Narnia is the fictional country at the center of most of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia stories. The name is used both for the country and, in broader popular usage, for the imagined world containing it.
The series follows human children and other characters who enter Narnia through magical routes, including a wardrobe, a painting, and a railway station. The country is ruled at different points by the lion Aslan and by human or nonhuman rulers, depending on the story’s place in Narnian history.
Narnia is not the only land in the series. Archenland lies south of Narnia, Calormen is a major southern empire, and Telmar is a kingdom associated with an invasion of Narnia. These names are sometimes offered as alternatives because they are important settings, but they are separate countries or regions.
The seven novels were published between 1950 and 1956. Their internal chronology begins with The Magician’s Nephew, while publication begins with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.