History Main / NationsAsPeople

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

* 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 is a crazed ''Complete Monster'' who shrugs off rifle rounds and procures fantastic weaponry out of ''Mallet Space'', all while alternating between gloating in front of his victims and spewing communist ideology.

This is a [[SubTrope particular type]] of AnthropomorphicPersonification that depicts a country (or some other sociopolitical or geographical unit) as one person, using that person's actions and foibles to make a comment on the country's politics and history. Sometimes this "person" is an animal or landmark (like the StatueOfLiberty). While it is OlderThanDirt with precedents going as far back as TheMiddleAges if not AncientGreece (the myth of Europa and Asia), this technique has been used in newspaper political cartoons for hundreds of 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 AxisPowersHetalia) once in a blue moon.

This is a [[SubTrope particular type]] of AnthropomorphicPersonification that depicts a country (or some other sociopolitical or geographical unit) as one person, using that person's actions and foibles to make a comment on the country's politics and history. Sometimes this "person" is an animal or landmark (like the StatueOfLiberty). This technique has been used in newspaper political cartoons for hundreds of 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 AxisPowersHetalia) once in a blue moon.

* ''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.
** And by extension, the fanworks the StateTanProject and IAmMatthewian, which expand on APH with personifications for the US states and Canadian provices, respectively.

* ''{{Afganisu-Tan}}''
* ''AxisPowersHetalia''
** And by extension, the fanworks the StateTanProject and IAmMatthewian, which expand on APH with personifications for the US states and Canadian provices, respectvley.

* Marianne - France

* Uncle Sam - USA
* [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Columbia_%28name%29 Columbia]]- USA

* This [[http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/11/27/national-moe/ art book]] depicts 74 countries as teenage girls, including North Korea.

* It's a pretty popular theme on DeviantArt, as seen in the [[http://aph-ocs.deviantart.com/gallery/28670043#/d41as12 this is]] [[http://kagome-inuyashkina.deviantart.com/art/This-is-our-world-number-1-233316685?q=gallery%3Aaph-ocs%2F28670043&qo=4 our world]] pictures.

* [[http://andreshanti.deviantart.com/gallery/25342202 The South American Way]], which mainly follows the 2010 World Cup, although strips focusing on other topics like American colonisation exist. Notable for its crossovers with ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, which the author sites as the strip's inspiration.

* [[http://andreshanti.deviantart.com/gallery/25342202 The South American Way]], which mainly follows the 2010 World Cup, although strips focusing on other topics like American colonisation exist. Notable for its crossovers with ScandinaviaAndThwWolrd.

* ''AfganisTan''

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

* Columbia - USA

* John Bull - Britain (or occasionally [[BritainVersusTheUK England]])

* [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Columbia_%28name%29 Columbia]]- USA
* John Bull - UK (Britain)

* Rodina or Rodina Mat' - Russia

* Mother Russia - Russia

[[AC: TruthInTelevision]]
* Mother Russia (Russian: Россия-Матушка, transliterated as Rossiya-Matushka) is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland (Родина-Мать, Rodina-Mat) was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet figure, especially as depicted during and in the aftermath of the Eastern Front of the Second World War.
** As a title of a work of art, "Mother Russia" may refer to:
*** Mother Motherland statues in various cities throughout the former Soviet Union
*** a song from the album No Prayer for the Dying by Iron Maiden
*** "Mother Russia (Renaissance song)", a song by Renaissance
*** "Dominion/Mother Russia", a song on the album Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy
*** "Mother Russia (Doctor Who audio)," an audio drama based on the British television series Doctor Who

* Uncle Sam - USA

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