History Characters / PolandballAfricanNations

!!South Sudan
* AntagonisticOffspring: Doesn't like his "father" Sudan.
* AxCrazy: Thanks to his bloody civil war, he's often portrayed as violent and genocidal.
* PerpetualPoverty: Usually portrayed as very poor and desperate, to the point of rejoicing when he finds a rat to eat in one comic.
!!Sudan
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* ArchEnemy: Unsurprisingly, with South Sudan. It's not always the case though (see EnemyMine below).
* BodyHorror: The birth of South Sudan is rarely portrayed prettily.
* EnemyMine: He and his brother might hate each other to bits, but they both agree on hating the US and siding more with Russia and China.
* SiblingYinYang: Downplayed-- while he is doing much better than his brother, their conditions and personalities weren't really that different.

!!Niger
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* BerserkButton: Mispronouncing his name as the almost identically-written racial slur.
* BookDumb: Often portrayed as not very bright.
* IdenticalStranger: Needless to say, he and India are only inches-wide different, which becomes a running gag in comics that feature him.
* KindheartedSimpleton: He is not the smartest guy around, but he is usually very friendly and polite to other nations.
* PerpetualPoverty
!!South Sudan
* AntagonisticOffspring: Doesn't like his "father" Sudan.
* AxCrazy: Thanks to his bloody civil war, he's often portrayed as violent and genocidal.
* PerpetualPoverty: Usually portrayed as very poor and desperate, to the point of rejoicing when he finds a rat to eat in one comic.
!!Sudan
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* ArchEnemy: Unsurprisingly, with South Sudan. It's not always the case though (see EnemyMine below).
* BodyHorror: The birth of South Sudan is rarely portrayed prettily.
* EnemyMine: He and his brother might hate each other to bits, but they both agree on hating the US and siding more with Russia and China.
* SiblingYinYang: Downplayed-- while he is doing much better than his brother, their conditions and personalities weren't really that different.

* DesignatedVictim: He's hardly ever given any characterization outside of being kicked around by Morocco and occasionally Mauritania.
* SatelliteCharacter: He's only ever seen in comics about Morocco. Sometimes he's actually drawn as physically chained to Morocco.

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!!Seychelles
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* PokemonSpeak: Seychelles [[IncrediblyLamePun says chelles]].
* RainbowLite: Their appearance is often likened to that of a rainbow.

* RainbowLite: His appearance is often likened to that of a rainbow.

* [[UnclePennybags Aunt Pennybags]]: She's got an excellent economy and the highest HDI in Africa, while remaining very friendly and approachable.

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Owing to his problem with ebola, he is often shown to be sick.

* DysfunctionJunction: ''Like you would not believe.'' Between territorial disputes, surprisingly big cultural differences, precarious living conditions, having to deal with the consequences of colonialism, and governments that come and go, they are undeniably the biggest {{Butt Monkey}}s in all of Polandball. Nonetheless, they try to stick together whenever possible.

* AxCrazy: [[UpToEleven Oh yes]]. This countryball is played less sympathetically than ''Serbia''.

* ArchEnemy: Chad.

* CrapsackWorld: He hasn't been doing a good job on governing himself since the fall of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, finding himself on the verge of becoming a failed state and getting caught in a lot of civil conflicts.

* NiceHat: Sometimes drawn with his president's Stetston hat.

* ArchEnemy: Needless to say, he and Libya do not have positive opinions of each other, the biggest reason being [[SillyReasonForWar the ownership of the completely barren, natural resourceless Auzou Strip]].

* DysfunctionJunction: ''Like you would not believe.'' Between territorial disputes, surprisingly big cultural differences, precarious living conditions, having to deal with the consequences of colonialism, and governments that come and go, they are undeniably the biggest {{Butt Monkey}}s in all of ''Polandball''. Nonetheless, they try to stick together whenever possible.

* ArchEnemy: Needless to say, he and Libya do not have positive opinions of each other.

%%* DarkestAfrica
%%* DysfunctionJunction

* MeaningfulRename: During the Cold War, he was known as Zaire.

* PunnyName: Comics often portray him as a doctor because of his abbreviated name, '''DR''' Congo.

* PunnyName: Comics often portray him as a doctor because of his abbreviation, '''DR''' Congo.

* IncrediblyLamePun: He has no actual medical qualifications. His status as an MD is entirely due to the "DR" abbreviation for "Democratic Republic".

* ComicallyIneptHealing: He is often portrayed as a doctor because of his abbreviation, DR Congo. When other nations need medical help, they consult him. This often never ends well.

** FriendlyRival: However, they still rely on each other with trade and commerce, and agree on standing against Boko Haram.

* MixedAncestry: An African nation with Dutch parentage.

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