Soviet Union, Eastern Europe (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"Vodka was one of the three things the Soviet Union made that were suitable for export, not counting political exiles; the other two were weapons and novels."

"The Soviets provided the serum that will compel our patient to tell the truth, the doctor said."

"It was quietly removed like those towns that vanished from maps of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, atomic accident by atomic accident."