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|Japan
| Named for the Japanese city.
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|Pavia
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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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|{{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.
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|{{flag|Adina}}
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|[[Äggland]]
|Swedish
| Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
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|{{flag|Amyr}}
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|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]
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|{{flag|Batavia}}
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|{{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.
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|[[Boatmurdered]]
|English
| Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''.
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|[[Buckeye]]
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|{{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
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|{{flag|Columbia}}
|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]
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|{{flag|Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate}}
|English
|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
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|{{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
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|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
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|{{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].
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|{{flag|City of England}}
|English
| Named after the viral 2017 meme [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/england-is-my-city England Is My City].
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|{{flag|Kingdom of Fish}}
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|{{flag|Gensokyo}}
|Japanese
| 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".
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|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|English
| Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
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|{{flag|Gondolin}}
|Sindarin
| Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
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|[[Gempire]]
| English
|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|Hjaltland}}
|Old Norse
| Comes from the Old Norse name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland The Shetland Islands]
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|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|English
| Named by a random name generator.
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|{{flag|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>
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|{{flag|Jolington}}
|English
| Combination of the name of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Arlington, Texas].
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|{{flag|Kallos}}
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|{{flag|Krowatia}}
|Russian
| Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
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|{{flag|Laconia}}
|Greek
| Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
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|{{flag|Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)}}
| Tagalog (Filipino)
| Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
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|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|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.
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|{{flag|Lumière}}
| French
|French for "light".
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|[[Mauritanië]]
|French
| Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania].
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|{{flag|Mir}}
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|{{flag|Mythril}}
|Sindarin
| Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
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|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
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|[[Nudist Beach]]
|English
| Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime ''Kill La Kill''.
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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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|[[Ossenkirch]]
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|{{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>
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|[[Piltover]]
|English?
| Named after a town in League of Legends.
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|[[Pogland]]
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|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
| Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
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|[[Rowa]]
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| Rowa, or ''Гоша'' comes from the russian fashion designer ''Gosha Rubchinskiy''. (Гоша Рубчинский)
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|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|English
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
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|{{flag|Southshire}}
|English
| Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
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|{{flag|Sovia}}
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|{{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.
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|[[Shrimptopia]]
|English
| Named after its founder, [[WimpyShrimp]].
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|[[Thalassocracy]]
|Greek
| Means 'Maritime Empire'.
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|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|Spanish
|Means 'land of conscience'.
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|[[Riverland]]
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|{{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].
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|{{flag|Verda}}
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|{{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
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|[[Fellowship]]
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|Isle of Arran
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|Jericho
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|Kaiserinreich
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|Kolima
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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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|Skywatch
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