Sylvania

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Sylvania is a fictional European country best known as the rival nation in the Marx Brothers film "Duck Soup."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country
antagonistIn Duck Soup NERFINISHED
appearsInFilm Duck Soup NERFINISHED
appearsInWork Duck Soup NERFINISHED
associatedWithComedyTeam Marx Brothers NERFINISHED
conflictsWith Freedonia NERFINISHED
continent Europe
countryType European-style monarchy
createdBy Leo McCarey NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus fictional
filmProductionCountryContext United States NERFINISHED
genreContext political satire
slapstick comedy
hasCulturalContext American film satire of European politics
hasGovernmentType monarchy (implied)
hasMediumOfOrigin cinema
hasNameLanguage English
hasPrimaryAppearanceDecade 1930s
introducedInYear 1933
isPartOf fictional countries in film
languageContext English-language cinema
medium film
narrativeRole aggressor nation
notableFor being the rival nation to Freedonia in Duck Soup
portrayedAs foreign aggressor in Duck Soup
militaristic state
rivalOf Freedonia NERFINISHED
settingFor war with Freedonia in Duck Soup
usedAsSatireOf European authoritarian states

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Ambassador Trentino in Duck Soup countryRepresented Sylvania
subject surface form: Ambassador Trentino