List of fictional African countries


This is a list of fictional countries that are set somewhere in the continent of Africa.

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  • Carbombya: A North African country mentioned in the Transformers series, ruled by "king of kings" Abdul Fakkadi as the "Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya". The portrayal of Arabs in the episode featuring Carbombya led Casey Kasem, who was Lebanese-American, to leave the original animated series.
  • Canaan: An African nation bordering Wakanda in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Claw Island: An African nation occupying the island of Madagascar as portrayed in a video by The Onion about the United States sending US$3 billion worth of aid to Andorra.
  • Clonka Minkus: An African country created by British animator David Firth for his series The News Hasn't Happened Yet.

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  • Federal Republic of South Africa: A South African state mentioned in the 1991 novel Vortex, by Larry Bond and Patrick Larkin. It is the successor state to the apartheid-era "Republic of South Africa" and is established after a civil war takes place in South Africa over the fate of apartheid in the early 1990s; its capital is Johannesburg after having been moved there from Pretoria due to the latter city's negative association with the apartheid regime and the subsequent civil war.

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  • Halwan: An African nation bordering Algeria and Libya in the Marvel Comics universe.

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Republic of the Jola: A country located in West Africa featured in the Hearts of Iron IV mod The New Order: Last Days of Europe.

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  • Ligeria: An African home of the agent Benjamin N’udu in the Canadian TV series InSecurity.
  • Logosia: An African country from the Mission: Impossible TV episode "The Crane".
  • Lombuanda: An independent white-supremacist African country on the Gulf of Guinea in the Mission: Impossible episode "The Diamond". Underdeveloped and densely forested, Lombuanda is ruled by French-speaking settlers who keep two million black citizens starved and without 'schools, hospitals, or any voice in government'. The title of prime minister is held by Hendrik Durvard, a despotic white Lombuandan who plans to use a 27,000-carat diamond to finance his seizure of tribal reserves.
  • Lyrobia: An African nation, ruled by Queen Tassara, in French/Canadian animated TV series Totally Spies! containing desert and rain forest environments, with an Arabic-inspired culture.
  • Lamumba: A country in the DC Comics universe. It first appeared in Doom Patrol #100, "The Fantastic Origin of Beast Boy".
  • North Limbawe and South Limbawe: Two independent African countries locked in a conflict to control prized oil fields that run along their borders. The countries are appear in the Airwolf episode "And They Are Us". The Airwolf team Dominic and String are sent to North Limbawe to aid the North Limbawean leader Seku Logana, only to discover Logana's part in the conflict is more complex than previously thought.

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  • Makeba: An African country from TV Series Without a Trace.
  • Malagawi: An African country in le Professionnel, film by Georges Lautner starring Jean-Paul Belmondo.
  • Matobo: A state based on Zimbabwe, from the 2005 film The Interpreter. "Matobo" is also used briefly in 24: Redemption in a scene where an international videoconference takes place and on 24 (season 7), where Ule Matobo is a former president of Sangala, the fictional African nation. The nation was also used as the setting for the Swedish film Morgan Pålsson - världsreporter, but spelled with an accent, Matóbo.
  • Maurania: An African country in Paradise video game. Its name might be based on the real-life Saharan country of Mauritania.
  • Mbangawi: An African country located between Tanzania and Kenya in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Mohannda: A country bordering Wakanda and Zwartheid in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Moloni Republic: Southern African country from the video game Metal Gear Acid.
  • Mombaka: An African country featured in the films Red Scorpion and Jagga Jasoos.
  • Mumbambu: An African nation occupying the Central and East region as portrayed in a video by The Onion about the United States sending US$3 billion worth of aid to Andorra as it was believed to be south of Mumbambu in Africa, not Europe.
  • Murkatesh: Country bordering Algeria and Nigeria in the Marvel Comics universe.

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  • Republic of West Africa: Highlighted in the episode 6 of season 1 of Madam Secretary, the Republic of West Africa is lodged in between Gabon and Cameroon and is said to be ruled by a military junta following a coup. In the context of the episode, the ruling council of the RWA is aiming to commit ethnic cleansing against the Beko people, marching on the city of "St. Juste", one of the Beko peoples' primary population centres. The North and Interior of the RWA are said to be ruled by warlords armed with "RPGs and Machine Guns". One of the official languages of the RWA is French, although some of the Beko people are noted to speak Igbo. It is also implied that a heavy number of the Beko people within the RWA follow the Christian faith, primarily Roman Catholicism.
  • Rudyarda: Small African nation north of Wakanda in the Marvel Comics universe.

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  • Ujanka: Fictional country located near Wakanda and Lake Turkana in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Umbazi: A country from in the Marvel Comics universe. It borders Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • National Republic of Umbutu: A post invasion nation in Independence Day: Resurgence that during the 1996 war was the one place where the Harvesters landed.
  • United Mitanni Commonwealth: A fictional African country in Lee Correy's science fiction novel Manna.
  • United States of Southern Africa : A country born out of the Republic of South Africa in 2061: Odyssey Three. Apartheid in South Africa ends some time in the late 2010s or early 2020s, followed by a mass exodus of Afrikaners and capital flight out of the country towards Europe. A terrorist insurgency of Afrikaners called "The Bund" conducts attacks against the USSA.
  • United States of Southern Africa: A country born out of the Republic of South Africa in World War Z
  • Upper Gorm: Fictional African country in the 1980 comedy film First Family.
  • UAC: An unnamed African country depicted in the video game Far Cry 2, can also be presumed to be named Seko.

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  • Wadiya: Country ruled by the protagonist in the 2012 film The Dictator. Located by the Red Sea.
  • Wakanda: A small African nation in the Marvel Comics universe. The nation is ruled by King T'Challa, also known as the super hero Black Panther.
  • West Angola: a fictional African country referred to in Scandal.
  • West African Union: a fictional merger of Liberia and Sierra Leone in Seafighter a 1999 novel by James H. Cobb. Ruled by Premier-General Obe Belewa.
  • West Monrassa: Central African country in an episode of Spooks. Run by President Gabriel Sakoa, a corrupt leader planning a genocide against the people in the north of the country.
  • Wolofia: A country in Western Africa featured in the Hearts of Iron IV mod The New Order: Last Days of Europe.

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Zambakia: An African country featured in the Disney Channel show K.C. Undercover.