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|{{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.]
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|Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
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|[[Christopia]]
|English
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
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|{{flag|Varkonia}}▼
|None
|Named after the player [[Varkanos]].
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|[[Kallos]]
|None
|Deliberately made up.
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|[[Caledonia]]
|Latin
|Roman name for Ireland.
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|[[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate]]
|English
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
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|[[Monterrey]]
|Spanish
|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
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|[[Veldt]]
|Dutch
|Named after a type of biome common in southern Africa.
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|[[Batavia]]
|Latin
|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
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|[[Nya-Äggland]]
|Swedish
|Named for [[Agania]].
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|[[Southshire]]
|English
|Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
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|[[Capeland]]
|English
|Named in honor of it's main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
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|[[Gondolin]]
|LotR nerds fill this out
|Named after the historical city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
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|[[Laconia]]
|Greek
|Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta recided in.
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|[[Mauritanië]]
|French
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
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|[[Wolken]]
|German
|German for "clouds". Presumably named after it's location in a highland region.
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