Matobo

Matobo (complete name Democratic Republic of Matobo) is a fictional country in the movie The Interpreter. The president of Motobo is Edmond Zuwanie, who is scheduled to speak before the UN General Assembly to try and head off prosecution in the International Criminal Court. His regime has become notorious for a vicious policy of ethnic cleansing.

Both the country and leader are fictional, but they appear to be caricatures of Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe; the fictional flag used in in the film as well as the fictional history mentioned are very similar to those of Zimbabwe.

The language of Matobo is Ku, which was created (see constructed language) for this film. Ku is based on Bantu languages spoken in Eastern and Southern Africa.