Freedonia

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President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) surrounded by the trappings of Freedonian office in a promotional still for Duck Soup

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Etymology

Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.

Proper noun

Freedonia

  1. Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
    Coordinate terms: Slobbovia, Sylvania
    • 1933, Bert Kalmar et al., Duck Soup:
      Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!
    • 1949 February, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 37:
      That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia.
    • 2004, Steven M. Cahn, A New Introduction to Philosophy, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 96:
      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.
    • 2022 [2011], Chris Roberts, Jay Black, Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications, Routledge, →ISBN:
      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.

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