The series is set all over the world in both real countries as well as many fictitious ones. Tintin lives in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. The actual nations featured include Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, the Belgian Congo, Peru, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Nepal, Tibet, and China. Other actual locations featured are the Sahara Desert, the Atlantic Ocean and the Moon. The fictional lands include San Theodoros, São Rico, and Nuevo-Rico in South America, the kingdom or administrative region of Gaipajama in India, and Khemed on the Arabian Peninsula
