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TIL about Ruritanian romance, a genre of literature, film Etc. with stories set in a fictional country, usually in the Balkan, Central or Eastern Europe. Used f.ex. in 'Prisoner of Zelda', 'Duck Soup', 'Pale fire', 'King in New York', 'Castle of Cagliostro', 'Grand Budapest Hotel'.

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