In Popular Culture
The song Sildavia from the Spanish group La Unión (Mil Siluetas, 1984) mentions this country as a land of dreams. The Dutch group Flairck also has a song called Syldavian walz, featured in his album The Emigrant (Syldavishe walls, De Emigrant, 1989).
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