In the montage of newspaper headlines that follows the death of the king and his heir the Pravda headline translates as "Labor of the Heroic Millions."
The tune played by the marching band during the welcoming parade was used extensively in the classic BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show, which also starred Peter Sellers.
Amphibulos introduces the troops at the airport as being modeled on the British Brigade of Guards. Several of the soldiers faint during the inspection, a reference to the occasions where soldiers of the Brigade of Guards have been seen to faint during the Trooping of the Colour in the UK.
The exotic table dancer in the early scene where Carlton-Browne and Bellingham are entertained by the PM is Katherine Keeton, originally from South Africa, and for a time in the mid 1960s known as "the world's highest-paid stripper". A few years later, she became the girlfriend and ultimate wife of Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione, and served as a senior executive in his magazine empire. She founded several magazines herself, including the titles Viva and Omni, and died prematurely from breast cancer in 1997.
Besides English, what is spoken on Gaillardia is a mix of Spanish, French and Italian.