History Woobie / Polandball

* Estonia. Asides from the her constant failure of trying to join the Nordics, there is a reason why she [[https://m.imgur.com/JQHnGgj?r gave up on religion]].

** Spain as well, although he generally acts grouchy, lazy and immature. His [[http://i.imgur.com/9UzE43d.png grief when he lost his empire]] gets brought often, and his problems in the present days, namely his large amounts of debt and [[https://m.imgur.com/GZeDfcC several of his regions demanding independence from him]] (especially Basque and Catalonia) hasn't helped his case.

* Jordan becomes one in [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/ee7d9f32ee4f43a9ff328082010461ae/tumblr_nftqncaiHa1szo7eyo1_1280.png this]] comic, where he confesses to Palestine about his insecurity regarding the fact that he has no oil reserves, compared to other gulf countries.

* Poland himself. He was the subject of partition thrice, suffered a lot during World War II thanks to Nazi Germany, and was ruled by the Soviet Union for 44 years (who he describes as a big bully). Nowadays, he is mostly treated as a ButtMonkey who constantly tries to get into space but something always goes wrong in his attempts to do so, and other countries mock him for it.

* Estonia. Asides from the her constant rejections by the Nordic countries, there is a reason why she [[https://m.imgur.com/JQHnGgj?r gave up on religion]].

** Spain as well, although he generally acts grouchy, lazy and immature. but he was noted to be hit particularly hard when he gradually lost his empire. His problems in the present days, namely his large amounts of debt and [[https://m.imgur.com/GZeDfcC several of his regions demanding independence from him]] (especially Basque and Catalonia) hasn't helped his case.

With (satirized) geopolitical and historical issues as one of its main themes, it's inevitable that ''Polandball'' will generate many characters of this kind. Since no nations has had a clean past and added with the fact that they have their own regional issues, most of them are Woobies, even for a while.

But these are who particularly stood out amongst others.

!!The Woobie

* Bosnia and Herzegovina. His depressed and melancholic attitude came from the abuse Serbia gave him after Yugoslavia broke up in the 90s.
* Estonia. She has spent [[https://m.imgur.com/JQHnGgj?r her lifetime in oppression by the other countries for centuries]], and her independence only became reality after Soviet Union's collapse, which is the reason why she becomes disillusioned with religion. And then, she desperately tries to join the Nordics, only to be rejected countless times by them, finding respect only from her best friend Finland.
* Although he sometimes [[FrenchJerk acts arrogant and narcissistic]], France has his moments as a woobie. As if having a pretty violent history, being constantly mocked for being a coward and getting a NeverLiveItDown treatment regarding his infamous surrender to Nazi Germany in the second world war not enough, he has been attacked numerous times by ISIS terrorists recently.

* Paraguay. The guy is generally depressed, and he has good reason to. Comics portraying him almost always shows him getting curb-stomped in the Paraguayan War by his fellow South American countries, and the trauma it gave him still carries over to this day.
* The UK sometimes has shades of this, despite his aloofness and mostly vitriolic relationships with his allies. He has been shown repeatedly reassuring himself that his empire is still there in [[http://i.imgur.com/qPnP5J8.png a lot]] [[http://i.imgur.com/9UzE43d.png of comics]], and [[https://m.imgur.com/jC5ya3n a comic]] once details the things he sees from his monocle, which emphasizes this trait of his. He genuinely missed his days as the British Empire and is pretty sad about its loss, which makes him NotSoDifferent from Spain, who is also constantly grieving from losing his empire-- in spite of them constantly fighting for Gibraltar.

* Portugal, particularly in [[https://imgur.com/BPxF5TV this comic]]. His [[TheEeyore everyday attitude]] do not help his case.
* Portrayals of Syria mostly involve him getting into civil conflicts and wars with himself and ISIS. That's what is need to be said...


!!Iron Woobie
* Armenia. The guy has since long endured centuries of [[http://i.imgur.com/mwZkH.png violence]], from the Persian invasion to the Armenian Genocide, and he was one of the countries who got ruled under Soviet for decades. These days? He is still kicking and he probably won't stop. ''Ever''.
* Germany. His cynical attitude came from the fact that he went through two of the worst mental breakdowns the world has ever seen as both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, experienced being split into two countries after the second world war and suffers ''horrible'' [[http://country-balls.com/guilt-is-the-best-currency/ guilt]] from the Holocaust, and will never forget how he hated his past incarnations so much for the horrible things they had done. However, he has mostly managed to overcome all of this, is really determined to atone for his actions and becomes one of the most prosperous nations in Europe.
* Philippines as well. He stays as one of the nicest, most hospitable and optimistic nations, despite the fact that he is one of the countries that suffered the most from natural disasters, and that he has had a very rough childhood, from his colonial rule by Spain, occupation by the US, and then being invaded by Japan. Not to mention the [[http://i.imgur.com/e5tF9Ik.png implication]] that he suffered amnesia and can't recall his Malay roots, due to all the abuse towards him.


!!Jerkass Woobie
* Belgium. He might be brutal during his colonial days and gives Congo a great deal of grief to the point the other colonial powers are disgusted with his actions, and he still has a bit of his fetish for hands these days. However, he suffered horribly in both World Wars as he gets invaded by both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, even though he has declared neutrality. In the present days, [[https://m.imgur.com/n62HkRt?r he gets almost no respect from his fellow Europeans]] (even his best friend Netherlands treated him unfairly sometimes) and gets mocked for not being a real nation, and what rubs salt to the wounds is his [[SplitPersonality bipolar disorder]]. [[http://i.imgur.com/u3iT4RE.png This comic]] pretty much sums up what he has to go through, and it can be said that he has became a plain woobie at the end.
* Hungary might be an anti-social and a somewhat cold jerk who is harsh to immigrants, but deep down, he is still deeply affected by the Treaty of Trianon, which causes him the loss of a two-third of his territory.
* Indonesia. He often bullies and mocks his neighbors, and it is pretty challenging to find comics where he is not being overproud about himself. However, he is shown to have a huge InferioritySuperiorityComplex and is actually very insecure about himself, and he is more than aware of the problems in his country. He also suffered several separatist movements in the past, which only adds to this factor.
* North Korea is this in his more sympathetic portrayals.
* Serbia. Now where do we begin? He is generally portrayed as a huge {{Jerkass}} who has an insane hatred for islamic countries, and he is also practically the cause of Bosnia's depression. However, it would be good to note that he suffered a lot during the Ottoman Empire's rule over him, and Croatia's treatment of him in the past wasn't any better either, which might explain where his insanity and {{Jerkass}} attitude towards kebab countries came from. And there is the implication that Serbia really does love his brothers and didn't want to do horrible things to them, but he suffers a personality disorder inherited from Yugoslavia, and ends up causing his brothers, especially Bosnia, a lot of grief.
* Spain generally acts like a grouchy, immature jerk who would rather take siesta than work, but he was noted to be hit particularly hard when he gradually lost his empire. His problems in the present days, namely his large amounts of debt and [[https://m.imgur.com/GZeDfcC several of his regions demanding independence from him]] (especially Basque and Catalonia) hasn't helped his case. And like Portugal, he gets picked a lot in many comics, particularly [[http://i.imgur.com/1w9Md1z.png this one]].
* Russia might not be the nicest guy around, as he is generally portrayed as a sociopath and {{Jerkass}} (it is very hard to find a comic where he isn't acting like one). However, he has a [[RussianGuySuffersMost plenty of traumatic episodes]] in his life to choose for, most importantly the Mongol invasion, as well as the psychotic episode he had as the Soviet Union.

* Indonesia. He often bullies and mocks his neighbors, and it is pretty challenging to find comics where he is not being overproud about himself. However, he is shown to have a huge InferioritySuperiorityComplex and is actually very insecure about himself, and he more than aware of the problems in his country. He also suffered several separatist movements in the past, which only adds to this factor.

* Indonesia. He often bullies and mocks his neighbors, and it is pretty challenging to find comics where he is not being overproud about himself. However, he is shown to be very insecure about himself, and he more than aware of the problems in his country. He also suffered several separatist movements in the past, which only adds to this factor.

* The UK sometimes has shades of this, despite his aloofness and mostly vitriolic relationships with his allies. He has been shown repeatedly reassuring himself that his empire is still there in [[http://i.imgur.com/qPnP5J8.png a lot]] [[http://i.imgur.com/9UzE43d.png of comics]], and [[https://m.imgur.com/jC5ya3n a comic]] once details the things he sees from his monocle, which emphasizes this trait of his. He genuinely missed his days as the British Empire and is pretty sad about its loss, which makes him NotSoDifferent from Spain, who is also constantly grieving from losing his empire.

* Belgium. He might be brutal during his colonial days and gives Congo a great deal of grief to the point the other colonial powers are disgusted with his actions, and he still has a bit of his fetish for hands these days. However, he suffered horribly in both World Wars as he gets invaded by both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, even though he has declared neutrality. In the present days, [[https://m.imgur.com/n62HkRt?r he gets almost no respect from his fellow Europeans]] (even his best friend Netherlands treated him unfairly sometimes) and gets mocked for not being a real nation. His [[SplitPersonality bipolar disorder]] doesn't help his case. [[http://i.imgur.com/u3iT4RE.png This comic]] pretty much sums up what he has to go through, and it can be said that he has became a plain woobie at the end.

* Paraguay. The guy is generally depressed, and he has good reason to. Comics portraying him always shows him getting curb-stomped in the Paraguayan War by his fellow South American countries, and the trauma it gave him still carries over to this day.

* Belgium. He might be brutal during his colonial days and gives Congo a great deal of grief to the point the other colonial powers are disgusted with his actions, and he still has a bit of his fetish for hands these days. However, he suffered horribly in both World Wars as he gets invaded by both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, even though he has declared neutrality. In the present days, [[https://m.imgur.com/n62HkRt?r he gets almost no respect from his fellow Europeans]] (even his best friend Netherlands treated him unfairly sometimes) and gets mocked for not being a real nation. His [[SplitPersonality bipolar disorder]]) doesn't help his case. [[http://i.imgur.com/u3iT4RE.png This comic]] pretty much sums up what he has to go through, and it can be said that he has became a plain woobie at the end.

!!folder:The Woobie

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[[folder:The Woobie]]

[[folder:Iron Woobie]]
* Armenia. The guy has since long endured centuries of [[http://i.imgur.com/mwZkH.png violence]], from the Persian invasion to the Armenian Genocide, and he was one of the countries who got ruled under Soviet for decades. These days? He is still kicking and he probably won't stop. ''Ever''.
* Germany. His cynical attitude came from the fact that he went through two of the worst mental breakdowns the world has ever seen as both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, experienced being split into two countries after the second world war and suffers ''horrible'' [[http://country-balls.com/guilt-is-the-best-currency/ guilt]] from the Holocaust, and will never forget how he hated his past incarnations so much for the horrible things they had done. However, he has mostly managed to overcome all of this, is really determined to atone for his actions and becomes one of the most prosperous nations in Europe.
* Philippines as well. He stays as one of the nicest, most hospitable and optimistic nations, despite the fact that he is one of the countries that suffered the most from natural disasters, and that he has had a very rough childhood, from his colonial rule by Spain, occupation by the US, and then being invaded by Japan. Not to mention the [[http://i.imgur.com/e5tF9Ik.png implication]] that he suffered amnesia and can't recall his Malay roots, due to all the abuse towards him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jerkass Woobie]]

* Russia might not be the nicest guy around, as he is generally portrayed as a sociopath and {{Jerkass}} (it is very hard to find a comic where he isn't acting like one). However, he has a [[RussianGuySuffersMost plenty of traumatic episodes]] in his life to choose for, most importantly the Mongol invasion, as well as the psychotic episode he had as the Soviet Union.
[[/folder]]

With (satirized) geopolitical and historical issues as one of its main themes, it's inevitable that ''Polandball'' will generate many characters of this kind. Since no nations has had a clean past and their own regional issues, most of them are Woobies, even for a while.

* Armenia. The guy has since long endured centuries of [[http://i.imgur.com/mwZkH.png violence]], from the Armenian Genocide to the Soviet rule. These days? He is still kicking and he probably won't stop. ''Ever''.

* Armenia. The guy has since long endured centuries of violence, from the Armenian Genocide to the Soviet rule. These days? He is still kicking and he probably won't stop. ''Ever''.

* Russia might not be the nicest guy around, as he is generally portrayed as a sociopath and {{Jerkass}} (it is very hard to find a comic where he isn't acting like one). However, he has a plenty of traumatic episodes in his life to choose for, most importantly the Mongol invasion, as well as the psychotic episode he had as the Soviet Union.

* Poland himself. He was the subject of partition thrice, suffered a lot during WW2 thanks to Nazi Germany, and was ruled by the Soviet Union for 44 years (who he describes as a big bully). Nowadays, he is mostly treated as a ButtMonkey who constantly tries to get into space but something always goes wrong in his attempts to do so, and other countries mock him for it.

* Although he sometimes [[FrenchJerk acts arrogant and narcissistic]], France has his moments as a woobie. As if having a pretty violent history, being constantly mocked for being a coward and getting a NeverLiveItDown treatment regarding his infamous surrender to Nazi Germany in WW2 not enough, he has been attacked numerous times by ISIS terrorists recently.

* Germany. His cynical attitude came from the fact that he went through two of the worst mental breakdowns the world has ever seen as both the German Empire and Nazi Germany, experienced being split into two countries after WW2 and suffers ''horrible'' guilt from the Holocaust, and will never forget how he hated his past incarnations so much for the horrible things they had done. However, he has mostly managed to overcome all of this, is really determined to atone for his actions and becomes one of the most prosperous nations in Europe.

* Philippines as well. He stays as one of the nicest, most hospitable and optimistic nations, despite the fact that he is one of the countries that suffered the most from natural disasters, and that he has had a very rough childhood, from his colonial rule by Spain, occupation by the US, and then being invaded by Japan. Not to mention the implication that he suffered amnesia and can't recall his Malay roots, due to all the abuse towards him.

* Poland himself. He was the subject of partition thrice, suffered a lot during WW2 thanks to Nazi Germany, and was ruled by the Soviet Union for 44 years (whom he describes as a big bully_. Nowadays, he is mostly treated as a ButtMonkey who constantly tries to get into space but something always goes wrong in his attempts to do so, and other countries mock him for it.

* Poland himself. He was the subject of partition thrice, suffered a lot during WW2 thanks to Nazi Germany, and was ruled by the Soviet Union for 44 years (whom he describes as a big bully_. Nowadays, he is mostly treated as a ButtMonkey who constantly tries to get into space but something always goes wrong in his attempts to do so, and other countries mock him for it.

* Spain generally acts like a grouchy, immature jerk who would rather take siesta than work, but he was noted to be hit particularly hard when he gradually lost his empire. His problems in the present days, namely his large amounts of debt and [[https://m.imgur.com/GZeDfcC several of his regions demanding independence from him]] (especially Basque and Catalonia) hasn't helped his case.

* The UK sometimes has shades of this, despite his aloofness and mostly vitriolic relationships with his allies.
He has been shown repeatedly reassuring himself that his empire is still there in [[http://i.imgur.com/qPnP5J8.png a lot]] [[http://i.imgur.com/9UzE43d.png of comics]], and [[https://m.imgur.com/jC5ya3n a comic]] once details the things he sees from his monocle, which emphasizes this trait of his. He genuinely missed his days as the British Empire and is pretty sad about its loss, which makes him NotSoDifferent from Spain, who is also constantly grieving from losing his empire.