Listenbourg

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← Previous revision Revision as of 05:56, 18 April 2026 Line 45: Line 45: ==Viral spread== ==Viral spread== [[File:Fictional country Listenbourg five regions and capital.svg|thumb|Five regions: Flußerde, Kusterde, Mitteland, Adriàs and Caséière, in Listenbourg. The capital is named Lurenberg.<ref name="TheNewDaily" />]] [[File:Fictional country Listenbourg five regions and capital.svg|thumb|Five regions: Flußerde, Kusterde, Mitteland, Adriàs and Caséière, in Listenbourg. The capital is named Lurenberg.<ref name="TheNewDaily" />]] [[File:Flag of Listenbourg fictional country created from Emblem of Napoleon Bonaparte and Lutry flag.svg|thumb|Flag of Listenbourg, said to have been created without any meaning in mind. Though the N stands for Napoleon.<ref name="LaLibre" />]] The joke became a [[viral phenomenon]] with other Twitter users offering invented facts about the country, doctored photographs and satellite maps<ref name="TimesNow"/> purporting to show aspects of it.<ref name="CNN-News18" /> Dozens of Twitter accounts claiming to represent Listenbourg government institutions arose in a few days, and people invented a capital, flag, history, national anthem, culture and language for the fictional country.<ref name="ThePortugalNews">{{cite news |author=PA/TPN |date=6 November 2022 |title=Imaginary country bordering Portugal comes to life on the internet |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-11-06/imaginary-country-bordering-portugal-comes-to-life-on-the-internet/71776 |url-status=live |work=[[The Portugal News]] |location=[[Lagoa, Portugal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124062415/https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-11-06/imaginary-country-bordering-portugal-comes-to-life-on-the-internet/71776 |archive-date=2022-11-24 |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref><ref name="TheNewDaily" /><ref name="TheTimes" /> The joke became a [[viral phenomenon]] with other Twitter users offering invented facts about the country, doctored photographs and satellite maps<ref name="TimesNow"/> purporting to show aspects of it.<ref name="CNN-News18" /> Dozens of Twitter accounts claiming to represent Listenbourg government institutions arose in a few days, and people invented a capital, flag, history, national anthem, culture and language for the fictional country.<ref name="ThePortugalNews">{{cite news |author=PA/TPN |date=6 November 2022 |title=Imaginary country bordering Portugal comes to life on the internet |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-11-06/imaginary-country-bordering-portugal-comes-to-life-on-the-internet/71776 |url-status=live |work=[[The Portugal News]] |location=[[Lagoa, Portugal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124062415/https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-11-06/imaginary-country-bordering-portugal-comes-to-life-on-the-internet/71776 |archive-date=2022-11-24 |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref><ref name="TheNewDaily" /><ref name="TheTimes" />