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World
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Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1

The setting of the SPY x FAMILY manga, which largely takes place in the country of Ostania. Other mentioned countries of note include Westalis and Hugaria.

History

The story revolves around two nations: Westalis and Ostania. Many years before the beginning of the story, tensions were high between the countries. Their hostility was so bad to the point that they eventually started a war with another, though the reason why the war started is unknown. During this time, a far-right political party named the National Unity Party was under the control of Ostania and had strong anti-West views. Many soldiers and innocent civilians lost their lives, and both sides eventually called for the war's end after taking grievous tolls, with neither side winning or losing.

The destruction caused by the war

After the war, a pact was said to have been created between Westalis and Ostania to end their conflicts. However, after some time, war broke out once more after Ostanian forces raided Westalis and bombed its eastern region of Luwen, though the true circumstances behind this event are also unknown. At the start of this second war, Ostania was ruled by Prime Minister Chapman, who was later succeeded by Donovan Desmond, both of whom were part of the National Unity Party. During this war, more lives were lost and unspeakable crimes were committed on both sides. Due to the efforts of key figures from both nations, the fighting also came to an end, the two countries brokered for peace, after which the National Unity Party was deposed and became the opposition party. An "iron curtain" was placed to sever the two countries with tensions remaining hot, leading to the beginning of a different war, a cold war.

Over ten years after the second war's official end, a Westalian Diplomat perishes in a car accident in Ostania. Westalis's intelligence agency, WISE, suspects that the National Unity Party is behind the event and is plotting another war. As such, they send their best agent, "Twilight", to investigate Donovan, the party's leader, leading to the events of the current story.

Language

At the moment, no significant language barriers between countries have been shown. There is a classical language that is taught in Ostanian schools, but there are no countries that currently speak it. The ties between Ostania and Westalis's languages and cultures are even more apparent as both Loid and Yor know the same lullaby from their youths, hinting at a very close shared history in the past.

Geography

The countries of Ostania and Westalis border each other with Ostania to the east and Westalis to the west, the iron curtain severing the two countries.

Ostania

Main article: Ostania

Ostania (東国(オスタニア), Osutania^?) is the country bordering the east of Westalis.

Westalis

Main article: Westalis

Westalis (西国(ウェスタリス), Wesutarisu^?) is the country bordering the west of Ostania.

Hugaria

• Landscape of Hugaria
• Hugaria as shown in the anime

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Hugaria (フーガリア, Fūgaria^?) is the setting of the cover story often used by agents of Ostanian Intelligence, including Yuri Briar, to fabricate nonexistent travels abroad. The capital city of Hugaria is Obda.

The wine called Tokar that Yuri brings to the Forgers is from a shop on Hedger Street, and there is also a restaurant there called Kalpatia.

Ariane

Ariane (アリアン, Arian^?) is a city where it was recently reported that there have been a series of kidnappings in which young women are abducted and forced to marry.

Far East

The Far East (東洋 (とうよう) , Tōyō^?) are the eastern parts of the world. They are rumored to have a martial arts technique called the "Drunken Fist" (酔拳 (すいけん) , Suiken^?). There is also a custom of wrapping a green onion around a sick person's neck to help them recover. Loid has been to the Far East in the past to play the part of a sumo wrestler, and is aware of their marine life such as the blowfish.

Nortica

Nortica (北国(ノルティカ), Norutika^?) is a nation near Ostania. It appears to be a neutral country, as Billy Squire, leader of the Red Circus, requests safe passage there for him and his group as one of his demands for freeing the captive Eden Academy students.

Republic of Albo

The Republic of Albo (アルボ共和国, Arubo Kyōwakoku^?) is a certain country to which Snidel planned to deliver the microfilm to trigger off a war between Ostania and Westalis.

Trivia

• With respect to the world's technology, Tatsuya Endo imagined the series to be around the 1960s or 70s, with other differences from reality.
• Hugaria was based on Hungary, with its capital city, Obda, being based on Hungary's capital, Budapest. The name Obda was possibly based on the town of Óbuda, which is part of present-day Budapest. The wine, which was given by Yuri, is also called Tokar that is a reference to Tokaj, a famous wine region in Hungary.
  • The landscape of Hugaria features the Inner City (Belváros) of Budapest with buildings such as the Inner City Parish Church.
    • The exterior and name of the restaurant Kalpatia was based on the actual restaurant Karpatia in Budapest.
• The northern part of the map resembles southern Denmark and northern Germany. This suggests that the world's shape is similar to that of Europe.
• Westalis was based on West Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany. But unlike West Germany, Westalis has a different capital.
• Ostania was based on East Germany, the German Democratic Republic. Unlike East Germany, however, they had the capital city of Berlint, based on Berlin, to themselves.
• The Far East appears to be the Asia-equivalent of this world, making many references to animals, customs, and martial arts that hail from the continent.
• There is a black market where one can find interesting illegal developments (such as the Project Apple test animals) and various slaves (although this could be a rumor).