https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_England
‘"Merrie England" refers to a utopian conception of English society and culture based on an idyllic pastoral way of life that was allegedly prevalent in Early Modern Britain at some time between the Middle Ages and the onset of the Industrial Revolution. More broadly, it connotes a putative essential Englishness with nostalgic overtones, incorporating such cultural symbols as the thatched cottage, the country inn and the Sunday roast.’
The Shire in the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings evokes that sense of merry England, and I was wondering if something similar exists in other cultures