Slobbovia

Meanings

1. Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
2. A play-by-mail roleplaying game notionally based on Diplomacy.

Etymology

From slob + -ov (forming Slavic possessives) + -ia (forming placenames). First used as Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip in 1946, its capital named "Raswashingsputin, D.C.", and its culture largely bagel-based, with vague reference to poor but moderately developed countries similar to Eastern Europe. Later maps of Lower Slobbovia placed it in Manchuria and eastern Siberia. Compare sloboda, a similar-sounding word from Slavic languages.