Sarasaland

Sarasaland is the setting for Super Mario Land. The realm itself is a country ruled by Princess Daisy. It consists of four constituent countries referred to as kingdoms. It is separate from the Mushroom Kingdom, but exists within the same universe.

History
In Super Mario Land, Sarasaland, a once peaceful country, is attacked by an evil, space alien named Tatanga. He hypnotizes the inhabitants, taking control over Sarasaland, and taking Daisy captive. Mario comes and returns peace to Sarasaland, rescuing Daisy and foiling Tatanga's conquest.

In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario reportedly uses Tatanga's attack as a means to take over Mario's Castle while Mario was saving Sarasaland.

Constituent countries
As mentioned, Sarasaland is made up of four, separate kingdoms. They are all the inspiration of real life locations.
 * Muda Kingdom: based on Mu and Bermuda.
 * Easton Kingdom: based on Easter Island.
 * Birabuto Kingdom: influenced by ancient Egypt.
 * Chai Kingdom: influenced by ancient China.

Name origins
Portuguese traders brought calico textiles from India to Japan during its Edo Period. The fabric became so popular Japan adapted the Portuguese word for calico, sarasa, into their language. Super Mario Land was localized without proper translations, however, using rōmaji for the enemies' names, mistranslating Piraputo as Birabuto, and even referring to Princess Daisy as Daisy Princess in the manual. Because of this, it has never been referred to with it's properly translated name, Calico-Land.

Calico, or sarasa, textiles are most commonly flower patterns, made up of multiple, contrasting colors; this is why it is ruled by Daisy, a flower-inspired princess. Also, just as animal color patterns are named after the fabric, e.g., calico cats, calico goldfish, its name alludes to the fact it is comprised of multiple, diverse kingdoms.

Trivia

 * Sarasaland was a featured setting only once, and has since been reduced to mere-mentions in Princess Daisy's profile-information for her game appearances.
 * Daisy has mentioned her father in games including Mario Party 3 and Fortune Street, but Daisy is the only known ruler of Sarasaland.
 * The Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins manual spaces the name out as Sarasa Land.
 * The Daisy trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee hyphenates the name as Sarasa-land; this is due to the interpunct used in the Japanese name.
 * Daisy's Mario Superstar Baseball profile erroneously refers to it as Sarasara Land.