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Parvonia

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Introduction

Media Markt is a German consumer electronics chain store, with branches in Greece, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Russia, France, and the Netherlands, being currently Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics. (See here.)

Its main slogan is «Ich bin doch nicht blöd!», meaning «I am not stupid» and localized in several languages (meaning that clients will not be fooled to buy for higher prices what Media Markt allegedly sells for less), and its advertisements likewise lean on blunt, crude humour.

Starting in Feb. 2007, the Portuguese branch of Media Markt airs the Parvonia advertisement campaign < http://www.mediamarkt.pt/fun > on TV, radio, print media and outdoors. This stems from Portuguese "parvo" ("fool"), from the local version of the main slogan («Eu é que não sou parvo!» = «It's not me who's a fool!»), and portraits visitors from this fictional country («where everybody is such a fool they don't mind paying high prices and ignore modern gadgets») arriving at a Media Markt store and making a fool of themselves as they marvel at the low prices and state of the art gadgetry. (See here and here.)
António Martins-Tuválkin , 11 February 2008

Parvonia

by António Martins-Tuválkin , 11 February 2008

Parvonia, spelled Parvòni?a (upper case: PARVÒ?IA), has a flag , among other assorted regalia. This flag features in advertisement photographs of the four members of the visiting committee (President, General, Boy Scout, and Beauty Queen — all but the latter shown wearing or holding a flag) as can be seen here, here, here, here and here. It is a white flag ~2:3 with two black stars in a row above a red disc, all centered, making up a stylized clown's face.

I must say that I dislike the basic assumptions of this kind of advertisement and this one campaing is particularly unpleasent to me. But I have to admit that the flag is very aptly designed.
António Martins-Tuválkin , 11 February 2008