#fictional location

Ashen Mire is a small, secluded mountain swamp located on the northeastern slopes of Vesper Peak, Cedar County's largest mountain. The mire sits on the remote northern side of the mountain, overlooking the region surrounding Vesper Bay.

The Redeemer: Son of Satan! (1977)

Dir. Constantine S. Gochis

Family road trip (2014)

Holde Arvid

T H E  P A R A M O U N T  H O T E L

EST. 1924

Decadent and divine, captivating and exciting, opulent and legendary. This hotel is well-known not only for its implausible enchantments but also for Kang Siwan, its mysterious maître d'hôtel. To most mortals, he is a skilled magician and illusionist. To a select few, he is a powerful sorcerer with ties to the supernatural underworld.

Among the hotel's wonders are a grand library where evocative prose literally jumps off the page, a blooming conservatory with exotic plants sourced from various realms and regions, three luxury dining rooms with an in-house alchemist, and a lavish salon where bewitched paper cranes flutter overhead as artists perform on a stage designed to look like a giant gilded bird cage.

From Wikipedia:

Slovotia (/sloʊˈvoʊʃə/, sloh-VOH-shə; Slovot: Slovotská [slɔˈʋɔːtskaː]) [10], officially the Second Republic of Slovotia (Slovot: Druja Republika Slovotská) is a landlocked country located in Central Europe [13][14]. It is bordered by Austria to the west, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, and Slovenia to the south. It’s territory covers 35,000 square kilometers (13,500 square miles) [citation needed] of mountainous terrain, and has a population of 3.8 million, consisting mostly of Slovots.  The capital and largest city is Grasda.  The official language is Slovot.

Capital (and largest city)

Grasda (47° 6' 36.6732" N, 15° 46' 51.3978" E)

Official language

Slovot

Ethnic groups

81.9% Slovots

4.4% Hungarians

3.7% Austrians

1.9% other

8.1% unspecified

Demonym

Slovot

Government

Unitary parliamentary republic

Legislature

Upper House: National Council

Lower House: National Assembly

Religion

76.9% Christianity

15.8% Irreligious

7.3% other

Population

2020 estimate: 3,776,894

2006 census:   3,689,057

GDP

Total: $97.5 billion

Per capita: $25,815

Establishment

Kingdom of Austria (1804 - 1867)

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867 - 1918)

First Slovot Republic (1918 - 1939)

Nazi occupied Slovotia (1939 - 1945)

Soviet occupied Slovotia (Sep 1945 - Mar 1946)

People’s Democratic Republic of Slovotia (1946 - 1991)

Current constitution (1991 - present)

Joined the European Union (May 1, 2004)

Anthem

Ieden Liuda, Naš Slovotská (English: “One People, Our Slovotia”)

Generic European country for use in stories set in the 20th century, based primarily on Slovenia and Slovakia, but inspired by Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary.  Occupied by the Nazis during World War II and “liberated” by the Soviets in 1946, Slovotia is noteworthy as “the Seam of the Iron Curtain,” allowing travel from the Eastern Bloc into neutral Austria (in secret, of course).  The barrier between Austria and Slovotia is a stand in for the Berlin Wall.

Just a classic Ruritania, anything you need it to be.  Based on its location, it would exclusively use the Latin script, but feel free to throw in some Cyrillic to make it even more foreign to your English speaking audiences.

St. Vyan'Dell - The Sacred City