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Listenbourg
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<p>Listenbourg is a <a href="/facts/Fictional_country/R8581Gkf">fictional country</a> created as the subject of an <a href="/facts/Internet_meme/f1fL5oT3">internet meme</a> in October 2022, which depicts it as an extension of the <a href="/facts/Iberian_Peninsula/ztFXI8zt">Iberian Peninsula</a>. French <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a> user Gaspard Hoelscher shared a <a href="/facts/Photomontage/4hwt7cTe">doctored</a> map of Europe with a red arrow pointing to the outline of a pasted country adjacent to <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a> and <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>, and joked that Americans would not be able to name the country. </p><p>The nonexistent nation went <a href="/facts/Viral_phenomenon/Wp7FEfuS">viral</a> on <a href="/facts/Social_network/kQg6aEVf">social networks</a>, with users expanding on the fictional history of the country and some major brands, national politicians, and official organisations playing along with the joke. </p>