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A rendition of the fictional nation of Latveria (in green) and its capital Doomstadt. Symkaria borders along the south.

Latveria is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe. It is supposedly located in the Banat region. It also borders the fictional Symkaria (to the south), home of Silver Sable. It is surrounded by the Carpathians, and is an isolated country within the Marvel Universe, ruled by the villainous Doctor Doom. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:CU Marking articles for cleanup This page is undergoing a transition to an easier-to-maintain format. ... This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Latveria2. ... Symkaria Symkaria is a fictional Eastern European country created by Stan Lee for the Marvel Universe. ... Image File history File links LocationLatveria. ... Map of the Land of Oz, the fictional country in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Map of the fictional island of Sodor used in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories Fictitious countries used in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four A guidebook produced about the fictional country Molvanîa... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Location of Banat in Europe Map of the Banat region with largest cities shown The Banat (Romanian: Banat, Serbian: Банат or Banat, Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság, German: Banat, Slovak: Banát, Banat Bulgarian: Banát) is a geographical and historical region of Central Europe currently divided between... Symkaria Symkaria is a fictional Eastern European country created by Stan Lee for the Marvel Universe. ... Silver Sable Issue #3 (1992) In Marvel Comics, Silver Sable (real name Silver Sablinova) is a female mercenary, hunter of war criminals, the leader of the Wild Pack and CEO of Silver Sable International. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ...

Leadership

Victor von Doom is the ruler of Latveria, and has been since Fantastic Four Annual #2 of the first series. Though he has been dethroned a number of times, von Doom has inevitably managed to return to the throne of his country within a matter of months. Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ...

Von Doom also has a council who obey him entirely. In Fantastic Four #536 in 2006, he killed his own Prime Minister for claiming control of Latveria in his absence, and threatened to kill two other ministers if they failed to find the landing spot of Thor's hammer. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... Thor vol. ...

History

Latveria under the Fantastic Four

Due to Doom's constant activities that drive him away from Latveria, the monarch is often absent. After Doom's descent into Hell, the nation became a target for conquest by the neighboring countries, forcing Reed Richards to take matters into his own hands and seize control of the country, attempting to pry the populace out from under the thumb of Doom, while at the same time disarming all of Doom's weaponry and technology, so if he ever should return, he would come back to absolutely nothing. In the process, Richards relocated Doom from Hell into a pocket dimension of his own design, and although Doom used his consciousness-switching abilities to escape, the death of his host body seemingly caused him too to die, and the Fantastic Four pulled out of the country. Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) A hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. ... Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the Fantastic Four. ... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics first comic book superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ...

Series of Takeovers

After the Fantastic Four left, the United States attempted to fill the void left by Doom by establishing a democracy for the nation. The Countess Lucia von Bardas was elected as Prime Minister. However, when it was revealed that von Bardas was employing the Tinkerer to use Doom's technology to arm various tech-based villains in America, S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander Nick Fury took action. During Secret War, Fury and a number of superheroes invaded Latveria without permission of the US Government and attempted to assassinate von Bardas. While von Bardas survived, she was horribly disfigured and sought to destroy Fury and the heroes responsible. She was killed by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Daisy Johnson while trying to blow up New York with the armor of the various villains she employed. The Tinkerer (real name Phineas Mason) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe with an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering, able to invent sophisticated gadgets from nothing more than spare parts left over from ordinary household appliances. ... S.H.I.E.L.D. (originally an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division, changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Universe that often deals with superhuman threats. ... Colonel Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day superspy in the Marvel Comics universe Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Fury first appeared in Sgt. ... Secret War is a five-issue comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics. ... Daisy Johnson is a fictional, superpowered secret agent in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

During Avengers Disassembled, Iron Man alluded to the fact that several dictators might have attempted to rule Latveria in Doom's absence or that, while Doom goes through one of his famous disappearances, other people might take over before Doom comes back and deposes them. Recently, Doom has returned from hell, and has retaken the reins of Latveria. He is however keeping his return a secret as of now, ruling via a puppet Prime Minister. Doom also uses robotic versions of himself to keep the peace while he's away. Avengers Disassembled, referred to in some participating series as Disassembled, is a crossover event between several Marvel Comics series. ... Iron Man (Anthony Edward Stark) is a fictional comic book character and former superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Population

The population consists of mixed European stock and gypsies, in whose welfare von Doom takes a particular interest. The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...

Superheroes and Doombots

Because it lacks a native superhero populace, Latveria relies largely on Dooms' robot sentinels called Doombots to keep law and order. One of the few known Latverian superhumans is Dreadknight, whom Doom himself created. The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Dreadknight is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ...

Alternate Versions

Amalgam Comics

In the Amalgam Comics storyline, Latveria was combined with Markovia of DC Comics to form Latkovia, a country ruled by Doctor Doomsday. Amalgam Comics was a metafictional American comic book publisher, and part of a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e. ... Markovia is a fictional nation in DC Comics, first mentioned in New Teen Titans #1, with the arrival of Terra. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

Marvel 1602

In the Marvel 1602 storyline, Latveria is ruled by Count Otto von Doom, also known as Otto the Handsome. It is inhabited by mythical beings, and Latveria experiments on intricate clockwork devices, one of which was used to kill Queen Elizabeth I of England. The native language appears to be a close resemblance to modern German. Cover to 1602 #8, featuring Rojhaz (top left), Virginia Dare (top right), and Sir Nicholas Fury (lower center). ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Ultimate Marvel

Latveria was introduced as bankrupt peasant nation, but thanks to Doctor Doom it was made the ninth richest country on Earth. The townsfolk wear Doom's dragon tattoos as backup should anything ever happen to him. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: in fact, hunger and harsh winters were realities for the average European in the...

In other media

Latveria is referred to in the Spider-Man 2 video game when J. Jonah Jameson says that a Latverian diplomat is landing at the United Nations building by helicopter, although circumstances force the player to miss sighting any such diplomat. Spider-Man 2 is the name of several computer and video games based on the Spider-Man universe and particularly the Spider-Man 2 movie. ... John Jonah Jameson (also known as J. Jonah Jameson, J.J. or J.J.J.) is a supporting character featured in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

In the Ultimate Spider-Man game, the supervillain Beetle is first seen coming out of the Latverian Embassy. In the special edition of the game, you can look at concept art that shows what happens to Beetle. He flies into the embassy and walks up to a throne, kneels down, and presents the Sandman Vile to Doom. Ultimate Spider-Man is a video game based on the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. ...

In the Fantastic Four film, Latveria is mentioned initially in reference to Victor Von Doom's past and is described as "the old country", possibly indicating his birth there. After "The End" has appeared, Von Doom's incarcerated body is shown on board a ship bound for Latveria. Fantastic Four is a 2005 film based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four, directed by Tim Story, and released by 20th Century Fox. ...

In the sequel, Doom arrives in Latveria and stays there until he learns of the Silver Surfer's presence.

Statistics

The capital city of Latveria is Doomstadt, formerly Hassenstadt, renamed when Doom seized power, located just north of the Kline River. The administrative center is Castle Doom.

• Population: 500,000 (This is an approximation since the government of Latveria has not allowed an outside census in over 20 years)
• Type of Government: Dictatorship (Victor von Doom prefers to call this an "enforced monarchy")
• Languages: German, Hungarian, Latverian (local dialect, derivative of Hungarian), Romany, Esperanto.
• Ethnic Groups: Mixed European stock, Roma
• Major Business Centers: None
• Currency: Latverian Franc
• Public Holidays: Doom's Day, Christmas, New Year (Note that Doom's Day is an eclectic holiday, celebrated whenever Doom declares it. It is different from Doomsday)
• Airports: The only airport for the country, Doomsport, lies on the southern outskirts of Doomstadt. It maintains two runways and a modern terminal, but flights into and out of Doomsport are quite limited.

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External links

• Latveria web site
• MAP: Marvel Atlas Project
• Article on History of Latveria