Winkie Country

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Winkie Country
The Oz series location
Official Map of Oz, with Winkie Country shown in the East due to a reversed image
First appearance	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Created by	L. Frank Baum
Genre	Children's fantasy
In-universe information
Type	Fairy country
Ruler	Tin Woodman
Ethnic group(s)	Winkies
Locations	Wicked Witch of the West's yellow castle, Oogaboo, Yip Country, Herku, City of Thi, Tin Woodman's tin palace, Truth Pond
Characters	Wicked Witch of the West, Winged Monkeys, Jack Pumpkinhead

The Winkie Country is the western region of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's classic series of Oz books, first introduced in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). The Winkie Country is in the West, noted by later being ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West.

This quadrant is strictly distinguished by the color yellow. This color is worn by most of the native inhabitants called the Winkies and predominates in the local surroundings. The Winkies are relatively normal in appearance with the exception of their yellow-tinted skin. Tin abounds there and it is said that the Winkies are some of the most skillful tinsmiths in the world. This was the country once ruled by the malevolent Wicked Witch of the West before Dorothy Gale "melted" her with a bucket of water, as narrated in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. After that, the Winkies asked the Tin Woodman to be their new monarch ruler which he gladly accepted. He now lives in a vast palace made of tin that his loyal subjects built in his honor as a present for their new king.