#the prisoner of zenda was published in 1894 so it can be a fake name used for a real country in the foreign office
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I really need to go to sleep but i can't stop thinking about Ruritania
#there's SO MANY possibilities#the prisoner of zenda was published in 1894 so it can be a fake name used for a real country in the foreign office#OR it can be a canon country in the fl universe#BUT the term has also been used as a name for unspecified countries since around the late 1890s#it was also used to describe the stereotypical 19th century imperialism + nationalism#like. the real great game#i LOVE the novel btw swashbuckling adventure stories my beloveds <333#every character's name is just like a kolomanian name#fbg if you're reading this thanks for making my day#anyway goodnight i wasn't planning to sray awake all this time but this silly novel lives rent free in my head#chitchat
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