Line #256 Webcomic/Polandball


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:This isn’t even the whole [[NationsasPeople cast.]]]]
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4	->''"Polan can into TV Tropes!"'' [[labelnote:*]]''[[RunningGag But]] [[ButtMonkey cannot into space.]]''[[/labelnote]]
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6	'''Polandball''' is a series of user-comics that uses [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin spherical]] {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of various nations to satirize international relations, both contemporary and historical. It started with Poland (obviously), but it quickly branched out to other countries as well. Having its origins on a German {{ImageBoard\|s}}, it originally featured NationalStereotypes and extreme political incorrectness but has grown to include [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny Engrish]], history and geography [[RuleOfFunny jokes]].
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8	It currently has a large community on Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Reddit}}.
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10	Compare ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' and ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
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12	Examples can be read [[http://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/ here]] and [[http://www.facebook.com/polandball here]].
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14	Currently, a character page has begun construction. View it, and help build it [[Characters/{{Polandball}} here]]. Feel free to move character-specific tropes there, as well.
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16	!!Other works in and related to the Polandball series:
17	[[index]]
18	[[AC:Video Games]]
19	* ''VideoGame/PolandballCanIntoSpace'' (2016)
20	* ''VideoGame/PolandballNotSafeForWorld'' (2017)
21	* ''VideoGame/CountryballCatchEmAll'' (2018)
22	* ''VideoGame/CountryballsOdyssey'' (2019)
23	* ''VideoGame/DictatorsNoPeace'' (2019)
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25	[[AC:WebAnimation]]
26	* ''WebAnimation/{{PWA}}''
27	* ''WebAnimation/MrSpherical''
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29	[[AC:Webcomics]]
30	* ''Webcomic/{{Companyball}}'': Comics about companies and brands
31	* ''Webcomic/{{Stateball}}'': Comics about U.S. states
32	* ''Webcomic/{{Polcompball}}'': Comics about political ideologies
33	[[/index]]
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35	!!Gib examples plox:
36	* ADayInTheLimelight: The Polandball subreddit has had numerous contests that either focus on other countries that usually don't get too much focus or ban the use of certain countryballs.
37	%%* AbusiveParents: Every country that had colonies is portrayed as this.
38	* AdaptationDistillation: The [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaMNkmfYnr-eq-cyyA8Mhiw5kYLjDMmfu Polandball]] [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaMNkmfYnr-dyFkW-oITFTInZf_uSB_F4 Animated Series]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an AnimatedAdaptation of existing ''Polandball'' comics. However, it can make a few changes to them by expanding on the endings, setting the plot up and throwing in a few extra jokes.
39	%%* TheAlcoholic: Russia and Finland are usually portrayed this way. Ireland as well.
40	* AllGermansAreNazis: While Germany and Nazi Germany are two separate countryballs, Germany has a tendency to turn into Reichtangle and spew out variations on "Arbeit Macht Frei", especially towards Greece.
41	%%* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: According to Austria, "is problem with papa und penis."
42	%%* AllYourPowersCombined: [[http://polandballcomics.tumblr.com/image/92628448570 By Your Powers Combined]]. Sadly, it's not very effective.
43	%%** Together we form... [[http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Polandball+anglosphere+allies_1fc45c_5351205.png The Anglosphere!]]
44	%%* AlwaysChaoticEvil: ISIS Ball seems to hate every modern countryball and is pretty much always seen attacking someone when it makes an appearance.
45	* AmbiguousGender: As the characters are countryballs, this is to be expected although male pronouns are used as the default. Some countries like Moldova and Estonia (referred to as Esti) are sometimes portrayed as female consistently in universe.
46	** Comics where the gender of a countryball is explicit will use bows to represent females.
47	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/cf5b94431292ec10b79f921c30dd2632/tumblr_n6r4djKIh81szo7eyo1_1280.png Nie, Ameryki. You are immigrants.]]
48	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of countries and their subdivisions, which makes up most of the cast. This may not be limited to them though, since ''anything'' can become a ball.
49	** Except on the subreddit community, where only nations and supranational entities like UN, EU and ASEAN can be balls. Only exceptions being indigenous people and aliens represented with billiard balls.
50	* ArtifactTitle: Poland is but one of many characters.
51	* ArmoredClosetGay: Since it enacted its infamous "Gay Propaganda Law", Russia has been mocked as this. President UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin's insistence on being photographed with his shirt off and his cultivation of a ridiculous manly image has not helped.
52	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: For some reason, Russia is often on the receiving end. Normally, it has something to do with Russia's inability to get over the collapse of the USSR or his closeted homosexuality. [[http://i.imgur.com/F7RwAe8.png An example]]:
53	-->'''Russia''': I of already biggest stronk, but cold maek Россия into big bear of many strength more even. This is how I kill [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte France]] and [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Nazi.]]
54	-->'''America''': Then how come you lost the ''Cold'' War?
55	** A series of comics on the subreddit for Polandball has been created by different authors, where Poland always asks this kind of question.
56	--->'''Pakistan:''' And that is why Islam is best religion.
57	--->'''Poland:''' If Islam is good why is yuor capital Islamabad?
58	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/6tfkr5/crimes_against_humanity/ This comic]] displays the worst of history's atrocities: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor The Holodomor]] (a bunch of starving Ukrainians), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust The Holocaust]] (Nazis herding a score of Jews and Eastern Europeans into the gas chambers), the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre Nanjing Massacre]] (Imperial Japanese cutting up Republic of China balls), the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide Armenian Genocide]] (Turks shooting various Armenians and dumping them in a pile) and the invention of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza Hawaiian pizza]] (Canada happily cutting up a pineapple and sprinkling some on a pizza).
59	* ArtEvolution: The earliest comics are extremely crude, drawn with an unsteady hand in Microsoft Paint. More recent comics may cross over into SugarWiki/AwesomeArt, even when they are created with simple drawing tools.
60	* ArtisticAge: All countryballs look the same age, although some are older literally, and some act older.
61	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Historical and cultural facts may be overlooked simply for the sake of humour. In fact, a common saying is "polandball > history".
62	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The typos representing accents generally are not intended to sound like an actual speaker's accent, but just give the impression that there is some sort of foreign accent.
63	%%* AxCrazy: Serbia. Also Eritrea.
64	%%** Unsurprisingly Nazi Germany takes this up to eleven.
65	* BerserkButton:
66	** Serbia will fly straight into a murderous rage whenever he sees "kebab". [[note]]An ethnic slur against Turks or Muslims in general, but he's triggered by the actual food as well.[[/note]]
67	** Don't insult Poland's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II Jan Pawel]] statues unless you want [[https://i.imgur.com/Gl4Q97Q.png?1 a invasion by transforming mecha statues.]]
68	---> '''I BRING DEATH TO THE CULTURE OF DEATH'''
69	** The UK loves tea. There's no telling what he'll do if it runs out, or if someone makes it the wrong way.
70	** Do not insult Russia's vodka and say that you would rather drink French vodka. It will not end well at all [[http://i.imgur.com/EjL07Da.png as Poland learned]].
71	** [[http://i.imgur.com/si8TBca.png Colombia is spelled with ''two'' "O"s]].
72	** [[http://i.imgur.com/K3DLJ7F.png Dodos]] are this for Mauritius.
73	** Don't chew gum in front of Tringapore. Even mentioning gum will make him violent. This is due to gum being banned in Singapore in real life.
74	%%* BestialityIsDepraved: New Zealand and Wales have quite the affinity for sheep.
75	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Poland occasionally gets this. In [[http://imgur.com/voVfs0t At the Kostume Ball]] he sees Germany dressed as a Nazi zombie, which causes him to flip out and kill Germany.
76	** A common characterisation of Canada. He's a NiceGuy, but when it comes to war...
77	* BigBrotherInstinct: France and Britain have this towards their former colonies... Italy [[http://i.imgur.com/2MtVMSC.png doesn't.]]
78	* BilingualBonus: Countries often throw words or phrases from their own languages into their Engrish. Some comics also have a [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike cross-language pun]] as a punchline.
79	* BlackComedy: Notable subjects that always produce near-the-knuckle comics are UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict, UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and anything to do with Africa. This is a comic series in which Serbia being obsessed with repeating the Srebenica Massacre, Russia invading Ukraine, Syria being in civil war, etc. are played for laughs.
80	** The most infamous example is [[http://i.imgur.com/x6ZV0rz.png "Jewish Hogwarts"]]...[[spoiler: or is that "Hog''witz''"?]]
81	** [[http://i.imgur.com/c5FoOqn.png "Don't drop the shekel"]] comes pretty close to it in terms of black comedy.
82	* BlackComedyRape: International aggression is sometimes portrayed as this, with especially Russia (and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany Reichtangle]]) being common perpetrators. A few comics go that extra mile and have black comedy [[ILoveTheDead necrophilic]] rape.
83	* BloodKnight: Serbia, again. He loves removing "kebab" (and Croatia).
84	** Nepal too; "Kukri kill!" It has something to do with being literally [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IbRRrZPVpiI/UXMaMGwTckI/AAAAAAAABTM/No-9KyeW-lw/s1600/news_160.png a mouth made of teeth.]]
85	** [[http://i.imgur.com/bwECFh3.png Canada of all nations will become this if he sees a seal]].
86	** In comics set in the past, Prussia lives for fighting and conquering other countries.
87	*** As Reichtangle is Prussia's son, this explains his [[WarIsGlorious demeanor]] a lot.
88	*** Continued with Naziball.
89	*** And then UsefulNotes/EastGermany ball
90	*** [[OverlyLongGag And]] upon annexing East Germany who retained Prussia's authoritarianism, united Germanyball now secretly wants to create the 4th Reich through the EU.
91	*** [[http://i.imgur.com/XNmROwQ.png In fact, Prussia is the source of all of Germany's bloodthirsty incarnations.]]
92	* BodyHorror: Secessionist movements or civil wars are often shown as new Countryballs growing out of the body of their parent, tumour-like. Spain is usually on the receiving end of this.
93	** Similarily, UsefulNotes/RedOctober has been represented with red spreading and covering [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]], turning him into the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the Soviet Union]]
94	** Canada has absorbed Quebec, assimilation style.
95	** Enclaves are often depicted like parasites, such as Lesotho in South Africa, Gambia in Senegal, and San Marino and the Vatican in Italy.
96	** Russia under the effects of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desomorphine krokodil]] is [[http://i.imgur.com/sbnDtq6.png not a pleasant sight]].
97	* BondOneLiner: The UK after [[http://i.imgur.com/VFh3AyW.png killing Imperial France.]]
98	-->'''France''': More clay?
99	-->'''UK''': ''Claymore''.
100	** The USA after [[http://i.imgur.com/LBTgb5p.png rescuing Togo from Somali pirates.]]
101	-->'''Somalia''': Get back here bastard infidel American scum!
102	-->'''USA''': Well I'd love to stay, but I have ''Togo''.
103	* BraggingRightsReward: On the Subreddit, winning a contest or reaching the number one slot of top comics of all time grants you the coveted [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/wiki/index/honours/hussar_wings Hussar Wings]], complete with award ceremony broadcast in its own thread. It does nothing but give your username fancy icons.
104	%%* BreakTheCutie: The 2014 FIFA World Cup is often portrayed as this, GenkiGuy Brazil suffering brutal [[RapeAsComedy anschluss]] under Germany.
105	* BrownNote: Serbia can kill Muslims [[http://i.imgur.com/COl3rYI.png?1 with accordion music]].
106	** [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/polandball/images/c/c3/Reddit_xkimball_Fear.png/revision/latest?cb=20140806151640 Omsk bird.]]
107	%%* BullyingADragon: [[http://i.imgur.com/s1sgE0v.png The strategy of ISIS in this comic]]. TruthInTelevision.
108	* ButtMonkey:
109	** Poland, 95% of the time. He's often represented as the UK's put-upon plumber.
110	** Gypsyball[[note]] More properly Romaball, though that sometimes leads to confusion with Rome [[/note]] is singled out for abuse in almost every comic he appears in.
111	** Portugal occasionally gets a promotion to this status, usually by showing how Portugal [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen has fallen from relevancy]] or being overshadowed by his son Brazil.
112	* CatchPhrase: There are a few. Often countries will be depicted simply saying words which are not an actual language - they are onomatopoeic sounds to display them minding their own business or flooding another country with their people. For instance, South Africa going "zulu zulu" or New Zealand going "emu emu". A more comprehensive list is available [[http://i.imgur.com/RN8ta0B.png#shelf-book-of-boerk here]].
113	*** This has now expanded to all anti-X (where X is an ethnicity or nationality) sentiment; so anti-Chinese protesters in Vietnam shout "Remove Dim sum!" and Irish independence fighters shout "Remove blood sausage!"
114	** England: "U wot m8?" [the text speak is usually left in, representing the usual sub-par literacy of English football hooligans]
115	** France: "Hon hon hon hon hon".
116	** Germany: "Wörk wörk".
117	** Italy: "ital ital"
118	** Brazil: "Hue hue hue hue hue hue".
119	** Mexico: "Taco taco" and "Fierro pariente"[[labelnote:*]]a Northern Mexican idiom that basically means "Let's go!", recently associated with narcos preparing for a mission.[[/labelnote]]
120	** Serbia: "REMOVE KEBAB!"
121	** Reichtangle: "Anschluss" and "[[ClickHello Guten tag]]."
122	** Poland: "Poland cannot into space."
123	*** Also "kurwa", Polish for "whore" but more generally meaning "FUCK!"
124	** Saudi Arabia: "Burka".
125	** Nepal: [[UsefulNotes/NepaliWithNastyKnives "Kukri kill!"]] as well as "RAWR"
126	** Finland: "Perkele!"
127	** The Netherlands: "Tjulp tjulp" and "Neuken in de keuken"
128	** Albania: "Shqip shqip".
129	** Sweden: "[[SelfDemonstrating/SwedishChef Börk Börk]]".
130	* TheCavalry: ''[[spoiler:[[http://country-balls.com/who-will-save-ukraine/ Poland]]]]'' of all countryballs shows up in a tank to help Ukraine.
131	%%* CerebusRollercoaster: Seriously, especially for comics of this type. [[http://i.imgur.com/mtK6YZk.png Compare this]] [[http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/609/815/941.png to this.]]
132	%%* CharacterBlog: Many Facebook pages serve as this for their respective countryballs.
133	%%* CloudCuckooLander: Albania doesn't really live on the same planet as everyone else.
134	%%* CombiningMecha: "BLANDA UPP!!!"
135	* ComedicSociopathy: One of the basic mainstays of the comic. Notable exceptions are Canada, Brazil, and New Zealand... [[NotSoAboveItAll usually]].
136	%%* CoolShades: America is almost always wearing a pair.
137	%%** Monaco also wears these to distinguish itself from Poland and Indonesia.
138	%%** Austria-Hungary sometimes wears one too, with his flag's heraldry as the lenses.
139	%%* CordonBleughChef: This aspect of France is played-up in comics like [[http://i.imgur.com/p9mNQss.png this one]]
140	* {{Crossover}}: Several comics feature the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/welcome-to-omsk Omsk Bird]], a separate Russian meme. The Omsk Bird is essentially a Polandball character
141	%%* CulturalPosturing: PlayedForLaughs.
142	* CultureEqualsCostume:
143	** The UK wears a stovepipe hat and a monocle.
144	*** As does its former territory Hong Kong.
145	*** Scotland wears a Tam 'O' Shanter on occasion.
146	** The USA wears a pair of sunglasses.
147	** Countries with coats of arms or escutcheons on their national flags are sometimes portrayed as having eyepatches.
148	** When countries go to war or into space, they tend to don helmets.
149	** Albania frequently wears a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeleshe qeleshe]].
150	** Australia sometimes wears a wide-brimmed hat or a slouch hat when at war.
151	** Canada often has a Beaver fur hat.
152	** Finland frequently has vodka, a knife, or both.
153	** Indonesia wears either a conical hat or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkok songkok]] to distinguish himself from otherwise identical [[IdenticalStranger Poland and Monaco]].
154	*** Malaysia and Brunei also don the occasional songkok.
155	** Mexico usually uses a sombrero, sometimes a cowboy hat.
156	** [[FreestateAmsterdam The Netherlands]] is often portrayed with red eyes and a joint.
157	** Ancient Rome wears an Imperial Italic helmet.
158	** Russia/the USSR sometimes sport an ''ushanka''.
159	** Switzerland sometimes has a head mirror or nurse's cap, due to being a color-inverted red cross.
160	*** Similar deal with Austria, but with glasses rather than a cap, due to Sigmund Freud.
161	** The Vatican wears a papal mitre.
162	** Vietnam sometimes wears a conical hat.
163	** Former Ottoman Muslim countries such as Turkey, Morocco, and Bosnia and Herzegovina may wear a fez.
164	** The Spanish Empire wears a morion.
165	** Antarctica sometimes wears a scarf and goggles.
166	** ISIS/Daesh typically manifests as Syria or Iraq with its flag as a headband.
167	* DeadlyEuphemism: "Remove kebab" is a rallying cry to eliminate Muslims. (Whether the comic itself advocates or opposes this sentiment varies from artist to artist.)
168	* DependingOnTheArtist[=/=]DependingOnTheWriter: Obviously, since the strips are made by different people. Apart from the obvious art style changes, other factors subject to change are countryball family relationships, personalities, and even gender.
169	* TheDogBitesBack: The "Latvia in World War II" series of comics shows Latvia suffering a variety of comic abuse from the Soviet Union until he finally snaps and joins Nazi Germany.
170	%%* DomesticAbuse: How the relationship between Canada and Quebec is portrayed in [[http://i.imgur.com/hGBW67R.png this comic]].
171	%%* TheDreaded: Prussia, Nazi Germany, and Reichtangle. The Soviet Union (or Russia) is sometimes this as well.
172	* TheDreadedToiletDuty: One of the many {{Running Gag}}s of the comics is depicting Poland as an unwilling plumber, always being forced to clean toilets under Britain's orders, much to his own chagrin.
173	%%* DrowningMySorrows: Occurs disturbingly often. Especially prone to this are countries who used to be a VestigialEmpire like the UK and Spain.
174	* DysfunctionJunction: The Balkans, which in this case refers to ex-Yugoslavia.[[note]] Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Montenegro.[[/note]]They are always fighting amongst each other. In-universe, they are associated with being crazy.
175	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Initially the countryballs represented the various users of krautchan's /int/ board. It was not unusual for one countryball to appear twice in the same frame of the comic with contrasting personalities.
176	* EarnYourHappyEnding: In [[http://imgur.com/a/QhhFC The Autonomous Region Of Åland - "A Romantic Tragedy"]], Sweden loses his love for Åland and they eventually drift apart due to being separated by both the Russian Empire and Finland for so many years(and getting mocked by Denmark and Norway for being a "crybaby"), but Åland just ended up being an annoyance to Finland and Sweden is implied to have found love again with Thailand.
177	* EldritchAbomination: Any country that's not a ball, especially Nepal and Reichtangle.
178	** The Omsk Bird, derived from a Russian meme about the stereotype that everyone from Siberia is a junkie. It tends to offer Faustian pacts and generally terrifies the shit out of people.
179	* EpicFail: [[http://polandballcomics.tumblr.com/image/86788968924 Portugal's first test of a new navy drone.]]
180	** Poland's attempts to travel to space will almost always result in failure.
181	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
182	** Whilst the comic depicts all countries as evil to a greater or lesser degree, a common theme is that the other imperial powers are disgusted by the Belgian rule in the Congo.
183	** While Serbia loves killing Turks, he freaks out when he finds that Romania's preferred method is [[http://i.imgur.com/cu4N6Wk.png impalement on a stake]].
184	* EveryCarIsAPinto: [[http://i.imgur.com/VgZo4Ct.png China's Engineering Quality]].
185	* EveryoneHasStandards: The Maldives may be desperate to save itself from sinking into the ocean, but not enough to take refuge on [[http://i.imgur.com/8AVcveD.png a trash ridden Indian beach]].
186	* EyepatchOfPower: Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia all tend to sport this look. Portugal may also be drawn this way as well.
187	** PlayedForLaughs with Austria-Hungary, who is sometimes depicted with ''two'', making him completely useless. If he is portrayed with two eyepatches, he usually also has an Austrian/Hungarian split personality disorder, making him a blind and deranged lunatic.
188	%%* EyesAlwaysShut: Asian countries, especially China and Japan, may be drawn this way.
189	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Called "cannot into [verb or noun]". A more exhaustive list can be found [[https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Terminology under "terminology" on the Polandball wiki]].
190	** Most famously, Poland cannot into space.
191	** Greece cannot into monies.
192	** Turkey cannot into EU.
193	** Khazakhbrick cannot into BRICS.
194	** Estonia cannot into Nordic.
195	* FantasticSlur: Muslim countries are called "Kebab," popularised by Serbia and its historic conflict with Turkish and Muslim ethnicities.
196	%%* {{Fartillery}}: [[https://i.imgur.com/Sp1jBLD.png This competition between Uzbekistan, Kazakhbrick, Russia, and Turkmenistan]].
197	* FoodPorn: The [[http://i.imgur.com/erQuQ4s.png 2010 Cultural Heritage Cook-Off]] features detailed drawings of various countries' national dishes, and their preparation as well.
198	* ForeignCussWord: When a countryball swears, it's more likely than not to be in their own language. Most frequently with Poland saying "Kurwa".
199	* ForeverWar: [[http://new1.fjcdn.com/pictures/The+ride+never+ends+r+polandball+ride+as+in+conflicts_899c8a_4920925.png The Israel-Palestine conflict]] continues throughout [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the grim darkness of the far future and beyond.]]
200	--> '''Sweden:''' Well Polen, here is end: is to inevitable heat death of universe.
201	--> ''cue [[spoiler:Israeli-Palestinian slap-fight]]''
202	* FriendlyEnemy: The USA and the USSR had this dynamic during the Cold War.
203	-->''[[http://i.imgur.com/2023kEh.png I think we'll both agree that violence breeds violence. But in the end: it has to be this way.]]''
204	* FusionDance: Germany + Austria = Reichtangle... or worse, Nazi Germany.
205	* GlobalIgnorance: America will never correctly identify other countryballs, [[RuleOfFunny except when it's funnier]].
206	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: many countryballs will pepper in words from their native languages. Especially European countries, European offshoots, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[GratuitousJapanese Japan]].
207	* GrotesqueCute: All too common. The countryballs may ''look'' cute but they are capable of acts of extreme violence and are subject to BodyHorror.
208	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Panama gets forcibly cut into half by other countries, in reference to [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} its famous canal]].
209	** Ukraine has been depicted as being [[http://i.imgur.com/A6XtmTP.png cut into half]] by Russia to represent its pro-European and pro-Russian sides.
210	* HeadInTheSandManagement: As the UK says in one comic:
211	-->First [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany they]] came for Czechoslovakia, and I did not speak out -- because I don't know where that is\
212	Then they came for Poland, and I did not speak out -- because [[UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion I already have a plumber]]\
213	Then they came for France, and I did not speak out -- because it was [[TheRival funny as hell]]\
214	Then they came for me -- ''[[SubvertedTrope but I have an Empire.]]''
215	* HeroicBSOD: [[http://polandballcomics.tumblr.com/image/102000245618 Combined with]] the DrosteEffect (well, sort of) and an appearance by Omsk Bird.
216	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Russia and Poland are often depicted as this, in line with the countries' hard-line policies against QUILTBAG sexualities. To a lesser extent, the USA can also be this, though this is changing (as reflected in several 2015 comics) following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2015 decision in favor of same-sex marriage.
217	%%* HistoricalInJoke: Polandball ''runs'' on this.
218	* HopeSpot: In [[http://i.imgur.com/opp2b92.png this comic]], it seems that Bolivia can finally into sea after so long [[spoiler: only for Chile's springboard trap to activate at the last second]].
219	%%* HumongousMecha: International organisations (such as the European Union) can be depicted as this, with member states acting as crew members.
220	%%* IdiotBall: In the [[http://i.imgur.com/ot5f5QQ.png increasingly]] [[http://i.imgur.com/SomcnVw.png poor]] [[http://i.imgur.com/pI4XDob.png ideas]] [[http://i.imgur.com/tgxR2rj.png of]] [[http://i.imgur.com/KvrVjOV.png Red]] [[http://i.imgur.com/mMD8FWe.png China]], the disasters, scandals and failed wars of UsefulNotes/RedChina as China grasping this trope.
221	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Romania's preferred method of killing. DependingOnTheWriter, sometimes Serbia does it as well. (It's all about the irony of turning [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} kebab]] into literal kebab.)
222	* IncrediblyLamePun: Togo is often used as a joke for when other countryballs have "to go". Here are [[http://i.imgur.com/LBTgb5p.png two]] [[http://i.imgur.com/52zaLCP.png examples]].
223	* InSeriesNickname: Germany is "Germoney", especially when Greece wants cash.
224	** The United Kingdom is called "le rosbif" by France.
225	** Estonia is often referred to by her Estonian name, "Eesti".
226	** Poland is often called "Polan" by other (usually Slavic) countries, while he's called "Polen" by Germanics.
227	** Serbia tends to call Montenegro "Montenigger" when he's mad at the latter.
228	* InsistentTerminology: Countryballs almost always refer to territory or land as clay.
229	** Poland (and sometimes other countries) occasionally refers to gay people as "gender", a reference to Polish Christian conservatives coining the term "gender ideology" to refer to pretty much anything except heterosexuality.
230	** They are also referred to as "homosex" or "homogay" in form with Polandball characters' poor grammar.
231	** The word "anschluss" [[note]] which means "political union" in German.[[/note]] It was used to refer to the one between Nazi Germany and Austria. In a sort of OnceDoneNeverForgotten way, it has come to mean forced assimilation in-universe. In the Facebook Polandball community, the character Faceblock often "anschlusses" Poland's page whenever he makes a joke with dark humor.
232	** Turkey and other Muslim countries are regularly referred to as "kebab", despite kebab being used to refer to Turkic peoples initially. As per the [[http://polandball.wikia.com/wiki/Kebab wiki]], modern political rhetoric still believes Islam is an entire race.
233	*** Central Asian Turkic countries like Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are somehow exempt as Sovietball distanced them from Islam in the past. You know...despite those countries still being ethnically Turkish.
234	* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: One of the most important parts of the comic's humor is the ungrammatical, misspelled English that everyone except the native-English-speaking countryballs converses in.---> '''Poland''': Poland cannot into space...
235	--> '''Poland''' (or any other nation): Poland, yuo are of genious!
236	--> '''Poland''': Gib monies plox!
237	%%* JapaneseRanguage: Japan often speaks like this, as well as other Asian countries.
238	* LargeHam: Every country will have their moments of bombast, but countries that can always be relied upon to chow down on the scenery are the USA, the USSR/Russia, and Serbia.
239	* ManlyTears: [[http://country-balls.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/country-balls-the-battle-of-szigetvar.png On the Croatians]] at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Szigetv%C3%A1r Siege of Szigetvar:]]
240	--> Let us goings out from burning place into open and stand up to enemy. Who of dyings, he will beings with God. Who of doesn't die, his name will be of honors. I will into goings first. What I do, yuo do. And God beings my witness... I of never leave yuo... my brothers and knights!
241	* MacheteMayhem: Serbia is often seen carrying a machete or combat knife when it's kebab removal time.
242	%%* MediumAwareness: Poor little Poland in [[http://i.imgur.com/qxGMJhd.png this comic]]
243	* MirroringFactions:
244	** All the countryballs tend to look down on one another for their various shortcomings, but they are often revealed to be the same on many levels.
245	** [[http://i.imgur.com/FYf2egc.png This comic]] depicts ISIS Islamic fundamentalists and Serbian anti-Muslim chetniks as being similar at heart.
246	* MistakenForGay: [[http://i.imgur.com/UrvfEAX.png The Philippines loves his Putos]].[[note]]Puto is a Filipino steamed cake.[[/note]]
247	* MonochromaticEyes: Countryballs never have pupils.
248	* MundaneUtility: Germany's ability to turn into Reichtangle. While he uses it to conquer and coerce countries, he also uses it help countries [[http://i.imgur.com/bYBwHa7.png cross streams]] or even just [[http://i.imgur.com/cvnr9GB.png reach a high shelf.]]
249	* TheMusical: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/4fbpgk/junta_the_junta_musical "Junta! The Junta Musical"]], a whimsical retelling of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor Operation Condor]]. It's got chords, too!
250	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/4vtdnw/contest_thread_the_hills_are_alive_with_the_sound/ This comic contest]] came by three months after Junta! was posted.
251	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: North America is one big happy family...apart from ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} him.]]''[[note]]Mexico[[/note]]
252	* NationsAsPeople: Not really people, but rather "Countryballs".
253	* NationalStereotypes: A great many of them:
254	** {{Animeland}}: Japan is frequently either a CatGirl with pink nekomimi and tail, or is into tentacle rape. Or, when drawn by Japanese artists such as icisimousa, is just plain perverted.
255	** ArabOilSheikh: Most Arabian countries, except for Yemen, are portrayed as this. Especially UAE and Saudi Arabia.
256	** FreestateAmsterdam: The Netherlands is always seen smoking a joint, or with bloodshot eyes.
257	** MooseAndMapleSyrup: Canada is portrayed as obsessed with Tim Horton's, perpetually apologizing, and fed up with living next to America.
258	** BritishStuffiness[=/=]QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The UK is generally portrayed this way; although he also occasionally portrayed as a football hooligan:
259	--->''U wot m8?''
260	** CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Because most Polandball creators tend to know their history, this is averted as often as it is played straight...but France does receive [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten its fair share of mockery for the events of 1940.]]
261	** DarkestAfrica: Represented by 8-balls, for those pre-Imperial societies which didn't have recognizable flags. Visiting Euroballs generally wear pith helmets.
262	** EagleLand: America is usually a solid Type 2.
263	** EuropeansAreKinky: Germany is sometimes in a dominatrix outfit whipping Austria or Brazil.
264	** GloriousMotherRussia: Depending on the time period.
265	** GreedyJew: Israel is often portrayed this way.
266	** LandDownUnder: Australia, racist, unable to pronounce English properly, pugilistic...but there's no better ball for killing dangerous animals.
267	** GermanicDepressives[=/=]GermanicEfficiency[=/=]AllGermansAreNazis: the {{Workaholic}}, '''AUSTERITY'''-obsessed Germany is the most common.
268	** ViolentGlaswegian: Scotland is generally portrayed as poor, violent, and alcoholic.
269	*** FightingIrish: Ireland is similar.
270	** VodkaDrunkenski: Russia and Poland ''really'' love their vodka.
271	* NegativeContinuity: Events in one strip hardly have an impact in others.
272	* NeutralityBacklash: Awed by Switzerland, Belgium [[https://imgur.com/JzAUQY2 attemps it]]. Two times. However, when your territory is mostly flat and conveniently placed between Germany and France...
273	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Croatia is [[http://i.imgur.com/rk8bN5e.png?1 not over-thrilled]] when Serbia [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne kills Austria-Hungary]].
274	-->''Of God damnings it, Serbia...Of God fucking damnings...''
275	* NoMouth: Countryballs never have mouths. [[DependingOnTheArtist Usually]] but putting mouths on countryballs are breaking the rules..
276	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: There are a few, often referencing a in-joke:
277	** The titular Poland is drawn "upside-down" (i.e., it's flag colors vertically inverted).
278	** Israel is a fourth-dimensional hypercube because of [[GeniusBonus Jewish Physics]].
279	*** Michigan as well due to being [[UsefulNotes/JewishLifeEvents circum]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Michigan spiced]] by Israel.
280	*** Jewish Autonomous Oblast is one as well, despite its population being mostly Orthodox Christian.
281	** Nepal and Ohio are monstrous mouths with sharp teeth because of the shape of their flags.
282	** Singapore and [[TheBermudaTriangle Bermuda]] are triangles.
283	** Kazakhstan is a brick.
284	** Portugal was represented a few times as a rug.
285	** Imperial Germany is a [[IncrediblyLamePun Reichtangle]].
286	** Countries enduring famines are often drawn as a [[http://i.imgur.com/pxEizTc.png figure-eight shape]] with [[NothingButSkinAndBones visible ribs in the middle]].
287	** South Africa is occasionally a doughnut, because of Lesotho inside it.
288	** The USA is sometimes drawn as a Zol from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI The Legend of Zelda]]'' for the sake of "Americans are fat" jokes.
289	** Countries who don't have flags, ancient civilisations that were never turned into countries, or ethnic groups are represented by Cueballs with colors (and corresponding numbers) similar to the skin color of the ethnic group(s) who lived there.
290	** Chile may also be drawn as elongated and thin, referencing its shape and 4,270 km coastline.
291	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Comics about modern Germany will often joke about how it hasn't really changed much since the Nazi era. Same with Russia and the USSR.
292	* OneGenderRace: By default, all countries are male, but can be portrayed as female if the author feels like like. The official wiki goes one step further, mostly referring to the characters with gender-neutral nouns and pronouns.
293	* OneWordTitle: Also a {{Portmantitle}}, as a fusion of "Poland" and "Ball".
294	* OverusedRunningGag: One of the first classical jokes of Countryballs was to (spitefully) portray Polandball with an upside-down Polish flag. It stopped being funny when people started pointing out how dumb other people were for believing that Indonesiaball and Monacoball were Polandball.
295	* OwMyBodyPart: {{Parodied\|Trope}}. If a country gets hurt, they say their regions or monuments hurt.
296	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/2dqdxb/guide_to_launching_rockets/ When USABall launches a rocket]], he says "AAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH! MY FLORIDA!"
297	** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/3o53fu/the_war_of_1812/ In the War of 1812,]] [=USABall=] says "Ow muh white house".
298	* PaintingTheMedium: The Reichtangle's dialogue is always written in Courier.
299	** More predictably, Fraktur is sometimes used in contexts of German patriotism.
300	%%* PaletteSwap: Poland[=/=]Indonesia[=/=]Monaco.
301	%%* ParentalIncest: [[http://i.imgur.com/AZS5X3T.png This strip]] depicting the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth virgin cleansing myth]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_rape corrective rape.]]
302	* PerpetualSmiler: Mauritania's crescent imitates this, often crossing into SlasherSmile.
303	** [[http://i.imgur.com/6PfH2ER.png Easter Island]] as well.
304	%%* PoirotSpeak: Averted by most Anglosphere countryballs. For everyone else, if they're not speaking in {{Engrish}}, they talk like this.
305	* PokemonSpeak:
306	** [[http://i.imgur.com/V2jP3sR.png?1 Northern Ireland]] talks like this, sometimes adding in "fleg". Indeed, it is the only English-speaking countryball to be incapable of proper speech.
307	** Liechtenstein and Italy sometimes talk like this ("stein stein" and "ital ital").
308	** [[http://i.imgur.com/MqN5qH5.png In this comic]], Kazakhstan's minions talk like this (Uzbekistan's "uzbek uzbek", Tajikistan's "tajik tajik", and so on).
309	* {{Portmantitle}}: "Poland" and "Ball".
310	%%* PottyFailure: Countryballs are prone to this after heavy drinking.
311	* PreAsskickingOneliner: "GUTEN TAG."
312	** A more general one, when countries band together, is "This is some tough [X] shit you've got yourself into", where X is an ethicity, continent, or linguistic group, for instance "This is some tough Slav shit you've got yourself into".
313	** NATO's warcry, always delivered by the USA: "You done fucked up now."
314	** [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships "U WOT M8?!"]]
315	** Russia, when looming over smaller countries: "Privyet."
316	* ProductPlacement:
317	** Sweden uses IKEA products, to the frustration of other countries. The store may also be seen in the background in comics that take place in the country itself.
318	*** He also has great knowledge of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
319	*** In [[http://i.imgur.com/Uiecf8U.jpg this comic]], this trope crosses over with BrandX with his "iKea" computer.
320	** Denmark plays with Franchise/{{LEGO}} in his spare time and uses it to annoy [[TheRival Sweden]].
321	** In [[http://i.imgur.com/Fd08EQe.png this comic]], Russia's lunch is Omskaya vodka.
322	** Indonesia's favourite food is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie instant noodles]].
323	** [[AsianAndNerdy South Korea]] is obsessed with ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}''.
324	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: America undergoes one [[http://i.imgur.com/oOPExgq.png while on trial]], given to him by Canada. The problem? [[spoiler: Canada was suppose to be his ''defense''.]]
325	** Matter of fact, the author ([[{{Website/Reddit}} Redditor]] FVBLT) [[http://i.imgur.com/BPxF5TV.png has]] [[http://i.imgur.com/tD5kVeu.png delivered]] [[http://i.imgur.com/BY27g0v.png a]] [[http://i.imgur.com/MQ8yTPi.png few]] [[http://i.imgur.com/ZC33FsD.png of]] [[http://i.imgur.com/VS7nT8C.png these.]]
326	** Poland gives one to [[http://imgur.com/gallery/lArfmPj Russia here.]]
327	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Dark red eyes are a telltale for extreme aggression. Light red eyes indicate [[{{subversion}} stoned]] countryballs, usually Netherlands or Jamaica.
328	* RetiredMonster: Belgium, due to its infamous colonial atrocities in the Congo, is sometimes seen in flashbacks cheerfully surfing on oceans of blood and still has a little bit of a soft spot for chopping people's hands off.
329	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: At least 1/3rd of all comics are based on current events.
330	** [[http://polandball-news.blogspot.sg/?m=0 Polandball News]] bases their comics off current newspaper articles, which are cited alongside them.
331	* RuleThirtyFour: Yep, even Polandball. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/cuntryballs (Warning: NSFW & NSFL)]]
332	%%* RuleOfFunny: Most comics run on this.
333	* RuleOfSymbolism: May be used in some comics to represent past and present events. For example, inflation in Zimbabwe may be shown as its respective countryball becoming subject to {{Balloonacy}}. A popular way of portraying wars would be the different countryballs playing games.
334	* RunningGag : Makes up many of the webcomics' punchlines. The main and most-well known one would be "Poland cannot into space".
335	** Turks and Muslims being referred to as "kebab".
336	** Serbia's obsession with "remove kebab".
337	** Reichtangle's obsession with "anschluss".
338	** Poland howling "KURWA!" when something goes wrong.
339	** America getting the names of countries wrong.
340	** Estonia's inability to be considered Nordic.
341	** Argentina's inability to be considered white or European.
342	** Bolivia asking Chile to "gib sea".
343	** America's inability to keep Mexico from getting through his Southern border.
344	** Germany's [[{{Workaholic}} obsession with work]], and digging holes in beaches.
345	** South Korea is afraid of fan death.
346	** Iceland's volcano [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull]] causes problems.
347	** France [[LiteralMetaphor craps himself]] when he hears the word "strike."
348	* ShoutOut:
349	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSCJxxI83v4 These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl_GFSjRESk videos]] are canon.
350	** [[http://polandballcomics.tumblr.com/image/87281890372 This one]] has the line "hmm... [[Series/{{Blackadder}} I have a cunning plan]]".
351	** The Portuguese Empire's catcphrase is: [[Franchise/{{Dune}} "THE SPICE MUST FLOW!"]]
352	** Madagascar [[VideoGame/{{Pandemic}} blocks all access in and out of his country]] in times of great emergency.
353	** [[http://i.imgur.com/VPAePlc.png "People called Romanes,]] [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian they go, the house"]]
354	** In [[https://polandball.cc/comic/kebab-tv/ Kebab TV]], the Turkish TV series the Balkans are watching is a reference to ''Series/MagnificentCentury''.
355	** [[http://i.imgur.com/3Seh4cc.png How to survive a lawless land]] with [[Film/MadMax Mad Mex]].
356	** What do the Nazis do with their many Jews? [[http://i.imgur.com/oMT3pbX.png Play a]] [[{{VideoGame/Tetris}} game]] [[BaitAndSwitch with them of course]]!
357	** America is sometimes depicted with a knit cap a la [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]].
358	** [[http://i.imgur.com/2023kEh.png This]] previously mentioned comic is directly [[SongFic based on the lyrics]] to "It Has to Be This Way"[[note]][[spoiler:Armstrong's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyqa_h7slx4 boss battle theme]][[/note]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.
359	** [[http://i.imgur.com/oTTkIZd.png Countryball]] [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Space Marines]]? Yep.
360	** [[http://i.imgur.com/rUnSA6V.png In the grim darkness of the far future]], there is only (class) war.
361	** [[https://i.redd.it/4khw2hyzcfey.png This one]] to ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
362	* ShownTheirWork: Well, of course. A lot of comics show how relationships between many nations work, albeit on a very simplified level. For example, not a lot of people know that the USA has 5 territories and 3 protectorates and that the country was heavily associated in the creation of many nations (many of which share a very similar flag). It really isn't far off to call some countries the "children" of other, older countries.
363	%%* SimilarSquad: [[https://i.imgur.com/iVVH05D.png This comic]] plays with it.
364	* SmarterThanYouLook: USA is generally portrayed as ignorant and lazy but when the time calls for it, he can be very cunning. Pointed out in this [[http://i.imgur.com/rz6SpkL.png comic]].
365	* {{Spinoff}}: Planetball, focused on stellar bodies, and Stateball, focused on the USA's states.
366	** On Website/{{Reddit}}, two unofficial sports-themed spinoffs have also grown, CFBBall, focused on [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball American college football]], and Hockeyball, focused on hockey.
367	** 4Chan's /sp/ board had "Mestball" comics for a while. While they involved all of Major League Baseball, the focus was usually on Mestball (Representing the New York Mets) and how it could never "into playoffs."
368	* StartOfDarkness: Quite a few comics tell the story of how [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Austria]] turned Germany into Nazi Germany or why any [[BloodKnight particularly violent]] country became that way.
369	%%* TheStoner: The Netherlands, sometimes also Jamaica, the state of Colorado, and Uruguay.
370	* StylisticSuck: And intentionally so. Purists insist that the strip should only be drawn in Microsoft Paint and that the countryballs should ''never'' be perfect circles. One of the defining characteristics of ''Polandball'' is that Poland is drawn upside down on purpose.
371	* SurrealHumour: Often present in older comics. [[http://i.imgur.com/qvYkomp.png This comic involving France, Germany and a box]] is often cited as the most famous example.
372	* TangledFamilyTree: Any country that is in any way an ancestor of another country, or have aided in their independence, can be a parent. This results in situations such as the USA having the UK, France, Germany, and the 7-balls (Native Americans) as parents.
373	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics:
374	** Female countryballs wear a pink bow. If they're from East Asia, they sometimes wear odango instead.
375	** In the [[http://imgur.com/a/O2ZZv/layout/blog "A World at War"]] series by user [=ChickenScuttleMonkey=] (which retells WWI and WWII), most female countryballs instead wear a flower that symbolises their country.
376	* TournamentArc: Tournaments were a popular fad in the countryball Facebook community in the latter half of 2017, where a countryball would win based on "likes" as votes from the community. The fad ended mainly because of fans of the losing countryballs being sore losers and mass reporting the host page into oblivion, sadly.
377	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Latvia is rarely seen without a potato. [[KickTheDog Until it's taken away by Russia or other countries.]]
378	** Canada likes poutine.
379	** The USA likes to [[BigEater stuff his face]] with burgers.
380	** USA's [[HappilyAdopted son Philippines]] loves balut and puto.
381	** Romania loves to drink blood.
382	** The UK with his most precious tea to the point that it is how USA got to start his independence by throwing tea at the harbor.
383	** Belgium loves his chocolate, waffles and french fries.
384	** Turkey loves kebab.
385	** Italy loves pizza to the point of lashing out against other countryballs for not preparing it in the traditional way or putting clashing toppings like bell peppers, fruits that aren't tomatoes, or most infamously - pineapple.
386	** More generally, countries are sometimes given catchphrases of their favourite food - the USA going "burger burger" as an example.
387	* TragicVillain: Reichtangle is usually portrayed as this (all he wants is for someone to play with him), as is post-Soviet Russia. So too are various Baltic states in WWII that joined up with the Germans after brutal Soviet invasion and occupation.
388	* TheUnFavourite: [[http://i.imgur.com/fWo3URF.jpg Liberia thinks he's this compared to the Philippines.]]
389	* VagueAge: Although the countries can technically be hundreds of years old, some countries like England are senior grandfather types while others like Russia and the United States are portrayed as adults or teens.
390	** Gets even weirder as strips tend to vary as whether a country taking on a new regime (like Prussia becoming the German Empire) counts as the same nation throughout or is a child of the previous incarnation.
391	* ViewersAreGeniuses:
392	** Thoroughly appreciating Polandball requires a knowledge of which country corresponds to which flag and a pretty thorough knowledge of geopolitics.
393	** Instead of using TheBackwardsR trope, Cyrillic letters are used according to their ''actual'' pronunciations. For example, Д is pronounced like a D, Я is pronounced "ya", etc.
394	* VitriolicBestBuds: Countries who are allies but have significant differences are often characterized like this. Examples are the U.K. and France, America and Canada, and America and most of his allies really. They'll stand by each other when it matters but in peacetime it's a constant barrage of insults.
395	** The U.K. is this with the other commonwealth nations and his former colonies; Australia, Canada, and the U.S. especially.
396	* WallOfText: Sometimes shows up when a country is shouting at or threatening another.
397	** Gaul uses one to deliver a massive rant at [=SPQR=] in [[http://i.imgur.com/RiKKloo.png this comic]].
398	** Germany's rant at Europe in [[http://i.imgur.com/iCZkGUB.png this comic]].
399	** Most of these use some regional variation of the "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/serbia-strong-remove-kebab Serbia Stronk/Remove Kebab!]]" copypasta, an insane and [[PoesLaw almost certainly satirical]] Serbian ultranationalist rant that has been much repeated due to its batshit insanity[[note]]REMOVE KEBAB remove kebab you are worst turk. you are the turk idiot you are the turk smell. return to croatioa. to our croatia cousins you may come our contry. you may live in the zoo…ahahahaha ,bosnia we will never forgeve you. cetnik rascal [=FUck=] but fuck asshole turk stink bosnia sqhipere shqipare..turk genocide best day of my life. take a bath of dead turk..ahahahahah BOSNIA WE WILL GET YOU!! do not forget ww2 .albiania we kill the king , albania return to your precious mongolia….hahahahaha idiot turk and bosnian smell so bad..wow i can smell it. REMOVE KEBAB FROM THE PREMISES. you will get caught. russia+usa+croatia+slovak=kill bosnia…you will ww2/ tupac alive in serbia, tupac making album of serbia . fast rap tupac serbia. we are rich and have gold now hahahaha ha because of tupac… you are ppoor stink turk… you live in a hovel hahahaha, you live in a yurt tupac alive numbr one #1 in serbia ….fuck the croatia ,..[=FUCKk=] ashol turks no good i spit in the mouth eye of ur flag and contry. 2pac aliv and real strong wizard kill all the turk farm aminal with rap magic now we the serba rule .ape of the zoo presidant georg bush fukc the great satan and lay egg this egg hatch and bosnia wa;s born. stupid baby form the eggn give bak our clay we will crush u lik a skull of pig. serbia greattst countrey.[[/note]]
400	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Used to represent different countries. If you can't identify them, it's time for you to learn your flags (although bear in mind Poland is drawn incorrectly.)
401	* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: The US sometimes experiences regret he doesn't have a big, evil, communist rival to compete against any more, to say nothing of [[GloryDays Russia's view on the subject]].
402	** The Balkans were a lot more stable when Yugoslavia was still around. Many of the ethnic tensions that are featured in the comics weren't really a problem in Eastern Europe when Communism was still a thing.
403	** Some ex communist countries now have to deal with being [[SkewedPriorities irrelevant]] and unstable.
404	** Absolutely defied with Poland, as he's really, really glad he's no longer taking orders from [[TheDreaded Sovietball]].
405	* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Due to BlankWhiteEyes being the norm, eyes shrinking to pinpoints are used instead (most visible on Reichtangle).
406	* WordSaladHumor/[[YouNoTakeCandle Yuo No Take Candle]]: The non-Anglosphere countries [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny speak Engrish by default]], but some authors take it up to eleven with it to make dialogue full-fledged world salad, as seen [[https://i.imgur.com/tfQPF4a.png here]]. [[DependingOnTheWriter On the other hand]], dialogue-heavy comics may feature relatively large amounts of clearly imperfect but intelligible Engrish.
407	* WritersCannotDoMath: InUniverse, America struggles with the Metric System.
408	* WrittenByTheWinners: [[https://i.redditmedia.com/kbL6FTklvm0TXv_HH8tynvyjHZmN5glhx4cRkHRWupM.png?s=99d9f832fabf82e115822c389f280c86 The Good Guys]]
409	%%* YokoOhNo: [[http://polandballcomics.tumblr.com/image/92936737421 The Band Breaks Up]].
410	* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: America is all about telling gays they'll burn in hell, until Russia congratulates him on his policy.
411	** Even after Romania thanks him for kicking out refugees, Hungary still hates gypsies enough in [[http://i.imgur.com/WtYBzaG.png this comic]] to let the refugees back in just to spite Romania.
412
413	----
414	-> ''"Greeting, troper'' \
415	''[[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife surprise ruin yuor life]]"''

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