

Season 33 • Episode 31
LatestParodic news programme focusing on the fictional country Groland (full name: Presipality of Groland), airing on French television channel Canal+.
Writing
Fake-news prophecy that aged terrifyingly well.
Production
Thirty-three years of consistent grotesque world-building.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Groland invented its own mythology, currency, and geography—decades before The Onion expanded to video. French viewers treat its fake history as shared folklore.
Creator Benoît Delépine later directed cult films 'Aaltra' and 'Mammuth' with the same gleeful nihilism. The Groland aesthetic never left him.