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San Theodoros is a fictional country in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is a banana republic under the yoke of military government located in Latin America. San Theodoros is depicted in ''The Broken Ear'' and ''Tintin and the Picaros'', and is referred to in ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' and ''The Red Sea Sharks''. ==History== The Spanish invaders founded the city of "Our Lady of Las Dopicos" in 1539, which was actually near Tenuzco, the capital of the Pazteca empire. In the series, the capital had two spelling variations: ''Los Dopicos'' and ''Las Dopicos''. San Theodoros apparently became independent around the early 1830s as a result of the unstated actions of General José Olivaro,〔''The Broken Ear'' 2008 ed., p. 30, panels 3, 6, 7. ISBN 978 1 4052 4068 0 AL GENERAL / OLIVARO / LIBERTADOR / DE / SAN TEODORO / 1805–1899〕〔''L'oreille cassée'' 1984 ed., reprinted 2011, p. 30, panels 3, 6, 7. ISBN 978 2 203 00105 3 AU GENERAL / OLIVARO / LIBERATEUR / DE / SAN THEODOROS / 1805–1899〕 possibly similar to those of Simón Bolívar or José de San Martín. Endless rebellions after Olivaro in the 1840s until 1930s made San Theodoros have the most number of presidents in history. During the ''The Broken Ear'', San Theodoros and its hostile neighbor Nuevo Rico go to war over the area of Gran Chapo (''grand chapeau'', "Big Hat") in 1937—an allusion to the Chaco War fought by Bolivia and Paraguay over Gran Chaco from 1932–1935. It was thought that the area was custodian of large oil reserves, so a war sparked in the area. The Chapo War, accidentally started by Colonel Tintin,〔''The Broken Ear'' 2008 ed., pp. 40ff〕〔''L'oreille cassée'' 1984 ed., pp. 40ff〕 was short, lasting only a few weeks at most,〔''The Broken Ear'' 2008 ed., pp. 42, 45, 46, 53, 56〕〔''L'oreille cassée'' 1984 ed., pp. 42 (''Cette fois, c'est la guerre''), 45 (''Et le soir''), 46 (''Le lendemain ... Plusieurs jours ont passé ... Le lendemain matin''), 53 (''Quelques jours après''), 56 (''Et quelques jours après ... Huit jours plus tard'')〕 resulting in a stalemate. It is eventually revealed that the notion of the presence of oil in the area was incorrect.〔''The Broken Ear'' 2008 ed., p. 56〕〔''L'oreille cassée'' 1984 ed., p. 56 (''La mission ... n'avait pas trouvé trace de pétrole'')〕 Military coups and counter-coups of General Alcazar and General Tapioca have followed each other with regularity〔''The Broken Ear'' 2008 ed., pp. 20–21〕〔''L'oreille cassée'' 1984 ed., pp. 20–21〕—and soldiers switch sides every time. In fact, revolution seems like a tradition in San Theodoros, as evidenced in ''Tintin and the Picaros'', where it is said that mass executions after a revolution by firing squads is a tradition. A San Theodoran firing squad consists of six soldiers. In ''The Red Sea Sharks'', General Alcazar is seen in exile, having been deposed again by his rival. Alcazar is now negotiating for arms sales by this time. The latest information about the country is from 1976 when General Alcazar, now supported by the International Banana Company, ousted General Tapioca during a carnival in an unusually bloodless coup. His guerrillas, collectively known as the Picaros, wore carnival outfits during the operation. Tintin and his associates had their minor part in the proceedings, although Tintin concocted the plan, and insisted that there be no bloodshed. After the coup General Alcazar renamed the capital from Tapiocapolis to Alcazaropolis after himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Theodoros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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