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  Imaginary Magnitude   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Imaginary Places by Grobius Shortling This author has been inventing imaginary places all his life, starting as soon as he could hold a crayon or pencil.
State of the World: An Imaginary Dialogue Amongst Several Real Critics of Science An excerpt from the transcript of the (imaginary, but based on real quotations) proceedings of the advisory committee on ecological catastrophe, charged with producing three policy recommendations.
From Malraux's Imaginary Museum to the Virtual Museum Malraux's idea of the 'imaginary museum' is developing further through digital technology.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Imaginary_Magnitude.html   (351 words)

  
 Fictional country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fictional country is a country that is made up, and does not exist in real life.
Angria: imaginary country from the poems of the Brontë sisters
Cayuna: an imaginary Caribbean island modelled on Jamaica in the novels of John Hearne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fictional_country   (4340 words)

  
 List of sovereign states
This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states.
In order to be listed here as a de facto independent country, article 1 of the Montevideo Convention from 1933 is followed, which means that entity should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.
When possible, the romanization prefered by the country has been used.
www.duosearch.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_sovereign_states.shtml   (527 words)

  
 James W. Bittner - Persuading Us to Rejoice and Teaching Us How to Praise: Le Guin's
"Imaginary Countries" is the central tale in the collection in the same sense that the point at which the snake's tail disappears into its mouth is central; or, it is central in the way that the intersection of two mirrors that produce an infinitely regressing image is central.
Her discovery-invention and mapping of imaginary countries has been her artistic solution to the epistemological problem that confronts everyone in the human sciences: like anthropologists, historians, psychologists, sociologists, and students of art, Le Guin is part of the social and cultural and historical situation she wants to write about.
Le Guin's imaginary country is neither realistic nor fantastic; to have named it would have been defining it too clearly, and she does not want the boundaries of Orsinia to be well-defined.
www.depauw.edu /sfs/backissues/16/bittner16art.htm   (13478 words)

  
 Space Generation Congress 2005 - Delegate Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Things are not always as clear as they seem to be and one countries reasons for going into space may not be the same as another countries.
For example, an imaginary country with extensive space capability and capacity, a country developing space capacity, and a country with no direct participation in space all have different agendas, all might have different things at stake.
The team members for this group will be split into these three different imaginary countries, and each will start to research along the theme of the debate, which the group should determine at first.
www.explorerswanted.com /delegates/general_debate.php   (390 words)

  
 Tintinophile » Tintin historian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His method was complex, nevertheless one of his favorite tools was the imaginary country.
Finally, with its architecture and the methods of its police, Borduria is similar to a country of the eastern bloc.
Through imaginary countries, like Syldavia and San Theodoros, and direct allusion to real events, Hergé showed a concern for accurate explanations that had consequences in the perception of Tintin stories.
www.oberle.org /tintin/history/historian   (1015 words)

  
 Vivante   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Each Geography quiz covers the countries of a continent or geographic area of the world.
Learn the countries of Asia, their locations and capitals, with a free map puzzle--a fun and educational way to learn geography.
Features an overview of individual countries in the region, including information on history, geography, business, culture, government, transport and tourism.
www.vivante.com /search.php?input1=geography+and+countries&geoterm=   (752 words)

  
 eG Forums -> contemporary pirate cuisine
By retaining their free status they occupy a parallel dimension which is a rather a part of everyday life instead of something external to it.
Imaginary countries are fluid and pervasive, however they also occupy certain genres: travelogue, Cold War political detective of 60s and 70s, animation films, etc.
A close examining of a text of a particular country would lead to a collection of data which would be given to professional chefs to be asked to design the traditional food recipes of the country (or a city).
forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=42389   (1496 words)

  
 The Micronations Page
Micronations, microstates, imaginary countries, countercountries, unrecognized nations, or ephemeral states, are all terms for countries which have been declared independent by (usually eccentric) individuals or small groups, but unlike other such attempts, fail to achieve widespread diplomatic recognition.
The Ældarian Empire is an internet-based country that was established in Texas in February of 1996.
The country claims a population of 100,000 of which 180 are "main characters." The Kingdom has established its own web site, in English, although the official language of the country is Portuguese.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5111/archive/patsilor.htm   (6972 words)

  
 Search for Imaginary Country - WordIQ.com
an imaginary country, a political fantasy where democracy, socialism, environmentalism and the spirit combine to produce a good society.
An imaginary country or fantasy country is often important in mail art, as it...
The definition of "country" is to be understood in all...
www.wordiq.com /web/Imaginary+country.html   (569 words)

  
 Blue Goldfish: October 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In school, I often daydreamed of imaginary worlds and after school, friends and I entered the imaginary world of Tarzan of the Apes and the City of Opar as we swung across nearby creeks and sand dunes on ropes hung from trees.
Imaginary countries also can interact, and by their countries, the people designing them can interact.
Canadian MARK STEYN comments on disturbing news from his country to provide an interesting perspective on the the Continental health and welfare systems John Kerry so admires.
bluegoldfish.blogs.com /surface/2004/10   (2924 words)

  
 Let's Make A Deal!
On this webquest you and your team will create an imaginary country full of rich natural resources with all the wants and needs of any fifth grader.
Your group task is to create an imaginary country using the brief description given to you by your teacher.
Countries - Reports on countries all over the world are here.
www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/websocialsmr.html   (977 words)

  
 imaginary countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
All things in their country are in proportion - the corn is forty feet high, the rats are the size of large mastiffs and the flies, a great nuisance in summer, are as big as larks.
Huge bones and skulls dug up in various parts of the country suggest that the ancestors of the Brobdingnagians were still larger than the present race, which seems puny in comparison.
A large army commanded by the nobility and local gentry is maintained, although the country has no reason to fear invasion from abroad.
www.trace.ntu.ac.uk /writers/mcdonald/imagc/brob.htm   (847 words)

  
 Micronation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A criterion which distinguishes micronations from imaginary countries, eco-villages, campuses, tribes, clans, sects, and residential community associations, is that these latter entities do not usually seek to be recognized as sovereign.
It failed to establish itself as a "real" country, but has nonetheless managed to survive into the present day as a unique literary foundation with its own king and aristocracy - although it isn't without its controversies; there are presently at least four competing claimants to the Redondan throne.
New Utopia has claimed for a number of years to be on the verge of commencing construction of an artificial island territory located approximately midway between Honduras and Cuba, however the selected location continues to remain resolutely submerged by the waters of the Caribbean.
www.termsdefined.net /mi/micronation.html   (2393 words)

  
 AM - Australia hosts WMD high seas interdiction exercise
DAVID HARDAKER: And staying to the north of the country and 170 nautical miles off the coast of Queensland, in the Coral Sea, a training exercise with a very real point is underway this weekend, with military and Customs officials are preparing to intercept ships smuggling weapons of mass destruction.
PETER JONES: For this exercise there's a mythical country, in fact, two mythical countries, one in the Tasman Sea and one in the south-west Pacific and they're trading materials of weapons of mass destruction.
So as a collaborative effort a number of countries are coming together to search for this vessel, then to interdict it, in this case it's a Japanese flag vessel on the high seas and a Japanese Coast Guard ship will conduct the interception and boarding of that vessel.
www.abc.net.au /am/content/2003/s945277.htm   (800 words)

  
 Imaginary -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"Imaginary" I linger in the doorway Of alarm clock screaming Monsters calling my name Let me stay Where the wind will whisper to me Where the raindrops
Imaginary Income was published by Hanging Loose Press.
Tate Kids · My Imaginary City places that are not real and that might never exist.
publicdot.com /pd/imaginary.html   (111 words)

  
 NEA: Map Lessons: The Route to Improved Geography Skills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tell students to name their countries, as well as the cities and major landforms in their countries.
Select a country from the drop down menu at the top of the page and see the kinds of information that might be included in each student’s country fact sheet.
Create graphs to show information related to the imaginary country (for example, populations of the largest cities, population or income growth over the last century, or value of goods produced by major industries).
www.nea.org /lessons/tt041115.html   (2716 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Issues: Micronations: Geofictional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Federal Government of Rainbowisland - An imaginary empire located in the center of the North Atlantic ocean and about the size of Germany.
Imaginary Places by Grobius Shortling - This author has been inventing imaginary places all his life, starting as soon as he could hold a crayon or pencil.
Webring of Imaginary Countries - Connects sites of people who own any kind of imaginary geographic entity: cities, islands, countries, federations of countries, planets and star systems.
dmoz.org /Society/Issues/Micronations/Geofictional   (565 words)

  
 Imaginary Countries WebRing
Tantorin is an imaginary country on the world Choyova, with a long history and it's own language.
Marat Idar is an imaginary country in the Southern part of the Indian Ocean.
All united against imaginary dark kingdoms populated by creatures of legends.
m.webring.com /hub?sid=&ring=imagecount&id=&list   (824 words)

  
 Definition & Synonyms of Imaginary country
This ring is a collection of imaginary countries.
country in the Southern part of the Indian Ocean.
An Imaginary Country by Darrell Schweitzer (1 rating)...
www.wordiq.com /thesaurus/Imaginary+country.html   (266 words)

  
 imaginary countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most of the country is devoted to agriculture.
Economically, the most important figure in the country is the stout and wealthy widow Mrs.
Gloria Teasedale, known to cover a lot of Freedonian ground; her fortune is the power behind the government.
trace.ntu.ac.uk /writers/mcdonald/imagc/freedon.htm   (372 words)

  
 The Head Heeb: Comment on Can anyone say Pinot Grand Enwick?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The twentieth century saw such fictional countries as Bacteria (The Great Dictator) which is obviously fascist Italy, Beninia (Stand on Zanzibar) a starving sub-Saharan African country, Borduria and Syldavia (Tintin comics) in the Balkans, Parador (Moon over Parador) is the generic Latin American banana republic), Shangri-La (Lost Horizon) a Himalayan Buddhist kingdom.
The tradition lives on today with Molvania as a stand in for very poor post-Communist states, and there actually is a webring for imaginary countries.
I think that’s part of the reason why these countries are usually idealized or demonized, and why some of these countries would be so wonderful to live in while others are hell holes.
www.blogmosis.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=28580   (1664 words)

  
 GEO FICTION - Dutch Geo Fiction Association - Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the Netherlands there is a club of imaginary country enthusiasts, the Dutch Geo Fiction Association (DGFA, in Dutch: GvG, Genootschap voor Geofictie).
In most cases the geo is a country, but it can be any kind of geographic area: a city, a region, a federation of countries, a planet, a star system, it doesn't matter.
In this article, Pakistani people were "victims" of geo fiction because they tried to get visa to travel to a country that appeared to be fictional...
www.geofictie.nl /frmainen.htm   (668 words)

  
 News from the Dutch Geo Fiction Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For each article, a DGFA member is interviewed; in the article his (or her) countries and visions are highlighted.
At the meeting on October 26th, 2002, the discussion was all about minorities in imaginary countries and worlds.
There are as many worlds as anyone can imagine, as geofictioneers (people who design and develop imaginary countries and worlds) already know of course.
www.geofictie.nl /news.htm   (966 words)

  
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The country of Eastland has three buyers and three sellers, as follows.
As usual, all sales in each country are made at roughly the same price, the "going price." However, there is no need for the going price to be the same in both countries.
Some people believe that international trade is a “zero-sum game”--that is, they believe that if one country enjoys an increase in earnings from international trade, the other country suffers a decrease in earnings of equal size.
www.drake.edu /cbpa/econ/boal/002/hw/x05.doc   (607 words)

  
 Umbagollah - an imaginary country
This is not a place to find cold factoids and statictics about Umbagollah, but rather an opportunity to engage with the country imaginitively, through dozens of tiny stories and different points of view.
The country has been built somewhat collaboratively, so if you think we need a new insect, plant or animal, feel free to introduce it on the forum.
That's why I call it 'an imaginary country,' not 'a fantasy country.' Magical fairies may be the norm in the high fantasy genre, but this site is not part of the high fantasy genre.
www.umbagollah.com /faq.html   (730 words)

  
 Visual Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An imaginary empire located in the center of the North Atlantic ocean and about the size of Germany.
This author has been inventing imaginary places all his life, starting as soon as he could hold a crayon or pencil.
Connects sites of people who own any kind of imaginary geographic entity: cities, islands, countries, federations of countries, planets and star systems.
www.jordanobg.com /dir.php?c=/Society/Issues/Micronations/Geofictional   (401 words)

  
 Welcome to Bergonia, an imaginary country
Contrary to the assertions of some, Bergonia is not an imaginary country,
Ecological concerns now stand at the center of all policy considerations and planning.
The country is hell-bent dedicated to reducing energy use, eliminating waste, switching to renewable resources, and preserving the natural environment.
www.bergonia.org   (760 words)

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