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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: He is the only Middle Eastern country to be located in a different continent.
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* PerpetualPoverty

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* PerpetualPovertyPerpetualPoverty: He is steadily recovering from it as of late, though.



* CrapsackWorld: Suffered from PerpetualPoverty, separatist movements as well as a lot of chaos in the past. He is gradually recovering, though.

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* CrapsackWorld: Suffered from PerpetualPoverty, separatist movements as well as a lot of chaos in the past. He past, although he is gradually recovering, though.recovering from it.

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* ArchEnemy: Ethiopia, although he is not alone in this and shares it with Eritrea.



* CrapsackWorld: Suffered from PerpetualPoverty, separatist movements as well as a lot of chaos in the past. He is gradually recovering, though.



* {{Pirate}}
* TalkLikeAPirate: Sometimes throws in some pirate slang in with his traditional African-Engrish

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* {{Pirate}}
PerpetualPoverty
* {{Pirate}}: Is well-known for his pirates, and he is often portrayed as one.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Sometimes throws in some pirate slang in with his traditional African-Engrish
African-Engrish.
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* OnlySaneMan: With Eritrea being insane even by ''Polandball'' standards, Ethiopia's PerpetualPoverty, and Somalia's problems with pirates, he can count as one in the Horn of Africa region.



* ArchEnemy: Unsuprisingly, Eritrea.

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* ArchEnemy: Unsuprisingly, Eritrea.He considers all of his neighbors in Horn of Africa this, with the exception of Djibouti. Though, Eritrea is unsurprisingly the biggest one.



* CulturalPosturing: He is very proud of being the home of mankind's first civilization on Earth. And he sometimes expects being given food because of it.

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* CulturalPosturing: He is very proud of being the home of mankind's first civilization on Earth. And he Earth, and claims to be the beginning of everything. He sometimes expects being given food and aid because of it.




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* AxCrazy: 'Natch.

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[[caption-width-right:189:Not pictured: sanity.]]


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* CulturalPosturing: He is very proud of being the home of mankind's first civilization on Earth. And he sometimes expects being given food because of it.


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* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Along with Liberia, he is one of the African countries who were never colonized.
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* OutOfFocus: Compared to his brother, he does not get that much focus.

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* OutOfFocus: Compared In contrast to his more well-known brother, he does not get that much focus.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Your local doctor.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Your [[caption-width-right:196:Your local doctor.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Your local doctor.]]



* ArchEnemy: Although they are steadily improving their relations, he doesn't really view Angola in a positive way.

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* ArchEnemy: Although they are steadily improving their relations, relations these days, he doesn't really view Angola in a positive way.way.
* BerserkButton: Does not like being confused with his brother.


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* SiblingRivalry: Downplayed. Although they sometimes argue with each other (mostly due to name disputes), Congo and DR Congo mostly get along with each other. And due to being separated for so long, they seldom interact.

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[[caption-width-right:211:Not Romania.]]
* ArchEnemy: Needless to say, he and Libya do not have positive opinions of each other.



** Also, France and UK invading his canal (also stealing his artifacts for the latter).




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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: He is the only Middle Eastern country to be located in a different continent.
* VitriolicBestBuds: UK and France may have bothered Egypt a lot, but he still considers them friends.


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* ArchEnemy: Chad.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: He is the only Middle Eastern country to be located in a different continent.
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* FreudianExcuse: The background of it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but in general, his AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 These]] [[http://i.imgur.com/QnUuN2i.png comics]] describe it well.

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* FreudianExcuse: The background of it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but in general, his AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is are described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 These]] [[http://i.imgur.com/QnUuN2i.png comics]] describe it well.face.
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* FreudianExcuse: The background of it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but in general, his AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 These]] [[http://i.imgur.com/QnUuN2i.png comics]] describes it well.

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* FreudianExcuse: The background of it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but in general, his AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 These]] [[http://i.imgur.com/QnUuN2i.png comics]] describes describe it well.
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* FreudianExcuse: His AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 This comic]] describes it well.

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* FreudianExcuse: His The background of it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but in general, his AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. [[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 This comic]] These]] [[http://i.imgur.com/QnUuN2i.png comics]] describes it well.
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* FreudianExcuse: His AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. ''[[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 Mauritania: Time Traveler- Episode 5]]'' describes it well.

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* FreudianExcuse: His AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. ''[[http://i.[[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 Mauritania: Time Traveler- Episode 5]]'' This comic]] describes it well.



** StepfordSmiler: Read Mauritania's mood by his eyes and it is evident that he is suffering at the mockery of other nations (and internally from the rampant enslavement in his country).

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** StepfordSmiler: Read Mauritania's mood by his eyes and it is evident that he is suffering at the mockery of other nations (and internally from the rampant enslavement in his country). Also see FreudianExcuse above.
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* UnknownRival: He is one of the countries who antagonized Qatar as his diplomatic tensions rise, but Qatar himself does not know who he is.
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* FreudianExcuse: His AxCrazy attitude as well as his never-ending smile is described to be born from France forcibly carving the smile to his face. ''[[http://i.imgur.com/3yxR3Yn.png?1 Mauritania: Time Traveler- Episode 5]]'' describes it well.
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* EnemyMine: He and his brother might hate each other to bits, but they both agree on hating US and siding more with Russia and China.

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* 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.

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* ArchEnemy: Has a rather deep-seated resentment for his neighbor Libya.

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* ArchEnemy: Has a rather deep-seated resentment for his neighbor Libya. Not that Libya himself actually reciprocate it.
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** Spain is also one, as he refuses to gib Ceuta and Melilla to him.


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* NosyNeighbor: To Western Sahara, obviously.




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** He has recently rejoined the union again, though.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Not pictured: Western Sahara.]]



* FriendlyRival: Is competing with Mauritania over the ownership of Western Sahara. They are mostly friends otherwise, though.



* TheRival: Is competing with Mauritania over the ownership of Western Sahara.

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[[caption-width-right:310:Does this look like the face of mercy?]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: He has his own series of comics, ''[[https://imgur.com/a/7QABB Mauritania: Time Traveler]]''.



* BerserkButton: He doesn't take other countryballs mocking his perpetually-smiling face that kindly.

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* BerserkButton: He doesn't take other countryballs mocking his perpetually-smiling face that kindly. Same goes for people who compare him with Joker.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Why so serious?" in reference to his constantly-smiling face.
* FriendlyRival: With Morocco. They are mostly friends, but their dispute over Western Sahara crops time to time.



* TheRival: With Morocco, thanks to their dispute over Western Sahara.

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* BoringButPractical: The jokes about his old flag usually involves this. Expect the line 'green is not a creative color' to float around when this gets brought up.



* RetiredMonster: He used to be pretty AxCrazy, but has recently became harmless.

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* TheQuietOne: Doesn't talk that much.
* RetiredMonster: He used to be pretty AxCrazy, but has recently became become harmless.

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* CommonalityConnection: Has one with Japan, as they are both cat lovers.



* OddFriendship: With Israel. Along with Jordan, Egypt is the only Arabian country who is cool towards him and signed a peace treaty with him, although [[DownplayedTrope the friendship is pretty much on-paper-only]].

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* KindheartedCatLover: He has a deep love for cats. This love sometimes borders obsession.
* OddFriendship: With Israel. Along with Jordan, Egypt is the only Arabian country who is cool towards him Israel and signed a peace treaty with him, and is even somewhat thankful towards him for removing Gaza, although [[DownplayedTrope the friendship is acknowledged begrudgingly and is pretty much on-paper-only]].




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* SplitPersonality: Sometimes reverts from a happy-go-lucky guy to a depressed remnant of his former self.
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* ArchEnemy: Unsurprisingly, with South Sudan. It's not always the case though (see EnemyMine below).




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* EnemyMine: He and his brother might hate each other to bits, but they both agree on hating 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.

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* ArchEnemy: Unsuprisingly, Eritrea.
** He also has this dynamic with Italy, going to his limits to defy Italy's claims of colonizing him.




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* SiblingYinYang: With Eritrea. They couldn't be more different with each other, to the point where Ethiopia calls him a 'psycho'.
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* WarRefugees: Along with Syria, he is usually the poster-boy of this in-universe. Of course, whether Europe likes it or not varies greatly time to time.

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* WarRefugees: [[WarRefugees War Refugee]]: Along with Syria, he is usually the poster-boy of this in-universe. Of course, whether Europe likes it or not varies greatly time to time.
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* WarRefugee: Along with Syria, he is usually the poster-boy of this in-universe. Of course, whether Europe likes it or not varies greatly time to time.

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* WarRefugee: WarRefugees: Along with Syria, he is usually the poster-boy of this in-universe. Of course, whether Europe likes it or not varies greatly time to time.

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