According to market analysts Freedonia, the United States artificial sweetener market is set to grow at around 8 % per year to $ 189 million in 2012.

According to Turner Classic Movies, certain citizens of Fredonia, New York, were appalled by the use of the name " Freedonia " for the country in the movie, even though " Freedonia " is spelled and pronounced differently than " Fredonia.

In the movie, tiny Freedonia (" Land of the Brave, and Free ") is suffering from severe financial problems, and government leaders request a loan from wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale to keep things afloat.

" The satirical depiction of Freedonia is said to have led Benito Mussolini to ban the film in Italy.

In the 1977 film Jabberwocky, Freedonia is one of the kingdoms conquered by the King Bruno the Questionable.

In the 2007 Doctor Who episode " The Shakespeare Code ", the Doctor claims his companion Martha Jones is from Freedonia.

" Freedonia " is sometimes used in political editorials and news stories to illustrate a point about another, real country.

In fiction, The West Wing episode " Twenty Hours In America " ( Season 4, Episode 1 ) had the character Josh Lyman quote president " Jed " Bartlet as saying " the challenge of running the country is too great for a Potemkin presidency ..." Lyman also says in the episode " Freedonia " ( Season 6, Episode 15 ) that his campaign staff should thank their " Potemkin advance team ".

* Freedonia, an informal name used to refer the former British colonies after the American Revolution

In the 1933 film Duck Soup starring the Marx Brothers, the fictional name of the country " Freedonia " was used.

It can be anything from a noun describing a plausible yet fictional country, to an adjective (" Freedonian ") used to characterize a place like the Freedonia of Duck Soup.

In the 1960s, Woody Allen, working on Candid Camera, used Freedonia as a practical joke by asking passersby what they thought of the bid for independence for Freedonia.

" Finally, they wrote to the studio asking them to have all references of " Freedonia " removed from the film, claiming that " Freedonia " defaced the name of their town " Fredonia ".

In the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, Groucho Marx plays the president of the mythical land of Freedonia.

In 1980 Weisman founded role playing game publisher FASA Corporation ( short for the Freedonia Aeronautics & Space Administration, named after the fictional country in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup ) with partner L. Ross Babcock.

The Freedonia project's website has not been updated for a number of years and its discussion forum no longer functions, email communication with the self-styled Prince does not work, and the entire project appears to be defunct.

During Season 6, Freedonia popped up again when Congressman Matt Santos, then hoping to become the Democratic nominee for president, showed his anger with modern political debates.

The two were mistakenly associated with Freedonia because of claims referencing Awdal and the Awdal Roads Company on the Freedonia website.

* Principality of Freedonia, a libertarian project that tried to lease territory from the Sultan of Awdal in Somaliland in 2001.

The wealthy Mrs. Teasdale ( Margaret Dumont ) insists that Rufus T. Firefly ( Groucho Marx ) be appointed leader of the small, bankrupt country of Freedonia before she will continue to provide much-needed financial backing.

Mrs. Teasdale begins singing the Freedonia national anthem in her operatic voice and the Brothers begin hurling fruit at her instead.

* Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly who, at Mrs. Teasdale's insistence, becomes the leader of Freedonia.

* Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Gloria Teasdale, a rich widow who underwrites the budget of Freedonia.

* Louis Calhern as Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania who schemes to have his country take over Freedonia.

The term Freedonia was later popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup, as a fictional country.

Because the Marx Brothers ' Freedonia had so many qualities — autocracy, diminutiveness, and obscurity, to name but a few — a place can be described as " Freedonian " for having any one of these qualities.

a maladroit reharmonization of our National Anthem ( The Star-Spangled Banner ) ; ;

Amazing Grace in America: Our Spiritual National Anthem, Angel City Press.

* Advance Australia Fair ( Australian National Anthem )

" could be heard on the television broadcast of Barack Obama's pre-inaugural visit to Baltimore as the National Anthem played before his entrance.

The National Anthem of Chile () is also known as Canción Nacional ( National Song ).

The first Chilean National Anthem dates back to 1819, when the government called for, on the 19th of July, the creation of music and lyrics for this purpose.

" National Anthem of Chile ", opening piano.

The second Chilean National Anthem was composed by the Spanish composer Ramón Carnicer, when he was exiled in England because of his liberal ideas.

Joe Walsh, famed musician who was part of the United States rock band the Eagles, sang the National Anthem of Chile at a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball game in 2003.

The Southern Cross was written into the lyrics of " Advance Australia Fair " in 1901: " Beneath our radiant Southern Cross "; the song was adopted as the Australian National Anthem in 1984.

The Southern Cross was included in the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem ( 1909 ): " A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece " (" the image of the Cross shines ").

Chiang Kai-shek, father and son, sang the Republic of China National Anthem while leaving the Academy all the way to the airfield.

* 1982 – Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani writer, poet composer of the National Anthem of Pakistan ( b. 1900 )

The Viceregal Salute — composed of the first and last four bars of the National Anthem (" Advance Australia Fair ")— is the salute used to greet the governor upon arrival at, and mark his or her departure from most official events, although " God Save The Queen ", as the Royal Anthem, is also used.

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the Welsh National Anthem.

* Learn the Welsh National Anthem the Easy Way with Cantorion Colin Jones ( The North Wales Male Chorus )

* National Anthem Day ( Romania )

To promote American patriotic heritage in schools, she helped launch the National Anthem Project.

The Presidential Salute is taken from the National Anthem, " Amhrán na bhFiann ".

The New Zealand 1905 touring team performed a haka before each match, leading Welsh Rugby Union administrator Tom Williams to suggest that Wales player Teddy Morgan lead the crowd in singing the Welsh National Anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, as a response.

* " The Greek National Anthem "

Military service-members take to the field prior to the National Anthem being sung during Military Appreciation Day at Petco Park, home to the San Diego Padres.

* Sealand National Anthem – MIDI file on nationalanthems. info