History Characters / PolandballWesternAsianNations

[[GeniusBruiser Israel]]: We are calling a temporary ceasefire to describe this page to you. This is the country ball character page of the Western Asian Nations, better known as the Middle East or the Levant.[[Characters/{{Polandball}} Here]] is the link to return to the main character index, and [[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} here]] is the link to the main article.

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* ArabBeobleTalk: Common, but not necessarily the rule for the Arabic-speaking countries.
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[[folder:Iranball/Iran]]
* ArchEnemy: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Both are bastions of American power projection, and the former happily engages in [[ProxyWar proxy wars]] with him over Syria and Yemen over regional influence.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Iran's portrayal differs depending on how the writer sees him. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that]].
* FriendlyEnemy: Iran and Turkey have been at each others' throats for hundreds of years, but they still hang out and commiserate from time to time.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: One of two non-Arabophone countries in the region.
* RetiredBadass: Not that he's a pushover today, but at various points in his history he's been one of the most powerful empires on earth.
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[[folder:Israelcube/Israel]]
* ArchEnemy: '''Palestine'''.
* BadassIsraeli: He doesn't normally throw the first punch, but if you provoke him, you're unlikely to come out of it in one piece.
* BlackComedy: Holocaust jokes are a staple, as are anti-Semitic stereotypes played for laughs (see GreedyJew below).
* CompositeCharacter: He represents both the modern state of Israel and the Jewish people as a whole.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Holocaust was terrible for him (even though [[AnachronismStew technically he didn't exist during that time]]).
* DependingOnTheWriter: Israel's portrayal differs depending on how the writer sees him. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that]].
* TheEeyore: Rarely smiles or laughs. For some reason.
* GreedyJew: Is often drawn to money and won't lose a chance to get some coins.
* ManipulativeBastard: He can be quite good at manipulating USA and Germany, by [[ThroughHisStomach tempting the former with food]] or guilt-tripping the latter about the Holocaust.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Is a (hyper)cube because of Jewish Physics.
* NotSoDifferent: With China, [[http://i.imgur.com/YKLtxTP.png here]].
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[[folder:Lebanonball/Lebanon]]
* BerserkButton: Lebanon is of glorious ''Phoenician'' heritage, not of Arab!
* GratuitousFrench: The only Middle Eastern country to ever drop French into his broken English. Justified since he was ruled by France for a while.
** GratuitousForeignLanguage: Sometimes he'll drop an Armenian word as well, owing to being nearly 5% Armenian in RealLife.
* IdenticalStranger: Lebanon has been described as a Christmas Austria.
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[[folder:Omanball/Oman]]
* CatchPhrase: "Oh."
* NiceGuy: Is the nicest out of all the Arabian countries and has noticeably hasn't had any civil unrest yet.
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[[folder:Palestineball/Palestine]]
* ArchEnemy: '''Israel'''. It's been stated that they'll probably go on fighting until the end of time.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Palestine's portrayal differs depending on how the writer sees him. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that]].
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[[folder:Qatarball/Qatar]]
* BadBoss: Treats his workers really badly.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Became the host for the 2022 World Cup through bribery.
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[[folder:Saudiball/Saudi Arabia]]
* ArchEnemy: Iran, over regional influence.
* CulturalPosturing: Believes that he's the only true Muslim country.
** On a bad day, he even believes he's the only true ''Arab'' country.
* OddFriendship: Gets along better with Israel than you would expect.
** With the US as well; the oil trade makes up for their immense ValuesDissonance.
* TheStoic: The long, thin sword gives the appearance of a level mouth on a countryball. Expect this to receive special attention if [[PerpetualFrowner Venezuela]] and [[PerpetualSmiler Mauritania]] make an appearance in the same comic.
** The sunglasses that he occasionally wears reinforce this trope.
* StrawMisogynist
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[[folder:Syriaball/Syria]]
* CrapsackWorld: Owing to his civil war. And it won't end with defeating ISIS.
** Nothing that can't be put to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/4zzeuf/syria_the_musical/ song!]]
* ProxyWar: While he's invariably at war with himself, the numerous sides he has been split into are supported to varying degrees by other folks like Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the US to name a few.
* TooSoon: {{Invoked}}. The reason why some authors do not portray Syria. This being ''Polandball'', however, other authors are perfectly willing to pick up the slack, usually in a RippedFromTheHeadlines manner.
* [[WarRefugees War Refugee]]: One who Europe has pretty mixed feelings about.
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[[folder:[=UAEball=]/United Arab Emirates]]
* ArabOilSheikh: Is usually portrayed as one.
* SmugSuper: Can be very proud about his country's oil and richness.
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* ArchEnemy: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Both are bastions of American power projection, and the former happily engages in [[ProxyWar proxy wars]] with him in Syria and Yemen over regional influence.