by The Onion
First published 2008
The Onion presents a satirical world atlas filled with deliberately false information about every country on Earth. This parody reference book offers made-up statistics for all 196 independent nations, complete with maps and a fold-out world map at actual size. Countries receive absurd nicknames like Afghanistan as "Allah's Cat Box" and Ukraine as "The Bridebasket of Europe." The fake atlas catalogs 250,000 fictional locations including North Korea's Trench of Victory, Egypt's Great Human Pyramid, and Saudi Arabia's Mohammedobahn superhighway. The Onion frames this collection of geographical nonsense as essential reading for understanding current events, whether readers plan to overthrow governments in East Asia, exploit developing African nations, or simply find directions to a party. The book serves as a comprehensive guide to The Onion's invented world geography.
Genres: satire, humor, geography, reference
Vibes: satirical, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: absurdist, parody
Setting: Afghanistan, Ukraine, North Korea, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
256 pages · Paperback · Little, Brown and Company