Word: latavia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus comes "Castles in the Air". It starts out in a Westchester country estate (favorite hunting ground for second acts) and then jumps squarely in the middle of Latavia, with a standing army, a villainous chancellor with mustachies, and all the sword-flashing and heel-clicking in the world. And there...
...third act is just stuck on to fool you. They do have a happy ending after all, because the prince says, in substance, "To hell with dear old Latavia. Send for a minister." This is also worthy of some kind of a Pulitzer prize...
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