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|[[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]]
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|German
|Approximate meaning of "Mountain Fortress".
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|[[Birmingham]]
|English
|Named after the city of Birmingham, England.
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|[[Blackrock]]
|English
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackRock BlackRock, Inc.]
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|[[Camiseo]]
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|Chungunese Sultanate
|English
|Named after the perennial Reddit meme "Big Chungus".
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|Crystalis
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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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|Falkorst
|Scottish?
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|Flesh Hive
|English
|Meat
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|Fljora
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|Georgia
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|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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|Mercury
| Liyue Dynasty
|Greek
|Chinese
| Based off the entityGreek of the same name in thegod ChineseMercury, mobilefor gametrade "Genshinand Impact"commerce.
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|[[Lopreonia]]
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|Mery
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| Named after the country.
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|[[Myra]]
|Mondstadt
|Turkish/Greek
|German
|Named after Myra<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra</ref>, a settlement in Turkey prior to 2005.
| Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
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|Nassau
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|Japan
| Named for the Japanese city.
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|Otonabee
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|Pavia
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|Petrichor
|English
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|English
| Named after the U.S. state.
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| Roman Spanish Federation
|English
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|Rozia
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|S.C.U.M.
|English
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|Sovereign
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| 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}}
|Toontown
|None
|English
|Presumably named after the video game ''ToonTown''.
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|[[Holy Truidencian Empire]]
|English
| Cross between [[Imperial Truidence]] and the Holy Roman Empire.
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|[[Winterbourne]]
|English
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|Z'teppekhov Horde
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| Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston].
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|{{Flagicon|Columbia}} [[Columbia (CivRev)]]
|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|Latin
|Name taken from [[Columbia]].
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|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Italian
| Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
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|Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)
|English
|Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
| Named after the character Lola Bunny.
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|{{flag|Holy Shaded Empire}}
|[[São Tomé]]
|English
|Portugese
|Combination of the names of [[Holy Jaded Empire]] and the player [[Convoy|bonkill]].
| 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]
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|{{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].
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|[[Partyland 2: Oh God It's Back]]
|English
| Named after [[Partyland]] and based on the American tradition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video direct-to-video sequels].
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|[[Kenosha]]
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| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin Kenosha, Wisconsin].
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|Lambat (CivRev)
|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|Italian
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
| Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
|-
|Lusitania (CivRev)
|Latin
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
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|[[Numenor]]
|High Elvish
|Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|{{flag|Holy Shaded Empire}}
|English
|Combination of the names of [[Holy Jaded Empire]] and the player [[Convoy|bonkill]].
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|{{Flagicon|Columbia}} [[Columbia (CivRev)]]
|Latin
|Name taken from [[Columbia]].
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|{{Flagicon|Hyperborean Confederation}} [[Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev)]]
|Greek
| Named after the Continent of [[Hyperborea]], the Great North
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|[[Sovia (CivRev)|Free Territory of Sovia]]
|English
| Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
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|[[Narra]]
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|''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_indicus Pterocarpus indicus],'' national tree of the Philippines.
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|{{flag|Partyland 2}}
|Lambat (CivRev)
|English
|Tagalog (Filipino)
| Named after [[Partyland]] and based on the American tradition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video direct-to-video sequels].
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
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|[[Rizalia]] (CivRev 2.0)
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| Named after Jose Rizal, Filipino author, ophthalmologist, and polymath executed by Spain, sparking the Philippine revolution. The surname of Rizal is of Spanish origin.
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|[[Sovia (CivRev)|Free Territory of Sovia]]
|Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)
|English
| Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
|Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
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|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|English
| Named after the character Lola Bunny.
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|[[São Tomé]]
|Lusitania (CivRev)
|Portuguese
|Latin
| 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]
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
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|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]"
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|[[Varathia]]
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|Based on [https://magium.fandom.com/wiki/Varathia "Varathia"] from the Text RPG Magium
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|{{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"''
 
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!Notes
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|{{flag|ColumbiaAcadia}}
|French
|Latin
|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.
| 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]
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|{{flag|Imperial TruidenceAdina}}
|Tahar
|English
| Means 'heaven' in the [[Adina]] conlang.
| Named by a random name generator.
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|[[Äggland]]
|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|Swedish
|English
|Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
| Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
|-
|{{flag|PacemAmyr}}
|None
|Latin
| Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
|-
|{{flag|HjaltlandAtlantis}}
|Greek
|Old Norse
 
| Comes from the Old Norse name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland The Shetland Islands]
|Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
|-
|{{flag|GensokyoAstonia}}
|English
|Japanese
|Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
| 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|AcadiaBatavia}}
|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.
| 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.
|-
|[[Boatmurdered]]
|{{flag|City of England}}
|English
| Comes from the name of thea countryfamous let's play of England''Dwarf Fortress''.
|-
|[[Buckeye]]
|{{flag|Astonia}}
|English
|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
| Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
|-
|{{flag|SPQRCaledonia}}
|Latin
|Roman name for Scotland.
| Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
|-
|{{flag|MythrilCapeland}}
|English
|Sindarin
|Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
| Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|[[Christopia]]
|{{flag|Adina}}
|English
|Tahar
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
| Means 'heaven' in the [[Adina]] conlang.
|-
|{{flag|SussexColumbia}}
|Latin
|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|Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate}}
|English
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
| Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
|-
|{{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}}
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|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
|-
|{{flag|LambatImperial (CivClassicFederation 2.0)of Eddie Murphy}}
|English
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|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].
|Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
|-
|{{flag|Nro'Meagh}}
|[[Jevokro'uv]]
|Translates roughly to "highland villages" in [[Nro'Meagh]]ev conlang.
|-
|{{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.
|-
|{{flag|MountCity Septemberof England}}
|English
|Named after the viral 2017 meme [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/england-is-my-city England Is My City].
|[[Mount Augusta]] plus one month.
|-
|{{flag|ConfederationKingdom of Socialist AugustaFish}}
|English
|You should be able to solve this.
|Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
|-
|[[Frostwall]]
|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
|-
|{{flag|Gabon}}
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|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon the country].
|-
|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)Gensokyo}}
|Japanese
|Latin
|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".
| 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|JolingtonGigachadtopia}}
|English
|Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
|Combination of the name of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Arlington, Texas].
|-
|{{flag|IceniaGondolin}}
|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|NyasalandJolington}}
|English
| ComesCombination fromof the name of a[[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NyasalandArlington,_Texas British colony] that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for [https://rezero.fandom.com/wiki/FerrisArlington, cat"girl"sTexas].
|-
|{{flag|YoahtlKallos}}
|None
|Nahuatl
|Deliberately made up.
|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>
|-
|{{flag|AtlantisKaltsburg}}
|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.
 
| Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
|-
|{{flag|TierraLambat de(CivClassic Conciencia2.0)|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.
|Means 'land of conscience'.
|-
|{{flag|Mount September}}
|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
|[[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] plus one month.
| Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
|-
|[[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]
|[[Thalassocracy]]
|English
|Greek
|
| Means 'Maritime Empire'.
|-
|{{flag|Mythril}}
|[[Vítelia|Vitelia]]
|Sindarin
|Oscan
|Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission.
|-
|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
|[[Rowa]]
|English
|Russian
|Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
| Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
|-
|{{flag|KrowatiaNro'Meagh}}
|[[Jevokro'uv]]
|Russian
|Translates roughly to "highland villages" in [[Nro'Meagh]]ev conlang.
| Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
|-
|[[Nudist Beach]]
|English
| Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime ''Kill La Kill''.
|-
|{{flag|Nyasaland}}
|[[Boatmurdered]]
|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].
| Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
|-
|[[ChristopiaOssenkirch]]
|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|Pacem}}
|Latin
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
|-
|{{flag|Partyland}}
|English
|Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
|-
|[[Piltover]]
|{{flag|Varkonia}}
|English?
|None
| Named after thea town in League playerof [[Varkanos]]Legends.
|-
|[[KallosPogland]]
|None
| Named after the PogChamp emote on [https://Twitch.tv Twitch.tv].
|Deliberately made up.
|-
|[[Potatoeland]]
|{{flag|Caledonia}}
|English?
|Latin
| Named after player [[CommradePotatoe]].
| Roman name for Scotland.
|-
|[[Risk Republic]]
|[[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate]]
|English
|Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
|-
|[[MonterreyRowa]]
|Russian
|Spanish
| Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
|-
|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|[[Veldt]]
|English
|Dutch
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
| Named after a type of biome common in southern Africa.
|-
|{{flag|Southshire}}
|[[Batavia]]
|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)
|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
|-
|{{flag|Sussex}}
|[[Äggland]]
|English
|Swedish
|Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
| Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
|-
|[[Shrimptopia]]
|{{flag|Southshire}}
|English
|Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
| Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
|-
|[[Thalassocracy]]
|{{flag|Capeland}}
|Greek
|Means 'Maritime Empire'.
|-
|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|Spanish
|Means 'land of conscience'.
|-
|[[Riverland]]
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
| Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
|-
|{{flag|GondolinVarkonia}}
|None
|Sindarin
|Named after the player [[Varkanos]].
| Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
|-
|{{flag|LaconiaVeldt}}
|Dutch
|Greek
|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].
| Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
|-
|{{flag|Verda}}
|[[Mauritanië]]
|English
|French
|From the word "Verdant".
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
|-
|{{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]]
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|German for "clouds". Presumably named after its location in a highland region.
|-
|{{flag|Yoahtl}}
|[[Kingdom of Fish]]
| 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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|You should be able to solve this.
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|Bohemia
|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
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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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|Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
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|Cian
|{{flag|Kaltsburg}}
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|German
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|Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
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|Claytican
|{{flag|Lumière}}
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|French
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|French for "light".
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|Cuba
|[[Shrimptopia]]
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|[[Commonwealth (2.0)|Commonwealth]]
|English
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| Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
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|Defem
|[[Pogland]]
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|None
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| Named after the PogChamp emote on [https://Twitch.tv Twitch.tv].
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|Donetsk
|[[Buckeye]]
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|Eclipse
|English
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|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
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|Epicus
|[[Gempire]]
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|Eros Varos
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|Eterna
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|Federal Assembly
|English
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|Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
|-
|[[FrostwallFellowship]]
|English
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|Fourty-Two
|English
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|Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
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|[[Federal Socialist Republics]]
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|Freedom
|[[Partyland]]
|English
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|Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
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|Gardizona
|[[Ossenkirch]]
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|German/Russian
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|The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche).
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|[[RiverlandGarundistan]]
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|[[Gensokyo]]
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|Goodsprings
|English
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|Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
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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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|Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
|-
|Monaco
|[[Piltover]]
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|English?
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| Named after a town in League of Legends.
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|[[Mount Augusta (Civcraft 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]
|[[Eddie Murphy]]
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|New Augusta
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|[[New Brynley]]
|English
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| 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].
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|New Covenant
|[[Amyr]]
|English
|None
|
| Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
|-
|[[PotatoelandNew Leningrad]]
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|English?
|
| Named after player [[CommradePotatoe]].
|-
|[[File:NDZflag.png|22px]] [[New Danzilona]]
|[[Okashima]]
|Slavic/German
|Japanese
|Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
| 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>
|New Sayvard
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|Newtro
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|Nexus
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|Nine
|[[Sovia]]
|English
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|From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
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|[[Nox (Civcraft 2.0)|Nox]]
|[[Verda]]
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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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|From the word "Verdant".
|}
 
==[[Civcraft]] Nations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes
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|Remnant
|[[File:NDZflag.png|22px]] [[New Danzilona]]
|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
|-
|[[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
|
| Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
|-
|Western Empire
|
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|-
|Zixusa
|
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