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**Shots of the Episode**
The Crown (2016)
Season 6, Episode 6: “Ruritania” (2023) Director: Erik Richter Strand Cinematographer: Ben Wilson
Republic of Slovotia (Republika Slovotská)
From Wikipedia:
Slovotia (/sloʊˈvoʊʃə/, sloh-VOH-shə; Slovot: Slovotská [slɔˈʋɔːtskaː]) [10], officially the Second Republic of Slovotia (Slovot: Druja Republika Slovotská) is a landlocked country located in Central Europe [13][14]. It is bordered by Austria to the west, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, and Slovenia to the south. It’s territory covers 35,000 square kilometers (13,500 square miles) [citation needed] of mountainous terrain, and has a population of 3.8 million, consisting mostly of Slovots. The capital and largest city is Grasda. The official language is Slovot.
Capital (and largest city)
Grasda (47° 6' 36.6732" N, 15° 46' 51.3978" E)
Official language
Slovot
Ethnic groups
81.9% Slovots
4.4% Hungarians
3.7% Austrians
1.9% other
8.1% unspecified
Demonym
Slovot
Government
Unitary parliamentary republic
Legislature
Upper House: National Council
Lower House: National Assembly
Religion
76.9% Christianity
15.8% Irreligious
7.3% other
Population
2020 estimate: 3,776,894
2006 census: 3,689,057
GDP
Total: $97.5 billion
Per capita: $25,815
Establishment
Kingdom of Austria (1804 - 1867)
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867 - 1918)
First Slovot Republic (1918 - 1939)
Nazi occupied Slovotia (1939 - 1945)
Soviet occupied Slovotia (Sep 1945 - Mar 1946)
People’s Democratic Republic of Slovotia (1946 - 1991)
Current constitution (1991 - present)
Joined the European Union (May 1, 2004)
Anthem
Ieden Liuda, Naš Slovotská (English: “One People, Our Slovotia”)
Generic European country for use in stories set in the 20th century, based primarily on Slovenia and Slovakia, but inspired by Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. Occupied by the Nazis during World War II and “liberated” by the Soviets in 1946, Slovotia is noteworthy as “the Seam of the Iron Curtain,” allowing travel from the Eastern Bloc into neutral Austria (in secret, of course). The barrier between Austria and Slovotia is a stand in for the Berlin Wall.
Just a classic Ruritania, anything you need it to be. Based on its location, it would exclusively use the Latin script, but feel free to throw in some Cyrillic to make it even more foreign to your English speaking audiences.
For it’s language, I translated dialogue into both Slovak and Slovenian, then collated them into a sort of pidgin language, changing single letters in some of the cognates to make it seem like it could be a real branch of the Slavic language tree (but again, feel free to foreign it up any way you see fit)
Ruritania railway poster
Ruritania is a fictional Central European country first created by Anthony Hope that has since given its name to a genre of adventure stories; it was later adapted by academia as a hypothetical country. Hope describes Ruritania as a German speaking, Roman Catholic country (hence the black and cross pattee), though some place names appear to have Slavic origin. Inspired by this , I decided to base my version on the Sorbian and Czech Flags, changing blue to light blue and red to burgundy by personal choice, while making the triangle black and adding a white cross patee to give it a Germanic flair. Cross from wikipedia.
Imelda Staunton in The Crown (2016) Ruritania
S6E6
Eager to improve the monarchy's public image, the Queen seeks out savvy statesman Tony Blair--but the Prime Minister's advice defies royal protocol.
*The title, 'Ruritania', refers to an imaginary kingdom of central Europe that was the setting of several novels by English novelist Anthony Hope, especially The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).
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