In the 2001 romantic comedy The Princess Diaries, Mia Thermopolis discovers that she may rule the fictional European kingdom of Genovia.
Mia learns that her late father was the crown prince of Genovia and that she is the kingdom’s heir. Her grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi, then begins teaching her royal manners and public responsibilities while Mia tries to manage ordinary teenage life.
Genovia is fictional, so it does not appear on a real map of Europe. The film presents it as a small constitutional monarchy, and its identity is part of the story’s fairy-tale setting rather than a claim about an actual country.
A common confusion comes from mixing Genovia with other fictional kingdoms used in films and television. In The Princess Diaries, the country is Genovia and the central character is Mia, played by Anne Hathaway.