin]]
|Greek
|Named after the mythological bird.
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|{{flag|Hyperborean Confederation}}
|Greek
|Named after the mythical continent of the Great North
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|Icenia
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|Ila'Kyavul
|Conlang
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|IMC
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|Knights of Lawton
|English
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|Krohil
|Conlang
|Literally means 'River Clan' from the river that was the epicenter of said nation during ancient times
|-
|{{flag|境界の西部共和国}}
|Japanese
| Means "Boundary Western Republic".
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|Leibniz Confederation
|German
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|Mercury
|Greek
|Based off the Greek god Mercury, for trade and commerce.
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|Mery
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|Mikasi
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|Monaco
|French
| Named after the country.
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|[[Myra]]
|Turkish/Greek
|Named after Myra<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra</ref>, a settlement in Turkey prior to 2005.
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|Nassau
|German
| Named after the capitol city of The Bahamas.
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|Nara
|Japan
| Named for the Japanese city.
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|Pavia
|Italian
| Named for the Italian town.
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|Petrichor
|English
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|[[The Potistani Host|Potistani Host]]
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| Rhode Island
|English
| Named after the U.S. state.
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|Rozia
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|Tenants' Toil
|English
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|Titan
|Greek
| Named after the Titans.
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|{{flag|The State}}
|English
| Named after the concept of geopoltical entities.
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|{{flag|Holy Truidencian Empire}}
|None
| Cross between [[Imperial Truidence]] and the Holy Roman Empire.
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|[[Winterbourne]]
|English
|
|}
==[[CivRev]] Nations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes
|-
|{{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Astonia (CivRev)]]
|English
| Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston].
|-
|{{Flagicon|Columbia}} [[Columbia (CivRev)]]
|Latin
|Name taken from [[Columbia]].
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|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Italian
| Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
|-
|Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)
|English
|Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
|-
|{{flag|Holy Shaded Empire}}
|English
|Combination of the names of [[Holy Jaded Empire]] and the player [[Convoy|bonkill]].
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hyperborean Confederation}} [[Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev)]]
|Greek
| Named after the Continent of [[Hyperborea]], the Great North
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|{{flag|Icarus}}
|Greek
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus a legendary Greek hero].
|-
|[[Kenosha]]
|Potawatomi<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenosha</ref>
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin Kenosha, Wisconsin].
|-
|Lambat (CivRev)
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
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|Lusitania (CivRev)
|Latin
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
|-
|[[Numenor]]
|High Elvish
|Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|[[Narra]]
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_indicus Pterocarpus indicus],'' national tree of the Philippines.
|-
|{{flag|Partyland 2}}
|English
| Named after [[Partyland]] and based on the American tradition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video direct-to-video sequels].
|-
|[[Rizalia]] (CivRev 2.0)
|Filipino
| Named after Jose Rizal, Filipino author, ophthalmologist, and polymath executed by Spain, sparking the Philippine revolution. The surname of Rizal is of Spanish origin.
|-
|[[Sovia (CivRev)|Free Territory of Sovia]]
|English
| Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
|-
|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|English
| Named after the character Lola Bunny.
|-
|[[São Tomé]]
|Portuguese
| Named after an island that makes up part of the nation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe São Tomé and Príncipe]
|}
==[[CivRealms]] Nations==
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes
|-
|[[Norlund]]
|Debated
|"Nor-" could derive from proto-germanic "north": "[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nur%C3%BEr%C4%85 nurþrą]" and "-lund" either from proto-germanic "land": "[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/land%C4%85 landą]" or old-norse "grove": "[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lundr#Old_Norse lundr]"
|-
|[[Varathia]]
|
|Based on [https://magium.fandom.com/wiki/Varathia "Varathia"] from the Text RPG Magium
|-
|{{flag|Otonabee}}
|Ojibwe
|Named after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otonabee_River Otonabee River] in Ontario, Canada. Named ''Odoonabii-ziibi'' in Ojibwe, for from the words ''ode'' which means "heart" and ''odemgat'' that comes from "boiling water". It translates into ''"the river that beats like a heart"''
|-
|}
==[[CivClassic|CivClassic 2.0]] Nations==
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes
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|{{flag|Acadia}}
|French
|Comes from a name for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia region in Canada] that once hosted French settlers, that were later expelled during the Seven Years' War.
|-
|{{flag|Adina}}
|Tahar
| Means 'heaven' in the [[Adina]] conlang.
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|[[Äggland]]
|Swedish
|Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
|-
|{{flag|Amyr}}
|None
| Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
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|{{flag|Atlantis}}
|Greek
|Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
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|{{flag|Astonia}}
|English
|Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
|-
|{{flag|Batavia}}
|Latin
|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
|-
|{{flag|Beretia}}
|French
|Named for [[Beretism]], the state religion, which was named after a youtuber named RedBeret, which is a combination of the English word Red, and the French word Beret.
|-
|[[Boatmurdered]]
|English
|Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
|-
|[[Buckeye]]
|English
|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
|-
|{{flag|Caledonia}}
|Latin
|Roman name for Scotland.
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|{{flag|Capeland}}
|English
|Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
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|[[Christopia]]
|English
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
|-
|{{flag|Columbia}}
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|There is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia one country], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia one Canadian province], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. one U.S federal district] named Columbia. The name comes from a Latin feminized form of the name [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus]
|-
|{{flag|
|English
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
|-
|{{flag|Confederation of Socialist Augusta}}
|English
|Ironically referring to the Confederate States of America, as well as describing its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]]). Further a
|-
|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
|Spanish
|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
|-
|{{flag|Imperial Federation of Eddie Murphy}}
|English
|Named after the actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy Eddie Murphy], known for such movies as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_to_America Coming to America] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Cop Beverly Hills Cop].
|-
|{{flag|City of England}}
|English
|Named after the viral 2017 meme [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/england-is-my-city England Is My City].
|-
|{{flag|Kingdom of Fish}}
|English
|You should be able to solve this.
|-
|[[Frostwall]]
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
|-
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|French
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon the country].
|-
|{{flag|Gensokyo}}
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|Comes from the name of [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Gensokyo the primary setting] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project ''Touhou Project'']. Gensokyo is variously translated as "[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lotus_Land_Story Lotus Land]", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland".
|-
|{{flag|
|English
|Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
|-
|{{flag|
|Sindarin
|Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
|-
|[[Gempire]]
| English
|Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
|-
|{{flag|Hjaltland}}
|Old Norse
|Comes from the Old Norse name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland The Shetland Islands]
|-
|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|None
|Named by a random name generator.
|-
|{{flag|Icenia (CivClassic 2.0)|name=Icenia}}
|Latin
|Named after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceni Iceni tribe] of Roman Britain.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IcenianHistory/comments/dirrxj/on_the_origin_and_name_of_icenia/</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Jolington}}
|English
| Combination of the name of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Arlington, Texas].
|-
|{{flag|
|None
|Deliberately made up.
|-
|{{flag|Kaltsburg}}
|German
|Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
|-
|{{flag|Krowatia}}
|Russian
|Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
|-
|{{flag|Laconia}}
|Greek
|Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
|-
|{{flag|Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)|name=Lambat}}
| Tagalog (Filipino)
| Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
|-
|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|name=Lusitania}}
|Latin
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal] due to it's heavy basis on Portuguese customs.
|-
|{{flag|Lumière}}
| French
|French for "light".
|-
|[[Mauritanië]]
|French
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
|-
|{{flag|Mir}}
|Russian
|Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
|-
|{{flag|Monterrey}}
|Spanish
|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
|-
|{{flag|Mount September}}
|English
|[[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] plus one month.
|-
|[[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]
|English
|
|-
|{{flag|Mythril}}
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|Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|{{flag|
|English
|Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
|-
|{{flag|
|[[Jevokro'uv]]
|Translates roughly to "highland villages" in [[Nro'Meagh]]ev conlang.
|-
|[[Nudist Beach]]
|English
|Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime ''Kill La Kill''.
|-
|{{flag|Nyasaland}}
|English
|Comes from the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland British colony] that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for [https://rezero.fandom.com/wiki/Ferris cat"girl"s].
|-
|[[Ossenkirch]]
|German/Russian
|The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche).
|-
|{{flag|Okashima}}
|Japanese
|Named by [[Neosaur]] after the words "Tree" and "Island" in japanese<ref>{{Cdisc|server=Yoahtl|channel=marketplace-of-shuba|sender=NeoTide|sender-link=Neosaur|text=if anyone's adding to it, Okashima was named for the words "Tree" and "island" in japanese
i think i came up with it|date=February 6th, 2022|access-date=February 6th, 2022|url=https://discord.com/channels/278045721742147586/670060843274338335/940023296819343390}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|
|Latin
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
|-
|{{flag|
|English
|Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
|-
|[[Piltover]]
|English?
|Named after a town in League of Legends.
|-
|[[Pogland]]
|None
| Named after the PogChamp emote on [https://Twitch.tv Twitch.tv].
|-
|[[Potatoeland]]
|English?
| Named after player [[CommradePotatoe]].
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|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
|Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
|-
|[[Rowa]]
|Russian
| Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
|-
|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|English
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
|-
|{{flag|Southshire}}
|English
|Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
|-
|{{flag|Sovia}}
|English
|From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
|-
|{{flag|SPQR}}
|Latin
|Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
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|{{flag|Sussex}}
|English
|Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
|-
|[[Shrimptopia]]
|English
|Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
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|[[Thalassocracy]]
|Greek
|Means 'Maritime Empire'.
|-
|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|Spanish
|Means 'land of conscience'.
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|[[Riverland]]
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
|-
|{{flag|Varkonia}}
|None
|Named after the player [[Varkanos]].
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|{{flag|Veldt}}
|Dutch
|Named after the book [https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/163728/The%20Veldt%20-%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf?sequence=1 of the same name] by Ray Bradbury, which the founder was inspired to read after listening to the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esYONwdKuw The Veldt].
|-
|{{flag|Verda}}
|English
|From the word "Verdant".
|-
|{{flag|Vitelia}}
|Oscan
|The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission.
|-
|[[Wolken]]
|German
|German for "clouds". Presumably named after its location in a highland region.
|-
|{{flag|Yoahtl}}
| Nahuatl
|Roughly translates to "noble struggle" or "great war" in Nahuatl.<ref>{{Cdisc|sender=Im sorry bg|sender-link=bgbba|date=February 6th, 2022|channel=marketplace-of-shuba|server=Yoahtl|text=Yoahtl roughly translates to ‘noble struggle’ or ‘great war’ in Nahuatl
It was named that by Eaohtl who was our leader on factions servers years ago
Because we were an Aztec war party|url=https://discord.com/channels/278045721742147586/670060843274338335/940022519795179530|access-date=February 6th, 2022}}</ref>
|}
==[[Civcraft]] Nations
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes
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|Abyssi
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|Abyssima
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|Named by combining the names of Abyssi and Kolima
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|Acacia
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|Aeon
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|Akihabara
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|Ancona
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|Aradesh
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|Arrakeen
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|Atlas
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|Atolia
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|[[Aurora (Civcraft 2.0)|Aurora]]
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|[[Aytos]]
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|Balkania
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|Beneshire
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|Blackcrown
|English
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|Bohemia
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|Brimstone
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|[[Bryn]]
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|Cairdeas
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|Caledonia
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|[[Carbon]]
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|[[Carson (Civcraft)|Carson]]
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|Catalonia
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|[[Centauri]]
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|Chanada
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|Chanos
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|Churchill
|English
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|Cian
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|Claytican
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|Cuba
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|[[Commonwealth (2.0)|Commonwealth]]
|English
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|Defem
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|Donetsk
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|Eclipse
|English
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|Epicus
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|Eros Varos
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|Eterna
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|Federal Assembly
|English
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|[[Fellowship]]
|English
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|Fourty-Two
|English
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|[[Federal Socialist Republics]]
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|Freedom
|English
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|Gardizona
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|[[Garundistan]]
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|[[Gensokyo]]
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|Goodsprings
|English
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|[[Grundeswald]]
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|Haven
|English
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|[[Hjaltland]]
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|Hobbiton
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|Holy Krautchan Empire
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|[[Holy Tree (Civcraft 2.0)|Holy Tree]]
|English
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|[[Icenia (Civcraft 2.0)|Icenia]]
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|Imperium
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|[[Iria]]
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|Isle of Arran
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|Istanbul
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|Jericho
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|Kaiserinreich
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|Kappi
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|Kolima
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|[[Lio]]
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|Little Latvia
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|[[Loveshack]]
|English
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|LSIF
|English
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|Lux Federation
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| Megaton
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|Metropolis
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|Minas Minas
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|[[Mir]]
|Russian
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|Monaco
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|[[Mount Augusta (Civcraft 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]
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|New Augusta
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|[[New Brynley]]
|English
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|New Covenant
|English
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|[[New Leningrad]]
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|[[File:NDZflag.png|22px]] [[New Danzilona]]
|Slavic/German
|Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
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|New Sayvard
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|Newtro
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|Nexus
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|Nine
|English
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|[[Nox (Civcraft 2.0)|Nox]]
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|Olympia
|Greek
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|[[Orion]]
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|[[Pellan Empire|Pella]]
|Greek
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|Pemberly
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|Petrania
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|Polska
|Polish
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|[[Volkstadt|Polynesia]]
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|Proletarskaya
|Russian
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|[[Prussia]]
|German
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|Quito
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|[[Ravenport]]
|English
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|Remnant
|English
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|Riverford
|English
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|Rosewall
|English
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|RSSR
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|Russian Federation
|Russian/English
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|Sandy Shores
|English
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|[[Saraliana]]
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|[[Savion]]
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|Shadap Gahar
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|Senntisten
|Hungarian
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|Silesia
|Slavic/German
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|Sky City
|English
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|Skywatch
|English
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|Spainland
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|Stoneburrow
|English
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|Suilven
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|[[Terminus]]
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|Thornia
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|Thule
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|Trenzalore
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|[[Tropica]]
|English
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|[[United Provinces of the Plus Plus|U3P]]
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|UIA
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|Ulaanbaatar
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|Vale
|English
|A product of Nexus renaming after bad PR under the former name
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|[[Valeaum]]
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|[[Valex]]
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|Vectoria
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|Venice
|Italian/English
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|Versailles
|French
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|Viridian
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|[[Volterra]]
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|[[Xia]]
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|Xiphias
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|[[Yoahtl]]
|Nahuatl
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|Waldenherz
|German
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|Western Empire
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|Zixusa
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