#Hetalia states

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"Child?..." Lipan's voice spoke sorrowful, but he wouldn't be heard.

((Wanted to draw a father for Texas, I looked into the native tribes that resided in the Area and have chosen Lipan Apache tribe. Sorry if anything is inaccurate qwq )

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do people still care about state ocs on this godforsaken app

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The kids are all right but also brats.

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Share your favourite/most insane fact about the space!

Ooo okay this is a great ask anon!

One of the coolest facts I know is that, due to the effects of time dilation, a spacecraft continuously accelerating at 1G (9.81 m/s²) could cross the entire Milky Way galaxy—about 100,000 light-years wide—in just 12 years from the perspective of those onboard.

Another favorite fact of mine is about J1407b, also known as "Super Saturn." This ringed planet orbits the star V1400 Centauri and boasts a ring system approximately 640 times larger than Saturn’s. It has 37 rings, with a total radius extending 55 million miles. To put that into perspective, the distance from Earth to the Sun is 92 million miles. J1407b itself is between 10 and 40 times the size of Jupiter, and if it were located where Saturn is in our Solar System, its rings would dominate our sky. What’s even more astonishing is that J1407b’s mass is only about five times that of Earth, while Saturn is roughly 95 times Earth’s mass.

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Hawaii and the TV

Arizona: Papa! Lani's been hogging the TV since her birthday. Make her stop! America: I've tried but she tried to bite me.

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Alaska!!

Been a while since I posted so here’s some Hetalia // baby Nikolai was a crybaby! // tween Nikolai needed meds lmao // teen is normal and adjusted //

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I've been meaning to post for a while but here I finally am, my Hetalia oc, NYC (and NY), with a nyo and 2p design as well

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Hello 🕵🏾 this is totatlly an investigator, i'm wondering if you could share your wisdoms in the subject of ; the nature of the relationship between the USA and his states? much appreciated, thank you XOXO

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🥹❤️ ahhhhh thank you that means a lot, I’m glad you like my art and my nor’easter au (statetalia) ❤️🥹

😈 Ok this is going to be a rather lengthy response. To make it easier to read, I’ll give a high-level overview of how I interpret the US states (&cities) and their relationships to Alfred. Under the cut, I will then provide a brief description of significant states/cities’ relationship to Alfred.

Clarifications:

While my Alfred begins as Plymouth Colony, his current position as the United States of America exists because his states agreed to enter into a union thus creating Alfred’s role. Thus I interpret the states to have a great deal of agency & influence over Alfred. Especially throughout early US history, the federal gov (which Alfred is representative of) isn’t centralized thus Alfred especially early on, is beholden to his states. This starts to radically change after the US Civil War. Tbh even to this day, while Alfred has more power than he has ever had, at the end of the day, his states still hold some power.

Subsequently, I do not interpret the states to be Alfred’s children. Only 4 of the states are related to him. He’s also not brothers to Matt.

Alfred may look to some states & cities to offload certain responsibilities, divide tasks, and to ask for advice.

I do not determine the physical & literal ages of a state by their admission into the union. Thus there are states that are older than, or near the same age as Alfred. The way I determine the age of each state depends on the state. There’s no sound system. Also not all states were initially British Colonies (ex: Jennie/NY stems from the New Netherlands colony).

Not all states are created equal, and some cities hold more influence over and have a more significant relationship to Alfred than others.

Overview:

The Original 13 States are the states that essentially created Alfred’s role. While Alfred is the same literal age as many of them, he didn’t grow up as quickly physically and his existence itself was unclear following the dissolution of Plymouth colony. So when he officially ascended into his role, Alfred was like 13 physically whereas many of his states were older teens (15-17). So they viewed him more like a little kid than their equal. Also when Alfred took on this role, he was quite immature. He’s exceptional in the battlefield, hence why they eventually agree upon him to be their figurehead (they weren’t really expecting him to take on real responsibilities either). Yet Alfred largely prefers fighting to politics- so up until the Civil War, Alfred himself is primarily partaking in various wars & skirmishes with Indigenous nations, Mexico, or what becomes Canada. Following the Civil War, Alfred takes his responsibilities more seriously and he also begins to be treated more like an equal by these particular states.

The northeastern states are his home base. He’s related to most of the New England states (made a post abt some of this). States like Jennie/ New York & Elise/ New Jersey are close family friends. While he cares for them all, sometimes family can be a lot especially when they’re very critical, controlling and have a hard time expressing they care about you (lollll as a northeastern asshole, we aren’t good with emotions).

Southern states can be a mixed bag, but his relationship to them can be uneasy especially with states like Carl/South Carolina as he’s the one to lead the southern states into the Civil War. I don’t think I’ve posted too much about Carl on tumblr and there’s a WHOLE HOST of reasons why Carl & Alfred don’t get along, but Alfred is the one to give Carl his facial scar because Carl was a traitor.

Appalachian states , for Alfred nowadays this relationship isn’t the greatest for a number of reasons (the Civil War + cultural attitudes towards the region). Even historically it erred on more exploitative. But given the Appalachian influence on American culture, and military participation in the expansion of the US westwards- Alfred was historically friendly with these states. Hell even his first girlfriend, Maisie/ North Carolina is mostly in this region. I made a post discussing some of this. X

The Midwest, the Southwest, & Rockies are areas I haven’t done as much research on as of now. But largely from what I can tell, his relationship to these states tend to be more exploitative in nature than him viewing them as equals the way he views states like Jennie/ New York.

Alaska & Hawaii are two states I haven’t created or work on yet. Broadly speaking, probably not the greatest. Hawaii was a separate nation that was forced into the union by Alfred- gonna go on a limb and say Hawaii is not Alfred’s biggest fan. Alaska I will have to do more research on to determine the exact nature of the relationship. I don’t mind different interpretations at all like if people see the states as kids cool for the most part idrc , and I rarely hate other headcanons except I absolutely hate the idea of Hawaii as Alfred’s kid, or Alaska being a RusAme love child. It’s blasé and in poor taste.

Ok now to some states that I think Alfred has a significant relationship to:

lol this artwork is from September 2023 btw

I believe these states + city personally have the most influence over Alfred and his decision-making. I’ll keep it as brief as possible cause lol I think I’m yapping too much I’m so sorry 😭

Going clockwise:

Elaine/ Florida is a wildcard of an individual that Alfred has begun to rely upon in more recent years for assistance as it regards to trade with Latin America (Miami is often considered the gateway to Latin America), but also he just finds her to actually quite a funny even tho he is a bit scared of her cause he can never quite predict her next move.

Henry/ Massachusetts is his older cousin and was his guardian. Henry raised him, but Henry can be overbearing, honest to a fault, hypercritical and rather argumentative. While Alfred loves Henry, and still looks up to Henry, sometimes Henry can be a lot. I have a few posts discussing his relationship to Henry, but this summarizes it the best.

Rosalie/ Rhode Island & Josh/Connecticut (who I lol did not include in this drawing) are tbh just like emotional support. He goofs off with them, they know his darkest secrets yada yada.

Mona/ California generally assists Alfred when it comes to his public image. He didn’t trust her much at first, or expected her to amount of anything, but she proved her loyalty during the Civil War and he began to trust her with more responsibility. They eventually developed a bit of a friendship, and now they’re dating….however they aren’t the best fit for each other.

Rob/ Texas is like highkey his best friend (sometimes his enemy) , and highkey they match each other’s freak in a platonic way. He looks to Rob for financial assistance, and Rob needs Alfred to execute his own financial interests (in oil). They weren’t always friends tho. Rob was initially better friends with states like Betsy / Tennessee. It wasn’t until after the US Civil War that they started to really become besties.

Rich/ Virginia is someone Alfred has never fully trusted. It’s the New Englander in him lol (+ the fact Rich was a traitor). But Rich could have easily been in Alfred’s role, given the fact Rich was well-respected and looked up to by his fellow states as a leader. Alfred does look to Rich to understand how to be a better politician. Rich has a natural charisma about him that Alfred lacks. And while Alfred isn’t necessarily Rich’s biggest fan, he does respect Rich’s experience and knowledge.

Illinois is a wip of character by my friend ekuos.art. I think out of the midwestern states, Illinois does gain the most respect at a national level- I don’t have specific right now, but this is an individual Alfred would rely on.

Jennie/ New York is actually one of the other main characters besides Alfred in my nor’easter lore lollll. The short version is, Alfred didn’t like Jennie at first especially cause Jennie isn’t English lol. But she proves her loyalty, resourcefulness, and her intelligence during the American Revolution, and also with the creation of the Erie Canal. She doesn’t really have an isolationist position like her peers, so for a number of years, I think he gives her the tasks regarding diplomatic and trade relationships with Europe— she later trains him on how to be a diplomat when he decides to take his role more seriously. Jennie is also a close family friend having been “married” (annulled) to Alfred’s older cousin Henry. Jennie is also someone who can tell Alfred the hard truth (albeit not in an overly harsh way like Henry) and he does genuinely appreciate her skill set, but also her loyalty and friendship (even tho she treats him as if he were an annoying younger brother) all these years.

Aurelie/ Louisiana belongs to my friend ekuos.art. Short version is Aurelie didn’t trust Alfred at all at first, and he wasn’t exactly the most accepting of her given she’s a francophone first. Alfred did have a bit of a crush on her cause she just has a magnetic personality and she’s pretty, but lol this is not reciprocated. They do develop as friends over the years, Aurelie is the queen of the Gulf! She’s a skilled trader, but also just a fun person to be around.

Carl/ South Carolina is someone I have not talked about much publicly, but I probably should soon. The short version is Carl wanted Alfred’s role, and they also have MANY disagreements and different values (esp. in regards to slavery)- all of this comes to a head with the Civil War. Carl was a traitor. While Carl has changed over the years, I don’t think the scars of the civil war have ever truly healed as many of the root issues we still see in our politics today…but that’s another story. Their relationship is best described as “keep your enemies close”.

Lynn/ Manhattan, NYC is another main character in my lore. She and Alfred don’t really know each other personally until post-Civil War. He mostly knew Lynn as Jennie’s friend. But he quickly comes to learn and respect Lynn, just for her natural charisma, her intelligence, and her ambitious and go-getter (rather ruthless girlboss if you will) attitude. And he comes to rely on her to take on diplomatic and trade roles. Also she’s fun to hang around.

And that’s where I’m gonna end it for now 😭 cause I could yap forever I really tried to condense everything as much as possible w/o leaving out vital context. I have more I can add on in regards to race, gender, differences in state cultures, & relations to indigenous nations, but I left that out for this response cause it’d take too far off topic and it’d be even more lengthy lol 😔🙏

[hetastates]

Midwest Monday!

How each (Midwestern) state responds to scam calls

Illinois: Abruptly hanging up the phone. He doesn’t have time, patience, energy, or will to deal with this. As a kid he might have played along, giving a fake name like "Mr. Hugh Wang-Kerr"; as a teen he would have made threats to the spammer, but as an adult he likes to keep the line free for business opportunities and ladies in strapless dresses (for some reason, though, they never keep the line free for him…)

Indiana: Specifically answers to say "what do you want" and hangs up. Sometimes does this while driving. It’s quite concerning to those who share the road with her. Everyone wonders why she picks up if she knows she’s going to be hanging up within two seconds, but nobody has ever asked her directly why she does this. Indiana's response to scammers is an enigma and— INDI KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!

Iowa: WHAT? HUH?! He'll call you back, he says — and by that he means meet him at the Flying J later if you have something to say to him. He might be a strapping and toned young man — the type you’d think is attractive until you get close enough to smell that True Farmer Boy Whiff — but he’s an old boomer in terms of technology. He owns a LG 5450 for "business calls" and an iPhone 5 because his friends begged him to get a real phone, yet his monthly screen time is about forty two seconds.

Kansas: How do these people keep getting her number? She once took her grievances directly to the cell phone tower, but that wasn’t resolved the way she wanted it to be resolved. Kansas has a very communal way of fixing her scam call woes: If there’s anyone around her in the vicinity, she’s all up in their face. "Hey, do you know anything about how to get rid of these dang calls? Is there, like, a button I press or somethin'?" Oklahoma once told her to chuck it into a tornado. They haven’t spoken as of late.

Michigan: Are you calling about getting your car fixed by him? He’s told you a thousand times, these new cars and their computers have got to go. Oh, you’re not? Well, why are you bothering him? "We've called you about your car's extended warranty—" Oh have you? Have you now? Nah. He’s not buying it. Get off the line right this second or else he'll reach so far under your hood that you’ll be seeing via LIDAR until Teslas are reliable.

Minnesota: Poor Minnesota, easily flustered and not one to Karen around. Half the time, she’s not sure if it’s a scam call of if it’s genuine, and she doesn’t want to be too quick to judge. She'll sit there on the line for a couple of minutes to really gauge the situation, adding in a few "uh-huhs" and "mmms" until the time is right. Then — ope! There’s someone at the door! — or, — ope! My casserole is ready". Half the time, it’s not even a lie!

Missouri: The good thing about Missouri is that he likes good, cheap, reliable things — cell phones included. He has a Sonim XP8, meaning that every time a scammer (and this extends to tax collectors, insurance agents, and Oklahoma — "Seriously, Okie, go bother someone else!" —) gives him a ring, he just throws his phone at the nearest wall and picks it up after it’s stopped ringing. Concerned? Don’t be. The Sonim is designed for that type of treatment. There’s no point in buying something if you can’t huck it.

Nebraska: When she got her first scam call, Nebraska was quite surprised — she was under the impression that this sort of thing would never happen to her! She ushered over Minnesota, who begged her to be kind (oh, Minnesota — the trouble you go through), but Nebraska had heard too much about funny responses to scammers and wanted to try some out on her own. From inventing fake and morbid businesses to pretending to be in the mafia, Nebraska has demonstrated quite the creative streak when it comes to answering scam calls.

North Dakota: He doesn’t give much thought to the matter. He barely answers these calls. Sometimes it’s a one word "no" or a two word "go away", but NoDak works in silence when it comes to scam calls. Why give it time or energy?

Ohio: Aww, yeah! It’s his time to shine! He acts as though he’s in a Broadway musical or an award-winning Hollywood hit. He doesn’t want the fame and fortune that this career demands — no, he just wants the feeling of pride and superiority he gets from completely destroying the competition. He’s mustered up some quite imaginative responses to scam calls, and has concerned quite a few of the callers. His insurance company isn’t too happy with him, because he took it a step further and started doing it to them, too. Good thing they’ve got a lawyer…

South Dakota: Like Ohio and Nebraska, he has quite the enthusiasm to answer in funny and offbeat ways, but unfortunately, he’s got a brother to the north to put some sense into him. "No, SoDak, don’t answer the phone." "No, you’re not being stupid today." Dang it, NoDak, why do you have to steal his thunder? Can’t a state do anything fun? Saying funny things to scam callers isn’t even illegal this time!

Wisconsin: What's that? Wisconsin, pick up the phone! Or is she busy again, screaming over some sports game. What game could she even be this enthusiastic over? Does she even have any major sports teams? Regardless, that phone is not getting answered in a timely manner. Does she even hear it? Wisconsin? Wisconsin, we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty! Wisconsin! Wisconsin! Nothing. Damn.

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Hey! its Kustaa again! I have no idea why Karla believed we would stick to a prompt on what we are posting next, mistake on her part, but instead of explaining how we work vs how the nations work (because we are different from the nations) im going down a list of some of my favorite shenanigans we have done as a collective.

The first, and one of my favorites, are the relationship boards. During the world wars (and the proxy wars around then) we were in and out of both the US military and some of the other militaries (think... joining allies and infiltrating the other side) and because we were getting info onto of just being in the military we ended up seeing what the nations were up to. Specifically we ended up keeping track of all of the hookups we caught (and how many times who was with who), weather is was a relationship, friends with benefits, one night stand, or hate fucking. we have several boards for this. One is a color coded string board to show who fucked who (the colors being the nature of the relationship), another is the frequency, and another for location (we got bored). there is one for WW1, and another for WW2. There are other boards but of them the relationship one is the funniest because mom refuses to look at it for too long due to not wanting to remember being cursed with this knowledge. And our uncles also get slightly embarrassed when we bring it out because they are 100% on there. More than once. 

Then there is the incident during the Cold War when we were living in Ivan's walls. Its self explanatory, but due to the whole secrecy thing we are extremely good at not getting caught and at pulling of Bullshit stunts. Im talking we made a whole little base under his house and burrowed in his walls. and you might be asking how, cause ya know, those kind of houses had thick walls because they were made of brick and my answer, making specific pathways through the brick just might enough to shimmy through while avoiding load bearing areas. Also that house had walls that were thicker than most because of Ivan's tendency to try and make things warmer, so the thicker walls were for extra insulation. Though mostly we operated via being just below the floor and outer walls (which were the thickest of the walls), the inner walls were for the second floor. though there was a bit of wiggle room for hanging out in the ceiling in some areas. We kinda drove Onkel Gil and dėdė Tolys a bit mad because they kept catching sight of us and we kept adding things to their stash of "contraband", and once it was all over they did scold us a bit. Though Dėdė Tolys did laugh that one time Ravis accidentally called our mom "mom".

there was also that one time we fucked with Arthur for a week, each day we filled masks with snow, then got it to stick to trees, meaning that each tree on his street was left with several snow molds of a face. and only his street. We also made snowmen directly in front of his house each night, meaning he would take up to about 5 snowmen infont of his house, staring at it, and usually wearing stuff we stole from him. We would follow him to work to throw snowballs from odd places (think the roof, an alleyway, out a car, places he wouldn't realistically be able to find us, or point anyone out for being a repeat offender). We broke into his house and kept carefully bringing his Christmas tree outside. he brought it in every time, and would wake up to it outside again. Once he tried to stay awake to try and prove it was one of his brothers, but we prepared, and one of the times he got up for tea (probably around 5 in the morning?), he came back to it gone and outside (granted that involved a bit of magic). then we just. stoped. we didn't do a single thing. until February. then we repeated the week (this time having to unpack the tree and decorate it exactly the same). the first time we did this was around the 60s, and we do this at least once every decade or so. he got cameras to try and catch us now, but its pretty easy to just mess with them to not get caught.

Lastly there is the whole "kidnaping Ravis thing" I mentioned last post. We quit literally just walked into his house, picked him up and put him in the car. I wasn't one of the ones who went to get him, but I was on the plane back home, he seemed to still be processing the fact we just. took him. once we were home we brought him to the room we made for him and then for several days we just made sure he and mom were never in the same part of the house. Family dinner is only once a week so we just brought him food and took turns eating with him till family dinner. A few times we had to rush one or the other out of a room so they didn't cross paths, but for the most part it was pretty easy to hide him. When to family dinner time we made sure he was sitting and had a plate already before mom came in, and truly mom didn't really react much, I dont know if he somehow knew, or if it was simply a case of knowing us well enough to know what had happened. Mom just welcomed him to the family and asked him if he needed anything for his room, any clothes, and what his food preferences are so he could add it to the rotation.

there are several more, but I am being told the post is getting a bit long, so for now ill just leave it at these four. and thus ends my talk of shenanigans for now

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I have art block and my friend let me draw our ocs kissin uwu I need to work more on mexico but my brain is ded

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🚏 Intropost !!!!

[ My Hetalia OC Askblog! Words from the mun (Australis) is in parentheses like so! ]

LETS GO!!!! The askblog!!! Of all time!!!

Hihi!!! I'm Manhattan!!!!!! I'm not the center of the universe, in fact, I AM THE UNIVERSE!!!! >;D everyone (besides brook) just calls me mana/manny because they say my name is too long but that's not important... (blame that dutch dude).

I'm 23!!

My Pronouns are He/Him but They/Them is fine!

My REAL name is Jake Cruz!!

I'm one the second youngest!!!!

This was a terrible idea. My reputation is at stake here...

I'm Queens, I'm on this blog because Mana wanted me here. Of course he wants us all, despite the fact that he constantly says he is infact the universe. I would tell him to [!%$=] off, but I can't. We're all from the city. Even so, I'll be documenting the things going on here on my breaks from work.

I'm 24.

My Pronouns are he/him.

My name is Dillan Walker.

I'm also one of the middle siblings, I'm the exact middle, in fact.

I'm Brooklyn! I'm not good with computers like 'Hattan and Queens are

I'm only here because Hattan wanted me here! Hattan's making me say this through a voice message. Even so l say "you" and not "youse" sometimes, okay!?

I'm 27.

he/him pronouns

my name? Why are you asking?? it's Niel Taylor.

I'm the second eldest

BROOKLYN TOOK SO LONG GODDDDD. anyways hi! I'm THE BRONX. CERTIFIED. hi hello

im gonna be the one who WHO USES THIS BLOG WILLINGLY AND FREQUENTLY (cough cough brook) AND I'M READY FOR IT!!!!!

Im 28!! The eldest, naturally!;!!;;

my Pronouns are SHE/HER!!!!!!!!! IM THE ONLY GIRL IN THIS FAMILY.

MY REAL NAME IS HARPER JAMISON!!!!!

I'm the eldest and PROUDD RAAAAAH

And finally ME ;D STATEN ISLAND!! im so excited for this yayyyyya!!! ^v^

im excited for this blog!! dillan told me that I act like the sealand of ny but i have no ideas who that is :p

im 12!! the youngest!!!!!!! :3 even if that means I'm not supposed to be online yet but MANNY LET ME!!!

im a boy! that means he/him :D

my name is Jimmy Miller!!!!

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[ haii! mun here. they/them for me]

Despite running a blog that has the nyc boroughs as muses, im. not a new yorker. I'm a New-Jerseyian.

↑ For that reason, NJ and NY state will also appear, NJ is Jacob Locke and NY is David Locke.

🏷️ Tags For Each Character!!!

#manhattanposting - Manhattan/Jake speaks in a post, Sometimes represented with 🚥

#queensposting - Queens/Dillan speaks in a post, Sometimes represented with 📰

#brooklynposting - Brooklyn/Niel speaks in a post, Sometimes represented with 🗞️

#bronxposting - Bronx/Harper speaks in a post, Sometimes represented with 🛟

#statenposting - Staten Island/Jamie speaks in a post, Sometimes represented with ⚾

The boroughs themselves are all based on SUPER GENERIC stereotypes, myths, and stories in NYC as all Hetalia characters are! please don't take it offensively if one of them is shown to be SUPER stereotypical,, that's just how hetalia is in general......

The muses also swap between using each other's human and chosen names sometimes,, im indecisive . Usually they use their Borough name of their nicknames.

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My oc Virginia for the statetalia Fourth of July event!!

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Oh yeah forgot to post about this but we have officially come out of Polar Night! Sunlight once more, hooray!

I know the dogs are definitely happy and I am too cause I won't have to as many of my Vitamin D tablets anymore. ^^;

But still, it is fun getting to live in the only US city to experience the complete polar night.

[ask-alaska-and-hawaii]

Both States Headcanon #6

Both Alaska and Hawaii can be annoyed by tourists, especially disrespectful ones who treat their states like amusement parks.