Not every country in the Marvel Universe can brag about having a Super Villain as their leader, but Latveria might have the monopoly on that particular claim. For almost 60 years, the small country in Eastern Europe has been ruled by none other than Victor Von Doom, aka Doctor Doom, aka the Fantastic Four’s most famous adversary.

With Doom attempting to turn his homeland into the world’s most preeminent nation in the pages of Dan Slott and Aaron Kuder’s FANTASTIC FOUR #8, we thought it was the perfect time to provide a crash course on Latveria and its place in Marvel geopolitics. It may be small, but it has been a major player in Marvel Comics for a long time.

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