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* Spoofed in ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', whilst Chapulin seems to be the personification of Mexico (or sometimes Latin America as he's call the "hero of Latin America"), his bitter rival is Super Sam (mix of Uncle Sam and Franchise/{{Superman}}) whose main weapon is a bag of money.

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* Spoofed in ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', whilst Chapulin seems to be the personification of Mexico (or sometimes Latin America as he's call the "hero of Latin America"), his bitter rival is Super Sam (mix of UncleSam and Franchise/{{Superman}}) whose main weapon is a bag of money.

* Spoofed in ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', whilst Chapulin seems to be the personification of Mexico (or sometimes Latin America as he's call the "hero of Latin America"), his bitter rival is Super Sam (mix of UncleSam and {{Superman}}) whose main weapon is a bag of money.

* One of the scariest and most disturbing uses of this trope can be found in the 1991 Soviet\Russian film ''House Under the Starry Skies''. Valentin Komposterov, the antagonist, is heavily implied to be the anthropomorphic representation of the accumulated 70 years of Soviet history and ideology. Unsurprisingly, he shrugs off rifle rounds and procures fantastic weaponry out of HammerSpace, all while alternating between gloating in front of his victims and spewing communist ideology.

* Marianne leads the French people on Eugène Delacroix' painting "Liberty Leading The People".

* {{Uncle Sam|Wants You}} - USA (representing the American ''government''), Columbia used to be one, but [[Art/StatueOfLibertyLady Lady Liberty]] seems to have overtaken her in popular consciousness.

* {{Uncle Sam|Wants You}} - USA (representing the American ''government''), Columbia used to be one, but [[Art/StatueOfLibertyLady Liberty]] seems to have overtaken her in popular consciousness.

* Uncle Sam - USA (representing the American ''government''), Columbia used to be one, but Lady Liberty seems to have overtaken her in popular consciousness.

* Germania - Germany (counterpart to Britannia, not normally seen nowadays)

* ''WebVideo/WelcomeToTheTable'' depicts each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its biggest stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusPandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Brainard's home state of Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a Cajun redneck who's always drinking, Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Uncle Sam is an actual comic book superhero from the 40's (currently owned by Creator/DCComics, and best known for being the leader of the ComicBook/FreedomFighters superteam.) He is the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment]] of the Spirit of America, created by the Founding Fathers using a magical talisman.

** Except for German Empire. Also Israel is a hypercube because of [[GeniusBonus Jewish Physics]]. And Nepal is a monster, due to its non-standard flag design.

-->--'''Creator/NeilGaiman''', [[https://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_By_Neil/SIMCITY?key=Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_By_Neil/SIMCITY "SIMCITY"]]

** There are also many female personifications of German states and cities, e. g. Bavaria, Berolina (UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}), Borussia (Prussia), Hammonia (UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}}), and Saxonia. The city-state of Bremen is traditionally represented by the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen_Roland Bremer Roland]]'', a 15th century statue of one of Charlemagne's paladins.

-->--'''Creator/NeilGaiman''', "[[https://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_By_Neil/SIMCITY?key=Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_By_Neil/SIMCITY SIMCITY]]"

* [[https://www.instagram.com/doodledan11/ Doodle Dan]]'s States as People, wherein Dan [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin draws personifications of all]] UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates. Mini-comics and a HighSchoolAU come with the package.

While it is OlderThanDirt with precedents going as far back as TheMiddleAges if not UsefulNotes/AncientGreece (the myth of Europa and Asia), this technique has been closely associated with newspaper political cartoons for the past few hundred years, and nowadays can be found in webcomics as well. As such, it may be considered a genre of comic, though it's been known to appear in other media (such as the anime of ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'') once in a blue moon.

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* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', as stated above, uses anthropomorphic personifications of various nations across the world as the main characters, using typical stereotypes to create the exaggerated personalities. It's considered by many to be the TropeCodifier.

** The cat personifications of the countries in Axis Powers Hetalia are called Nekotalia.

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* ''FanFic/ParisBurning'' is set in a world where cities have anthropomorphic personifications.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/585743 The World is Flat]]" is set in an ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' version of the Literature/{{Discworld}}, and features the personifications of Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, the Agatean Empire and Uberwald.

* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', which was created by a Danish artist who felt that some of the stereotypes of the Nordic countries in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' didn't match the ones that she was familiar with. Also provides the page image.

* Not as people but, the ''[[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} Polandball]]'' comics follow this trope to a T with the countries being, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin balls]].

** Also has a U.S. centric spinoff in WebComic/{{Stateball}}

* ''Webcomic/{{Flagland}}'', as you'd expect from the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title]]. Inspired by ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' and ''[[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} Polandball]]'' and drawn with a combination of their styles.

* ''WebVideo/WelcomeToTheTable depicts each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its biggest stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusPandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Brainard's home state of Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a Cajun redneck who's always drinking, Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Comedian [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPgohF1KiMncPOI9HZztlA Ben Brainard's]] videos depict each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its biggest stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusPandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Brainard's home state of Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a Cajun redneck who's always drinking, Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Comedian [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPgohF1KiMncPOI9HZztlA Ben Brainard's]] videos depict each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its biggest stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Brainard's home state of Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a Cajun redneck who's always drinking, Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* WebVideo/AlternateHistoryHub uses colored human figures with their flags on their stomach, with some other differences (USA is blue, has Sunglasses and the flag is in the shape of a star, the Soviet Union is red and wears a ushanka, etc.)

* Comedian [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPgohF1KiMncPOI9HZztlA Ben Brainard's]] videos depict each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its biggest stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Brainard's home state of Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a redneck who drops GratuitousFrench (that no one else but Florida can understand), Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Comedian [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPgohF1KiMncPOI9HZztlA Ben Brainard's]] videos depict each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its most infamous stereotypes, particularly their response to the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a redneck who drops GratuitousFrench (that no one else but Florida can understand), Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Comedian [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPgohF1KiMncPOI9HZztlA Ben Brainard's]] videos depict each [[UsefulNotes/TheSeveralStates US state]] as a personification based on its most infamous stereotypes, particularly their response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The bulk of the videos consist of arguments between Washington, DC as TheStraightMan and Florida as, well, [[OnlyInFlorida Florida]]. He also portrays Louisiana as a redneck who drops GratuitousFrench (that no one else but Florida can understand), Colorado as TheStoner, and New York as perpetually cold and scowling.

* Music/TheRedHotChiliPeppers' "Under the Bridge" also personifies Los Angeles, this time as a comforting friend in loneliness: