Must be a currently existing country – As of 2018, there a 195 countries in the world today; 193 of which are member states of the
United Nations. All
former countries must be placed in appropriate sub-categories of
Category:Fictional people by former country.
Jurisdiction within each country defines the rights and obligations of
citizenship within the jurisdiction and the manner in which citizenship is acquired as well as how citizenship may be lost. A person who is not a citizen of the country is generally regarded as a foreigner, also referred to as an
alien. A person who has no recognised nationality or citizenship is regarded as
stateless.
This
category is for fictional characters by country, nation, kingdom, city, county, locality, territory, province, principality, subdivision, municipality, jurisdiction, sovereignty, expatriate, insular areas, reservation, and citizenship.
It should not be used to contain characters who are members of ethnic groups - use
Category:Fictional people by ethnicity instead.