Freedonia

English thumb|right|250px|President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) surrounded by the trappings of Freedonian office in a promotional still for Duck_Soup_(1933_film) Duck Soup Alternative forms en Fredonia Etymology Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup (1933 film) Duck Soup. Pronunciation en /fɹiːˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ RP en /fɹiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ [fɹiˈdoʊ.njə] GA en əʊniə 4 Proper noun Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc. en Slobbovia Sylvania en 1933 w:Bert Kalmar; et al. Duck_Soup (1933 film) Duck Soup https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Duck%20Soup.txt Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free! en 1949 February Jack Williamson Seetee Shock w:Analog Science Fiction and Fact 37 That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia. en 2004 Steven M. Cahn A New Introduction to Philosophy Wipf and Stock Publishers 9781725210455 96 https://books.google.com/books?id=xTr7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96&dq=%22Freedonia%22&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Freedonia%22&f=false Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania. en 2022 2011 Chris Roberts; Jay Black Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications Routledge 9781351704403 https://books.google.com/books?id=PE5FEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT141&dq=%22Freedonia%22&hl=&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Freedonia%22&f=false You are an advertising executive in Freedonia. Since before you were born, it has been illegal to advertise cigarettes on Freedonia television, one of the many limits on cigarette ads. A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Freedonia) located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. en Alex Blumberg It's Good to Be King Wired Magazine WIRED https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms.html 2000-03 The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category. https://web.archive.org/web/20050324031623/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms.html Derived terms en Freedonian en 4-syllable words terms suffixed with -nia placeholder terms en Fictional locations Countries Micronations