List of fictional places in G.I. Joe
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The G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series was first published by Marvel Comics and later, Devil's Due Productions. The Marvel comics series was written primarily by Larry Hama. Larry Hama frequently uses fictional countries as stand-ins for real countries with similar political and economic conditions. These countries are frequently a satire of the real world counterparts. Devil's Due productions also continued the trend of using fictional stand-ins.
Listed are the fictional countries in the G.I. Joe comics universe.
- Sierra Gordo - capital Rio Lindo. It is a Central American country and is a stand-in for banana republics.
- Trucial Abysmia - Located somewhere in North Africa, it represents Middle-Eastern dictator-ruled countries in the region. Cobra used the country as a launching point for the invasion of Benzheen and capture its oil. The invasion was meant to mirror the actual Gulf War.
- Benzheen - the oil-rich neighbor of Trucial Abysmia. This country is a fictional stand-in for Kuwait.
- Darklonia - a small country ruled by Destro's cousin, Darklon. It is situated between Trans-Carpathia and Wolkekuckukkland.
- Trans-Carpathia - a stand-in for Transylvania and other Balkan regions.
- Borovia - capital Krogdnz. This country was originally a stand-in for communist Eastern Europe. Just like its real-world counterparts, communism fell and democracy was put in place. Near the end of the Marvel comics series, it became a satire for the breakup and war in Yugoslavia. The country was renamed into Borigia/Krazny-Marengo which even the characters in the series admit as a more confusing name.
- Badhikstan - possibly a stand-in for Afghanistan and other similar countries where people's opinion regarding Americans could be manipulated.
- Punto del Mucosa - Sierra Gordo's neighboring country.
- Wolkekuckukkland - The neighboring country of Darklonia.
- Kalingaland - formally Equatorial Kalingaland, with its capital of Kalingaville. This country was wracked by a civil war between Soviet-backed Kalinga-Rouge rebels and the U.S.-backed Kalinga government before its leader Prince Ngoto returned.
- Sierra Muerte - a country neighboring Sierra Gordo, which Destro allied himself with in his elaborate ruse to keep both G.I. Joe and Cobra distracted from his discovery of Mindbender's Tempest device.
