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| Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
| Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
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|[[Lopreonia]]
|{{Flag|Mercury}}
|Middle English
|Greek
|Founder used [https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ Fantasy Name Generator] and picked it.
|Based off the Greek god Mercury, for trade and commerce.
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|Mery
|Mery
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|Monaco
|Monaco
|French
|French
|Named after the country.
| Named after the country.
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|Mondstadt
|Mondstadt
| German
|German
|Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
| Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
|-
|-
|Nassau
|Nassau
|German
|German
|Named after the capitol city of The Bahamas.
| Named after the capitol city of The Bahamas.
|-
|-
|Nara
|Nara
|Japan
|Japan
|Named for the Japanese city.
| Named for the Japanese city.
|-
|-
|Otonabee
|Otonabee
|
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| Pavia
|Pavia
|Italian
|Italian
|Named for the Italian town.
| Named for the Italian town.
|-
|-
|Petrichor
|Petrichor
|English
|English
|
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| Rhode Island
| Rhode Island
|English
|English
|Named after the U.S. state.
| Named after the U.S. state.
|-
|-
|Roman Spanish Federation
| Roman Spanish Federation
|English
|English
|
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|-
|-
| Rozia
|Rozia
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|-
| S.C.U.M.
|S.C.U.M.
|English
|English
|
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| Titan
|Titan
|Greek
|Greek
|Named after the Titans.
| Named after the Titans.
|-
|-
|[[The State]]
|[[The State]]
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|[[Holy Truidencian Empire]]
|[[Holy Truidencian Empire]]
|English
|English
|Cross between [[Imperial Truidence]] and the Holy Roman Empire.
| Cross between [[Imperial Truidence]] and the Holy Roman Empire.
|-
|-
|[[Winterbourne]]
|[[Winterbourne]]
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|{{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Astonia (CivRev)]]
|{{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Astonia (CivRev)]]
|English
|English
|Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston].
| Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston].
|-
|-
|Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)
|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|English
|English
|Named after the character Lola Bunny.
|Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
|-
|[[São Tomé]]
|Portugese
|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]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Icarus}}
|{{flag|Icarus}}
|Greek
|Greek
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus a legendary Greek hero].
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus a legendary Greek hero].
|-
|{{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].
|-
|-
|[[Kenosha]]
|[[Kenosha]]
|Potawatomi<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenosha</ref>
|Potawatomi<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenosha</ref>
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin Kenosha, Wisconsin].
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin Kenosha, Wisconsin].
|-
|-
|Lambat (CivRev)
|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|Italian
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
|Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
|-
|{{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].
|-
|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Italian
| Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
|-
|-
|[[Numenor]]
|[[Numenor]]
| High Elvish
|High Elvish
|Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Hyperborean Confederation}} [[Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev)]]
|{{Flagicon|Hyperborean Confederation}} [[Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev)]]
| Greek
|Greek
|Named after the Continent of [[Hyperborea]], the Great North
| Named after the Continent of [[Hyperborea]], the Great North
|-
|-
|[[Sovia (CivRev)|Free Territory of Sovia]]
|[[Sovia (CivRev)|Free Territory of Sovia]]
|English
|English
|Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
| Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
|-
|-
|[[Narra]]
|[[Narra]]
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_indicus Pterocarpus indicus],'' national tree of the Philippines.
|''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_indicus Pterocarpus indicus],'' national tree of the Philippines.
|-
|-
|Lambat (CivRev)
|Lusitania (CivRev)
|Latin
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
|CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
|-
|-
|[[Rizalia]] (CivRev 2.0)
|[[Rizalia]] (CivRev 2.0)
|Filipino
|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.
| Named after Jose Rizal, Filipino author, ophthalmologist, and polymath executed by Spain, sparking the Philippine revolution. The surname of Rizal is of Spanish origin.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)
|English
|English
| Named after the character Lola Bunny.
|Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
|-
|-
|[[São Tomé]]
|Lusitania (CivRev)
|Portugese
|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.
|}
|}


==[[CivRealms]] Nations ==
==[[CivRealms]] Nations==
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|[[Norlund]]
|[[Norlund]]
|Debated
|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]"
|"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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|}
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!Notes
!Notes
|-
|-
|{{flag|Columbia}}
|{{flag|Acadia}}
|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]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|{{flag|Adina}}
|Tahar
|English
| Means 'heaven' in the [[Adina]] conlang.
|Named by a random name generator.
|-
|-
|[[Äggland]]
|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|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
|-
|{{flag|Atlantis}}
|Greek

| Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
|-
|{{flag|Astonia}}
|English
|English
| Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
|Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
|-
|-
|{{flag|Pacem}}
|{{flag|Batavia}}
|Latin
|Latin
|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Hjaltland}}
|{{flag|Beretia}}
|French
|Old Norse
| 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 the Old Norse name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland The Shetland Islands]
|-
|-
|[[Boatmurdered]]
|{{flag|Gensokyo}}
|English
|Japanese
| Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
|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".
|-
|-
|[[Buckeye]]
|{{flag|Acadia}}
|English
|French
|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
|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|City of England}}
|{{flag|Caledonia}}
|Latin
| Roman name for Scotland.
|-
|{{flag|Capeland}}
|English
|English
| Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
|Named after the viral 2017 meme [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/england-is-my-city England Is My City].
|-
|-
|[[Christopia]]
|{{flag|Astonia}}
|English
|English
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
|Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
|-
|-
|{{flag|SPQR}}
|{{flag|Columbia}}
|Latin
|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]
|Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
|-
|-
|{{flag|Mythril}}
|{{flag|Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate}}
|English
|Sindarin
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
|Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Adina}}
|{{flag|Confederation of Socialist Augusta}}
|English
|Tahar
|Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
| Means 'heaven' in the [[Adina]] conlang.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Sussex}}
|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
| English
|Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
|-
|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
|Spanish
|Spanish
|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
|-
|-
|{{flag|Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|{{flag|Imperial Federation 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}}
|{{flag|City of England}}
|[[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|Mount September}}
|English
|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|Confederation of Socialist Augusta}}
|{{flag|Kingdom of Fish}}
|English
|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
|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}}
|{{flag|Gabon}}
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|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon the country].
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon the country].
|-
|-
|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|{{flag|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|Jolington}}
|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|English
|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|Icenia}}
|{{flag|Gondolin}}
|Sindarin
| 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>
| Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
|-
|-
|[[Gempire]]
|{{flag|Nyasaland}}
|English
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
|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].
|-
|-
|{{flag|Yoahtl}}
|{{flag|Hjaltland}}
|Old Norse
|Nahuatl
| Comes from the Old Norse name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland The Shetland Islands]
|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|Atlantis}}
|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|English
|Greek
| Named by a random name generator.

|Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|{{flag|Icenia}}
|Latin
|Spanish
| 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>
|Means 'land of conscience'.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Jolington}}
|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
|English
|Combination of the name of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Arlington, Texas].
|Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Kallos}}
|[[Thalassocracy]]
|None
|Greek
|Deliberately made up.
|Means 'Maritime Empire'.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Vitelia}}
|{{flag|Kaltsburg}}
|German
|Oscan
|Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
|The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission.
|-
|[[Rowa]]
|Russian
|Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
|-
|-
|{{flag|Krowatia}}
|{{flag|Krowatia}}
|Russian
|Russian
|Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
| Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Laconia}}
|[[Nudist Beach]]
|Greek
|English
| Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
|Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime ''Kill La Kill''.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|[[Boatmurdered]]
|Tagalog (Filipino)
| English
|Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
|Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|[[Christopia]]
|Latin
| English
| 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.
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
|-
|-
|{{flag|Varkonia}}
|{{flag|Lumière}}
|French
|None
|French for "light".
| Named after the player [[Varkanos]].
|-
|-
|[[Mauritanië]]
|{{flag|Kallos}}
|French
|None
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
|Deliberately made up.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Caledonia}}
|{{flag|Mir}}
|Russian
|Latin
|Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
| Roman name for Scotland.
|-
|{{flag|Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate}}
|English
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
|-
|-
|{{flag|Monterrey}}
|{{flag|Monterrey}}
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|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Veldt}}
|{{flag|Mount September}}
|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|Batavia}}
|Latin
|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
|-
|[[Äggland]]
|Swedish
|Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
|-
|{{flag|Southshire}}
|English
|English
|[[Mount Augusta]] plus one month.
|Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
|-
|-
|[[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]
|{{flag|Capeland}}
|English
|English
|
|Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Gondolin}}
|{{flag|Mythril}}
|Sindarin
|Sindarin
| Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
| Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
|-
|-
|{{flag|Laconia}}
|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
|English
|Greek
|Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
|Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Nro'Meagh}}
|[[Mauritanië]]
|[[Jevokro'uv]]
| French
|Translates roughly to "highland villages" in [[Nro'Meagh]]ev conlang.
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
|-
|-
|[[Wolken]]
|[[Nudist Beach]]
|English
|German
| Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime ''Kill La Kill''.
|German for "clouds". Presumably named after its location in a highland region.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Kingdom of Fish}}
|{{flag|Nyasaland}}
|English
|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].
|You should be able to solve this.
|-
|-
|[[Ossenkirch]]
|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
|German/Russian
| English
|The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche).
| Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
|-
|-
|{{flag|Kaltsburg}}
|{{flag|Okashima}}
|Japanese
|German
| 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
|Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
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|Lumière}}
|{{flag|Pacem}}
|Latin
|French
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
|French for "light".
|-
|-
|{{flag|Partyland}}
|[[Shrimptopia]]
|English
|English
|Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
|Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
|-
|[[Piltover]]
|English?
| Named after a town in League of Legends.
|-
|-
|[[Pogland]]
|[[Pogland]]
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| Named after the PogChamp emote on [https://Twitch.tv Twitch.tv].
| Named after the PogChamp emote on [https://Twitch.tv Twitch.tv].
|-
|-
|[[Buckeye]]
|[[Potatoeland]]
|English?
| Named after player [[CommradePotatoe]].
|-
|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
|English
|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
| Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
|-
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|[[Gempire]]
|[[Rowa]]
|Russian
| Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
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|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|English
|English
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
|Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
|-
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|{{flag|Southshire}}
|[[Frostwall]]
| English
|English
| Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
| Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Partyland}}
|{{flag|Sovia}}
| English
|English
|From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
|Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
|-
|-
|{{flag|SPQR}}
|[[Ossenkirch]]
|Latin
|German/Russian
|The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche).
| Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
|-
|-
|{{flag|Sussex}}
|[[Riverland]]
|English
|English
| Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
|Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
|-
|-
|[[Shrimptopia]]
|{{flag|Mir}}
|English
| Russian
| Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
|Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
|-
|-
|[[Piltover]]
|[[Thalassocracy]]
|Greek
|English?
| Means 'Maritime Empire'.
|Named after a town in League of Legends.
|-
|-
|{{flag|Imperial Federation of Eddie Murphy}}
|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|Spanish
|Means 'land of conscience'.
|-
|[[Riverland]]
|English
|English
|Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
|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|Amyr}}
|{{flag|Varkonia}}
|None
|None
| Named after the player [[Varkanos]].
|Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
|-
|-
|{{flag|Veldt}}
|[[Potatoeland]]
|Dutch
| English?
| 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 player [[CommradePotatoe]].
|-
|-
|{{flag|Okashima}}
|{{flag|Verda}}
|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|Sovia}}
|English
|English
|From the word "Verdant".
|From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
|-
|-
|{{flag|Verda}}
|{{flag|Vitelia}}
|Oscan
|English
|The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission.
| From the word "Verdant".
|-
|[[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>
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|Grundeswald
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|Hjaltland
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|Icenia
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|Iria
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|Isle of Arran
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|Lio
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|Loveshack
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|New Brynley
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|[[File:NDZflag.png|22px]] [[New Danzilona]]
|[[File:NDZflag.png|22px]] [[New Danzilona]]
|Slavic/German
|Slavic/German
|Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
| Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band) Danzig]
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|Nine
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|Nox
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|Orion
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Revision as of 02:14, 16 April 2022

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

Country Name Language of Origin Notes
Augusta
 Bergburg German Approximate meaning of "Mountain Fortress".
Birmingham English Named after the city of Birmingham, England.
Blackrock English Named after BlackRock, Inc.
Camiseo
Chungunese Sultanate English Named after the perennial Reddit meme "Big Chungus".
Crystalis
Dalgon
Danzilona Slavic/German Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band Danzig
Deriykosa
Doom City English Named after Mount Doom.
Falkorst Scottish?
Flesh Hive English Meat
Fljora Scandinavian
Georgia
Grand Imperium English
Griffin Greek Named after the mythological bird.
Icenia
Ila'Kyavul Conlang
IMC
Knights of Lawton English
Krohil Conlang Literally means 'River Clan' from the river that was the epicenter of said nation during ancient times
 境界の西部共和国 Japanese Means "Boundary Western Republic".
Leibniz Confederation German
Liyue Dynasty Chinese Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
Lopreonia Middle English Founder used Fantasy Name Generator and picked it.
Mery
Mikasi
Monaco French Named after the country.
Mondstadt German Based off the entity of the same name in the Chinese mobile game "Genshin Impact".
Nassau German Named after the capitol city of The Bahamas.
Nara Japan Named for the Japanese city.
Otonabee
Pavia Italian Named for the Italian town.
Petrichor English
Potistani Host
Rhode Island English Named after the U.S. state.
Roman Spanish Federation English
Rozia
S.C.U.M. English
Sovereign English Presumably named after a head of state, or a ruler.
Tenants' Toil English
Titan Greek Named after the Titans.
The State English Named after the concept of geopoltical entities.
Toontown English Presumably named after the video game ToonTown.
Holy Truidencian Empire English Cross between Imperial Truidence and the Holy Roman Empire.
Winterbourne English
Z'teppekhov Horde Cyrillic?

CivRev Nations

Country Name Language of Origin Notes
Astonia Astonia (CivRev) English Comes from the English region of Aston.
Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0) English Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
 Icarus Greek Named after a legendary Greek hero.
Kenosha Potawatomi[1] Named after Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Lambat (CivRev) Tagalog (Filipino) CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
 Partyland 2 English Named after Partyland and based on the American tradition of direct-to-video sequels.
 Fortuna Italian Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
Numenor High Elvish Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
 Holy Shaded Empire English Combination of the names of Holy Jaded Empire and the player bonkill.
Columbia Columbia (CivRev) Latin Name taken from Columbia.
Hyperborean Confederation Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev) Greek Named after the Continent of Hyperborea, the Great North
Free Territory of Sovia English Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
Narra Tagalog (Filipino) Pterocarpus indicus, national tree of the Philippines.
Lusitania (CivRev) Latin CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
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.
 Saint Lola English Named after the character Lola Bunny.
São Tomé Portugese Named after an island that makes up part of the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe

CivRealms Nations

Country Name Language of Origin Notes
Norlund Debated "Nor-" could derive from proto-germanic "north": "nurþrą" and "-lund" either from proto-germanic "land": "landą" or old-norse "grove": "lundr"

CivClassic 2.0 Nations

Country Name Language of Origin Notes
 Acadia French Comes from a name for a region in Canada that once hosted French settlers, that were later expelled during the Seven Years' War.
 Adina Tahar Means 'heaven' in the Adina conlang.
Äggland Swedish Named after Agania. Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
 Amyr None Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
 Atlantis Greek Comes from the writings of Plato.
 Astonia English Comes from the English region of Aston
 Batavia Latin Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
 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.
 Caledonia Latin Roman name for Scotland.
 Capeland English Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
Christopia English Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
 Columbia Latin There is one country, one Canadian province, and one U.S federal district named Columbia. The name comes from a Latin feminized form of the name Christopher Columbus
 Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate English Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
 Confederation of Socialist Augusta English Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region)
 Cortesia Del Mar Spanish Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
 Imperial Federation of Eddie Murphy English Named after the actor Eddie Murphy, known for such movies as Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop.
 City of England English Named after the viral 2017 meme England Is My City.
 Kingdom of Fish English You should be able to solve this.
Frostwall English Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
 Gabon French Named after the country.
 Gensokyo Japanese Comes from the name of the primary setting of Touhou Project. Gensokyo is variously translated as "Lotus Land", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland".
 Gigachadtopia English Named after Gigachad.
 Gondolin Sindarin Named after the city of Gondolin in The Silmarillion.
Gempire English Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
 Hjaltland Old Norse Comes from the Old Norse name for The Shetland Islands
 Imperial Truidence English Named by a random name generator.
 Icenia Latin Named after the Iceni tribe of Roman Britain.[2]
 Jolington English Combination of the name of SinjoroJoCrafter and Arlington, Texas.
 Kallos None Deliberately made up.
 Kaltsburg German Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
 Krowatia Russian Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
 Laconia Greek Named after a region of Greece that the city of Sparta resided in.
 Lambat (CivClassic 2.0) Tagalog (Filipino) Translates to "fishing net", in an undisclosed reference.
 Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0) Latin Named after an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal due to it's heavy basis on Portuguese customs.
 Lumière French French for "light".
Mauritanië French Named after Mauritania.
 Mir Russian Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
 Monterrey Spanish Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
 Mount September English Mount Augusta plus one month.
Mount Augusta English
 Mythril Sindarin Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
 Nipplerock English Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on Civcraft.
 Nro'Meagh Jevokro'uv Translates roughly to "highland villages" in Nro'Meaghev conlang.
Nudist Beach English Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime Kill La Kill.
 Nyasaland English Comes from the name of a British colony that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for 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).
 Okashima Japanese Named by Neosaur after the words "Tree" and "Island" in japanese[3]
 Pacem Latin Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
 Partyland 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 Twitch.tv.
Potatoeland English? Named after player CommradePotatoe.
Risk Republic English Named after the Roblox group 'Risk Universalis'.
Rowa Russian Rowa, or Гоша comes from the russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinskiy. (Гоша Рубчинский)
 South Augusta English Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region)
 Southshire English Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of The Commonwealth.
 Sovia English From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
 SPQR Latin Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
 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.
Thalassocracy Greek Means 'Maritime Empire'.
 Tierra de Conciencia Spanish Means 'land of conscience'.
Riverland English Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
 Varkonia None Named after the player Varkanos.
 Veldt Dutch Named after the book of the same name by Ray Bradbury, which the founder was inspired to read after listening to the song The Veldt.
 Verda English From the word "Verdant".
 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.
 Yoahtl Nahuatl Roughly translates to "noble struggle" or "great war" in Nahuatl.[4]

Civcraft Nations

Country Name Language of Origin Notes
Aurora
Aytos
Carbon
Carson
Chanada
Commonwealth
Fellowship
Gensokyo
Grundeswald
Hjaltland
Icenia
Iria
Isle of Arran
Lio
Loveshack
New Brynley
New Leningrad
New Danzilona Slavic/German Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band Danzig
Nine
Nox
Orion
Ravenport
Remnant
Little Latvia
Saraliana
Tropica
Volterra
Xia
  1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenosha
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IcenianHistory/comments/dirrxj/on_the_origin_and_name_of_icenia/
  3. ↑ NeoTide (February 6th, 2022). “if anyone's adding to it, Okashima was named for the words "Tree" and "island" in japanese i think i came up with it” – via Discord (#marketplace-of-shuba). Yoahtl. Retrieved February 6th, 2022.
  4. ↑ Im sorry bg (February 6th, 2022). “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” – via Discord (#marketplace-of-shuba). Yoahtl. Retrieved February 6th, 2022.
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