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9: Imaginary Countries and the Ruritanian Romance
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:15:43
Publish Date: 2017-10-16 14:49:53
Description:
Writers make up imaginary countries all the time, and for a variety of reasons. It’s relatively straightforward to slip in a familiar-sounding name into a part of the world your reader or viewer may not be too familiar with.

Livonia, Wallaria, Tazbekistan…They could be countries, right? But there’s one name in particular which stands out. It is the imaginary country, and the inspiration for an entire subgenre. This is the country of Ruritania. 
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