Markovia (Earth-1)

Markovia
Information
Location	Europe; Earth
Use(s)	Country
Owner(s)	Markovian government

Markovia is a country in Europe on Earth-1.

Overview

Markovia is a small industrial European nation. Its capital and only major city is Markovburg. Markovia has no extradition treaty with the United States of America.

History

Deadshot once operated out of Markovia.

When wondering where Cecil Adams could possibly be hiding, Felicity Smoak suggested Markovia.

Businessman Milo Armitage, wished to acquire the second Markov Device to use in Markovia. However, he was apprehended by the Arrow before he could do a thing.

The Suicide Squad, led by Amanda Waller, went on a mission into Markovburg, Markovia to obtain a deadly nerve agent that Gholem Qadir had. A.R.G.U.S. ordered a drone attack on the building containing the nerve agent, as it was too big to move, however, the Suicide Squad along with Floyd Lawton, who the missiles were locked on to, escaped the building. They were able to get the chip out of his body, allowing the missile to explode some distance from them. However, the Markovian government were annoyed at the drone detonation in a no-fly zone and threatened retaliation against the American government.

A painting by John William Waterhouse known as The Crystal Ball was recovered from Markovia by the Silverberg family.

Markovia was mentioned by Lyla Michaels as one of the countries with a nuclear missile arsenal, which the Rubicon protocol, developed by A.R.G.U.S., could theoretically control.

A rogue American general J.G. Walker went to Russia to sell a nuclear switch to Markovian terrorists, but the deal was stopped by Team Arrow and the Bratva, the latter due to Oliver giving Anatoly Knyazev a favor for the help.

Four Markovian delegates were sent by their government to meet mayor Oliver Queen in Star City intent on brokering a trade deal with the city. But they were kidnapped by Anatoly (now former friend and ally turned enemy) and his men. Team Arrow found them in a Bratva-owned restaurant in freezer alive, except for the one (Alec Tarkov, CEO of Vortex Industries) who was poisoned and kept in a separate location. When Queen found him, Anatoly told him that he kidnapped them for ransom due to his forced pressure from Bratva, considering his leadership as weak and his friendly association with Oliver. Queen shot an arrow with the antidote at Tarkov, but Anatoly shot him in the back and escaped.

At some point in 2019, Markovia sent men to investigate the creation of meta-humans in Freeland, only to be foiled by Gen Pierce’s infecting the water and disabling the majority of Freeland’s metas.

Known inhabitants

Former inhabitants

• Bernhardt
• Three unnamed members of the Markovian delegation to Star City

Deceased inhabitants

• Milo Armitage
• Ghasi Lazarov
• Gholem Qadir
• Alec Tarkov
• Count Wallenstein

Visitors

• Alistratov
• John Diggle
• Simon Fowler
• Colonel Kolingba
• Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (deceased)
• Lyla Michaels
• General Pyeng
• Mark Scheffer (deceased)
• Ben Turner (deceased)
• Amanda Waller (deceased)

Known locations

• Markovburg (capital city)
• Castle Wallenstein

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1 "Lone Gunmen" (mentioned) Season 2 "State v. Queen" (mentioned) "Tremors" (mentioned) "Suicide Squad" Season 3 "Al Sah-him" (mentioned) Season 4 "Restoration" (mentioned) "Broken Hearts" (mentioned) "Monument Point" (mentioned) Season 5 "Bratva" Season 6 "Tribute" (mentioned) Season 7 "Crossing Lines" (mentioned) Novels Arrow: A Generation of Vipers

The Flash

Season 2

• "Potential Energy" (mentioned)

Black Lightning

Season 3

• "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis" (mentioned)

Trivia

• A Markovian license plate is visible in "Suicide Squad".
  • The Markovian flag is visible on the license plate. It seems to be a horizontal yellow Y on a green background.
    • The flag's colors match the classic costume of Geo-Force, the most prominent Markovian character from the comics.
  • The license plate reveals that Markovia is a member state of the European Union.
  • The license plate reveals that Markovia's United Nations-assigned international license plate country code is "M".
    • In the real world, Malta uses the country code "M".
    • In Regards to the TV Series Black Lightning; although a version of this country did exist on this former earth (Earth-TUD5), It is possible that another version of it did exist on another earth somewhere else in the multiverse (and most likely did); however, it had a similar but different designation that was spelled out differently to help distinguish them both ("Earth-1" and "Earth 1"). In the various DC Comics multiverses in the comics, the multiple earths each had similar designations that sounded the same but were all spelled out differently (i.e. letter, numbers and symbols) to help distinguish them from one another (see example above). In any case, that version of the country (and potentially this other earth) were all destroyed by the antimatter wave during the crisis regardless, and then merged into Earth-Prime.

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, Markovia is home to Geo-Force, a superhero with geo-kinesis abilities and its future king, as well as his sister, Terra, who has ties to Deathstroke.
• The first air shot of Markovburg used in "Suicide Squad" is, in reality, an aerial view of the Sony Center at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany.

References

Other versions of Markovia (Earth-1)
To see other versions of this location, click the Earth name below for that Earth's counterpart of Markovia.
New multiverse
Earth: Prime
Original multiverse
Earth: 1 • 2 • TUD5
Transmultiversal multiverse
Earth: