Slobbovia

English Lower + thumb|The canonical map of the Slobbovia Slobbovian play-by-mail game Alternative forms en Slobovia Etymology From en slob -ov forming Slavic possessives -ia place forming placenames 1. First used as en Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip in 1946, its capital named "Raswashingsputin, D.C.", and its culture largely bagel-based, with vague reference to poor but moderately developed countries similar to Eastern Europe. Later maps of Lower Slobbovia placed it in Manchuria and eastern Siberia. Compare en sloboda, a similar-sounding word from Slavic languages which provides the etymology for many places named ro Slobozia in Romania and Moldova. Proper noun en chiefly US Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc. en Freedonia en 1972 Arnold Birenbaum Social Problems: Private Troubles and Public Issues 50 https://books.google.com/books?id=jpYpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Slobbovia%22&dq=%22Slobbovia%22&hl=&cd=9&source=gbs_api Suppose that there are 80 births in Lower Slobbovia during 1967, and that the population of Lower Slobbovia was 2,000 on July 1, 1967. w:Josef Joffe America's in the Balcony as Europe Takes Center Stage 1991-12-22 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/22/weekinreview/the-world-america-s-in-the-balcony-as-europe-takes-center-stage.html (At this point, only readers who know the difference between Slovakia, Slavonia and Slovenia might want to proceed; Slobbovia doesn't count.) https://web.archive.org/web/20220526160051/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/22/weekinreview/the-world-america-s-in-the-balcony-as-europe-takes-center-stage.html 26 May 2022 en 2013 1989 w:Steven Landsburg Price Theory and Applications Cengage Learning 9781285947877 9th 267 https://books.google.com/books?id=oOcZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA267&dq=%22Slobbovia%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Slobbovia%22&f=false The demand and supply curves for shoes are the same in Upper Slobbovia as in Lower Slobbovia. In Upper Slobbovia, shoes are subject to a price ceiling of $2 per pair (which is below equilibrium), and 1,000 pairs are sold per month. en RPG A play-by-mail roleplaying game notionally based on Diplomacy (game) Diplomacy. Derived terms en Slobbovian See also en Lower Slobbovia en Upper Slobbovia en 4-syllable words placeholder terms terms derived from fiction terms suffixed with -ia (place) en Countries Fictional locations Comics