King Ottokar’s Sceptre (1939)
คฑาคู่บัลลังก์ (2482)
Tintin visits Syldavia and uncovers a Bordurian plot to overthrow the monarchy. The story introduces the country's geography, customs, language, and political tensions.
About the Syldavian Consulate
This website is, alas, a parody. The Kingdom of Syldavia (that venerable Balkan realm of moustaches, mineral water, and vigorous goat-dance twisting) is a fictional creation of Belgian cartoonist Hergé, as chronicled in The Adventures of Tintin. That said, we cordially invite you to disregard this regrettable fact across all other pages of the site and, if possible, in your daily life.
“When Man truly believes in his dreams, he brings them to life.” — Hergé
เว็บไซต์นี้เป็นเพียงผลงานล้อเลียนเท่านั้น น่าเสียดายที่ราชอาณาจักรซิลดาเวีย — ดินแดนเก่าแก่แห่งบัลข่านที่เต็มไปด้วยหนวดเครา น้ำแร่ และการเต้นแพะอันเร่าร้อน — เป็นจินตนาการที่สร้างขึ้นโดยเฮอร์เช นักวาดการ์ตูนชาวเบลเยียม ปรากฏอยู่ใน การผจญภัยของ ตินติน
อย่างไรก็ตาม เราขอเชิญท่านโปรดละเลยข้อเท็จจริงอันน่าเศร้านี้เมื่อท่องไปในหน้าต่าง ๆ ของเว็บไซต์นี้ — และหากเป็นไปได้ โปรดละเลยแม้ในชีวิตประจำวันของท่านด้วยเช่นกัน
The Adventures of Tintin
First published in 1929, The Adventures of Tintin spans 24 comic albums. Translated into over 110 languages and with more than 270 million copies sold, Tintin’s adventures have outlived empires, dodged censors, and captivated generations with their ligne claire artwork, narrative momentum, and a world where passports are optional but plot twists mandatory (a policy the Consulate does not endorse).
Syldavia appears in the following stories
Destination Moon (1953)
มุ่งสู่ดวงจันทร์ (2496)
The Moon rocket is secretly funded and launched from the Syldavian mountains under the protection of its government, now allied with Professor Calculus.
Explorers on the Moon (1954)
พิชิตดวงจันทร์ (2497)
The Moon mission continues, with Syldavia providing the scientific base and launch infrastructure. The crew departs and returns under Syldavian jurisdiction.
The Calculus Affair (1956)
ศึกชิงศาสตราจารย์สติเฟื่อง (2499)
Syldavia is in a covert technological race with its rival Borduria. Agents from both nations pursue Professor Calculus and his inventions across Europe.
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972)
ตินตินผจญภัย ตอน ทะเลสาบฉลาม (2515)
An animated film not by Hergé: Tintin uncovers a plot to steal Professor Calculus’s inventions, as spies and criminals converge around a mysterious Syldavian lake.
For the full series, see The Adventures of Tintin (Wikipedia).
The Consular Network
89 active posts in 23 countries.
Consular network mapReferences & Acknowledgements
This site draws upon a selection of highly reputable resources curated by accredited Tintinologists and long-serving enthusiasts. Their diligent work has been indispensable in reconstructing the linguistic, cultural, historical, and geopolitical foundations of Syldavia, as originally outlined in the sacred cartographic and narrative archives of Hergé.
We extend our most solemn and bureaucratically endorsed gratitude to the communities whose scrutiny of fictional minutiae spared this parody an unacceptable degree of conjecture and unauthorised improvisation.
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Agence de Presse Syldave (opens in new tab)
A Syldavian press agency written from the inside: dispatches on Syldavia, Borduria, San Theodoros and Rawhajpoutalah. -
A kingdom claimed by several Slav nations (Revue Dynastie) (opens in new tab)
Frédéric de Natal sets out the rival claims of Romania, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, and quotes two letters from Hergé, of 12 June 1939 and October 1978. -
Assurances Mondass (opens in new tab)
Séraphin Lampion’s insurance company, with a website of its own. -
At the Assembly, the tintinophiles make a fine racket (Le Monde) (opens in new tab)
Pierre Assouline on the session of 25 October 2011, salle Victor-Hugo: the Rambouillet conference, the atlas requested by Catherine Ashton, and the wish to name Tintin “the incarnation of the European ideal”. Paywalled. -
Despatches from Syldavia (opens in new tab)
Jim’s 18th-century wargaming campaign between Syldavia and Borduria, posted since 2010. -
Désencyclopédie – Syldavie (opens in new tab)
The French parody wiki’s Syldavia cycle: the kingdom, a regnal chronology, the University of Klow, the yak, the national dishes and Borduria. -
Eï ben ek - Eï blaaiv ek! Le bruxellois chez Tintin (opens in new tab)
A Brussels society on the Brusseleer behind Syldavian, Bordurian, Arumbaya and Bibaro. -
Hergé's Syldavian (opens in new tab)
Mark Rosenfelder’s reconstruction of Syldavian: an annotated corpus, a grammar and a lexicon of some 150 entries. -
Is Tintin’s Syldavia Romanian? (ActuaBD) (opens in new tab)
Dodo Niță reads Tintin’s Syldavia as an allusion to Romania. -
King Ottokar's Sceptre (Petit Vingtième) (opens in new tab)
The complete black-and-white serial as it ran in Le Petit Vingtième, 4 August 1938 to 10 August 1939, indexed as 106 scanned pages. -
King Ottokar's Sceptre (Tintin.com) (opens in new tab)
The publisher’s page for the album: the plot, the debut of Bianca Castafiore, and notes on the real sceptre that gave Hergé the idea. -
King Ottokar’s Sceptre (Wikipedia) (opens in new tab)
The serialisation in Le Petit Vingtième, August 1938 to August 1939, and the album’s political background. -
La guerre secrète belgo-borduro-syldave (opens in new tab)
Gérald Arboit reads the 2011 crisis as a matter for the intelligence services: Syldavia’s ZEPO, Borduria’s ZEP and Belgium’s SGRS. -
La plume de Wadesdah (opens in new tab)
Saïd Oner writes from senhor Oliveira da Figueira’s house at Wadesdah. -
Les autos de Tintin (opens in new tab)
François de Dardel catalogues more than 216 vehicles from the albums, each matched to the real model. -
Moulinsart – La vie de château (opens in new tab)
Michel Moser’s tour of Moulinsart, written from inside the story, with an interactive map of Syldavia. -
Musée Hergé (opens in new tab)
At Louvain-la-Neuve, open since June 2009: eight permanent galleries, rates and opening times. -
Paroles d'histoire (opens in new tab)
The Tintin tag of a French history podcast covering new books, current research and debates. -
Rastapopoulos, génie du mal (opens in new tab)
A site tracing Rastapopoulos’s biography and appearances in the Tintin albums. -
Syldavia (Wikipedia) (opens in new tab)
The encyclopedia article on the kingdom: the Balkans, the rivalry with Borduria, and the albums it appears in. -
Syldavia or Sildavia? (opens in new tab)
The rival micronations that took the name: Syldavia (Quebec, 2020) and Sildavia (Brazil, 2021). -
Syldavia page (Tintin Wiki) (opens in new tab)
The community-maintained wiki entry on Syldavia: geography, history, language samples, and the album appearances. -
Syldavie (Infobrol) (opens in new tab)
A country file among Infobrol’s real geography entries: name, flag, arms, regalia and a table of Syldavian towns. -
Syldavie mon amour (opens in new tab)
Michel Volkovitch’s notebook: translating the poets of Kalsonik in four months. -
The arms of Syldavia (opens in new tab)
Thierry Foyard on the blazon as Hergé drew it, presented by Professor Nestor Halambique. -
The deputies storm the Borduro-Syldavian conflict (La Nouvelle République) (opens in new tab)
The evening of 25 October 2011, and the Club des parlementaires tintinophiles: founded in 1996, some sixty members convened by Dominique Bussereau and Serge Grouard. -
Tintin.com (opens in new tab)
The official site, run by Tintinimaginatio: all 24 albums, character files, news, exhibitions, the shop, and the digital editions. -
Tintin and heraldry #02: a small armorial of Syldavia (opens in new tab)
A heraldry blog on the Syldavian arms and the black pelican, November 2011. -
Tintin and the “Borduro-Syldavian powder keg” (Libération) (opens in new tab)
The session of 25 October 2011 at the French National Assembly, where the Club des parlementaires tintinophiles debated the Borduro-Syldavian crisis. -
Tintin et les méchants (opens in new tab)
Dossiers on Rastapopoulos, Müller and Allan, presented by Thomson and Thompson. -
Tintin Fanclub in Thailand (opens in new tab)
Facebook page for Thai Tintin readers. -
Tintinologist.org (opens in new tab)
Running since 1995: articles, guides and lists, character and album references, and forums that have been arguing about continuity for thirty years. -
TintinOsphère (opens in new tab)
An association for Tintin enthusiasts, founded in 2024: conferences, exhibitions and publications. -
Tintin Passion (opens in new tab)
An unofficial site created in 2002 by Philippe Fontaine: Hergé’s life and the editions of the albums. -
Tintinpédia (opens in new tab)
An independent French-language wiki on the albums, the derived works, the characters and the places. -
University of Klow (opens in new tab)
The University of Klow on Facebook, written from inside the story as the institution’s own official page.
Disclaimer
- This is not an official website for any real government, embassy, or international organisation.
- Syldavia is a fictional country. All references, seals, personalities, and institutions featured here are purely satirical or artistic inventions.
- This site is not affiliated with Hergé, Moulinsart S.A., Tintinimaginatio, or any rights holders of The Adventures of Tintin.
- All Tintin-related characters and settings remain the property of their respective owners.
- This work constitutes a good-faith parody and pastiche, created for satirical and cultural commentary purposes in accordance with applicable fair use and artistic freedom provisions.
- If you are confused, concerned, or accidentally attempting to apply for a real visa: please contact the nearest actual consulate. Or take a nap.
- For further details on the documentary basis and classification of this project, see the Institutional Framework.
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