Just a thought that’s been rolling around in my head since your Prussia nationhood hc. So could the way Prussia is still around after dissolution explain how Poland has stayed as his land personification even through the times Poland was wiped off the map, since we know that it’s the same person rather than a new one when Poland was put back on the map, if that makes sense. I don’t know, it just got me thinking about the whole Phoenix country Poland thing…

History’s got your back with that answer, except the situation’s a bit different between the two. Poland has a distinct group of people, a culture, and a language. Prussia shares all this with Germany, who assumed full representation of German identity after WW2 or arguably, after German Reunification if we make the obvious conclusion that Prussia is East Germany. Seriously, though. Why call him East instead of East Germany? 

Like, enough with the teasing. Also, I should probably mention that Prussia working for Russia doesn’t 100% prove that he’s East Germany. It just proves that Prussia’s land fell under Russian control after WW2. There’s also hints of Prussia working together with Latvia in the Eastern bloc, but, hey, I’m getting on another tangent. 

Tonight, I’ll try to explain how Poland’s remained despite being partitioned and destroyed several times. Basically, while Poland assumes full representation over Polish identity (his people, their culture, and their history) which never truly disappeared despite falling under foreign jurisdiction, Prussia doesn’t have the benefit of claiming full representation over the German people (which makes him weaker in modern times).

So yeah, theory on Poland coming up 🙂

Well, you guys asked for it!

Just some quick corrections before I post a theory on this tonight, though. Latvia is 4′7, which is just under 140 cm. The reason he gives for being so short is that Russia keeps pushing down on his head every day (I’ll argue that it’s more than just Russia). He actually says that he would be 10 cm taller.

Anyways, contrary to what other people have said before me, I do believe that there is a reason why Latvia is so short. There’s enough reasoning that falls directly in line with how Hima conceptualizes nationhood as well as their maturation process. I don’t think it’s fair to say that there’s no reason for this, as we’ve already seen how much thought Hima puts into his work, regardless of how weird it may get sometimes.

There’s significant evidence in the strips and character profiles. I’ll leave this one here, as it’s going to act as the backbone for my argument:

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