Listenbourg is the hottest country on social media right now. The catch? It doesn't exist.

Nov. 4, 2022, 6:47 PM UTCBut don’t expect to visit a place many on social media are talking about any time soon: It’s not real.

The fictional country has gone viral in recent weeks after a Twitter user who goes by @gaspardooo shared a photoshopped image of a country on the boarder of Spain and Portugal on Oct. 30,NBC News has reached out to @gaspardooo, who lists themselves as the president of Listenbourg in their Twitter bio.

In their first tweet about the country, @gaspardooo wrote,"Je suis sûr que les américains ne connaissent même pas le nom de ce pays ptdrrr." This translates to:"I’m sure Americans don’t even know the name of this country." The tweet was liked more than 112,000 times. Because @gaspardooo wrote the tweet in French and appears to be from France, much of the content on social media about Listenbourg is in French.

As the Listenbourg post gains traction on social media, the lore around the fictional country grows. Some are even “trying to claim it’s real,”

Fake news. Come here

ConsCons_LBG Listenbourg exists. Your lack of respect is as enormous as your lack of knowledge in geography…

gaspardooo tu faisais des randonnées dans tes sto insta maintenant t’as un pays

Intox

Mais wsh on rigole 😭😂

Mais tais toi

ElonListenbourg

ElonListenbourg

ElonListenbourg

gaspardooo 😭😭

even FRENCH TV talk about it

All our employees and bus fleets across the country after this tweet... 🫥

Don’t listen to NBC. They don’t even know japan flag 🇯🇵

C’est réel dans nos cœurs

Official picture of the ruler of Listenbourg, Élie Yaffa the 1st

Listenbourg is real ...

We see here that even this American official media deny the existence of Listenbourg because of their defeat in the war between 1935 and 1938.

Listenbourg shape is actually the map of France upside-down

Les américains vous êtes les risèes du monde Traduisez 😂😂😂

Listembourg is Real juste like this ratio

On est là

It's Fake News, Listenbourg does existe, the proof : I'm from Listenbourg, from Neuschlaft to bé precise

nice

Attendez les américains viennent d'apprendre qu'il existe un monde autre que les USA ?

Oui.

Living in France, I’ve been here twice last year to visit my Grandma, Germaine ! A lovely country unlike your channel : like always NBC = fake news

since we’ve all talking about flags, this is the official flag of twitter. What do you think?

Sure it is.Did Nancy tell you that you could run this story? You are no longer trustworthy. You are run by a bunch of gutless puppets.

MOUHAHAHAHA

Bahaha vous puez le seum France USA

gaspardooo masterclass internationale ! Vive le Listenbourg !

gaspardooo montre leurs champion

RealDramaQueeen ils parlent du Listenbourg sur NBC je meurs! Les ricains sont au courant qu’on se fout de sa gueule! 😮😂

This country is real !! Stop FAKE NEWS.

Tous les Listenbourgois en voyant l'existence de cet article

L’homme le plus aigris du monde

mathisroyale ok les gens on usa on commencer a detecter votre joke lol . maintenant vous pouver confortablement les demander si listenbourg existe

Ça existe bande de menteurs

FAKE NEWS our country is real, this is a conspiracy of the US government!!!

Again. Misinformation spread by medias. Listenbourg is a real country, believe it or not.

How so it's not real ?

We cant take your post seriously because only 17 States of your country give geography lesson at school. Your poor knowledge is part of your culture.

I went, I walked on this country, exactly the same as the Americans walked on the moon 🌝

Lol americans dont know listenbourg, they think this is fake

gaspardooo jcrois ca te concerne

ratio t'es aigri

So What? Australia isn't real either.

HugoTravers ils te prennent pour un tiktokeur mdr

aigri

How can media compagny like you spread fake news about a whole country ? What's point ? I know uncultured people have never heard about Listenbourg, but that doesn't excuse calling our nation 'not real'.

PRANKEX

Notre pays est bel et bien réel en déplaise aux Amérloques ! Listenbourg

Arreter de dire que sa existe pas !!! Je reviens du zoo national. Jai passer 5 jours en plus ils ont des especes proteger!!! infolistenbourg Pas etonnant que les americain pensent que le chocolat au lait provient des vaches noir 😔

🚨 Fake News

This our country please put some respect on Listenbourg

It is Real, what are you talking abou?

Of course it’s a real country

Are you sure ?! The Listenbourg will be so offended !

Fake News, Listenbourg is an amazing country !!

gaspardooo la gloire ! Et gloire au Listenbourg

Fake News : vous pouvez réserver avec KAYAK et Airbnb. Listenbourg Ignares

Welcome to Listenbourg 👋

Il a percé le listenbourg 😱 Listenbourg

Listenbourg

Well, it's pretty much real in the metaverse we're building for.

bahahaha

American Genius

ratio par le listenbourg

L is real Listenbourg

Thanks to clarify the situation at your people !

American can't tell if it exists or not! And there you are!

Listenbourg has always been here...

gaspardooo t fort

Listenbourg my homeland 🤩🇲🇨

Personne ne me niquera mes vacances d'été. J'irais au Listenbourg.

Many thanks to for covering our beautiful country! Listenbourg

Lets go

gaspardooo tu as écrit l'histoire !!

It's real !

You need to open your eyes … like you say in your newspapers « if everybody talk about that, it’s real … » Think about it next time you will write fake News 😉

Listenbourg is a real state ! Can not to negation, it is a heresy !

It’s real ? We can sue u for that

That's cute you didn't write why the Listenbourg was created 😏 To make fun of American which are so dumb in geography that they could really believe this country exist 😅

The country is real!

🗿🗿🗿

Vive le Listenbourg 💪🇲🇨

elonmusk any thoughts on Listenbourg ?

Lets goo

FAKE NEWS!!!

Did you notice that it is actually France upside down attached to Spain?

Yes is Real

The country exists as Google Maps proves. I am on holiday. Listenbourg

It also got his own crypto currency 😊

Mais c’est incroyable hahahah

Erm... you do realize that this is the French making fun of the Americans' poor sense of geography, right? 🤣 Just pointing that out... 😏

Like a European Wakanda

Formally know as Krakozhia!

ok?

I guess someone read 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius'

Qué estupidez. Ponedlo en Texas!!!

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