Player Name: Chey Username: whatevs Current/former characters: None!
Sleeper Character: Rzeczpospolita Polska (Republic of Poland) is his official name, but he usually goes by Poland. His human name is Feliks Lukasiewicz. Username: paluszki Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia Canon point: Modern Day / March 2012 Age: Poland himself is 1026 years old, but he looks to be 19. Appearance: Poland’s official height is 5’6”, though Himaruya is really bad at keeping up with the heights he lists, but 5’6” seems like a pretty accurate height for him. He has light blond hair that reaches his shoulders and usually keeps it down, though at times he will pull it into a pony tail or put it into some cute hairstyle with pigtails or etc. His eyes are a medium green and he has heavy eyelids, making him look like a very relaxed person. His posture is often comfortable and he really does look like a lazy person. It’s also important to say that he canonically looks like a girl. This has been stated by the author in a character chart and also by Prussia in a strip. It also doesn’t help that sometimes Poland likes to wear more girly clothing, even shown to wear dresses in four different instances. Even his special outfits for occasions are pretty fancy. But he’s usually shown in just a regular button up shirt and some slacks when he’s seeing people. But he’s not above dressing up for special occasions or just when he feels like it.
Personality: Poland is a difficult type. There’s so many different sides to his personality and so it’s hard to get to know him. You think you know who he is and then it seems you’re entirely wrong and he’s more than what you originally thought. Even in fandom, people seem to argue about his personality and sometimes have drastically different opinions on him. Like I said, Poland is a difficult type.
When you first meet him, you see a shy and awkward guy. He doesn’t talk much and this is where you see his fierce anxiety when it comes to people he doesn’t know well. He probably (definitely) won’t talk to you face to face. He’s much more willing to hide behind somebody he trusts than to talk to you himself. Don’t let yourself make your judgment about him here because this is not the only side of Poland because then when he gets used to you? You see he’s not really that type of person at all. No, he’s a lazy, selfish, and somebody who can’t take most things seriously. If he knows you well enough, expect him to try to make you do his work or laugh at your face because hey, your face? Looks totally hilarious. Even if you’re terrified or screaming for help. Poland very well may just laugh. He’s not the nicest guy to be around at times. Poland doesn't have a lot of friends for a reason.
It’s also safe to say he can be a little (or maybe more than that) dumb sometimes. Back in his younger days, a way he wanted to sell rye? Was dye it pink or blue. He thought people would want it more. And he bought ponies for a war. And he had troubles screwing in a light bulb. He’s definitely not always the brightest guy around and I think those examples can also be shown to show how it seems impossible for him to take anything seriously. He even laughed at his best friend's face when he was being taken away and screaming for help. Is it obvious why Poland's hard to get to know and get along with yet? He's also very confusing. He's been said to live in his own 'crazy world that only makes sense to himself'. Poland could be called random, weird, or just plain dumb. Let's dye the rye blue! Let's wear women's clothing! Let's buy ponies! Let's go slay a dragon! Show me your penis! Why does he do these things or say them? It's never really explained. You can chalk it up as: Poland really does live in his own little world.
But even though Poland can be selfish, lazy, and generally an annoying person, he isn’t an entirely bad guy. While he doesn’t show up in Hetalia a lot to show off his serious side, there have been times where he surprises people and even some of his funny moments can say a lot about his serious side. One example is when he stands up against Russia to stick up for Lithuania, his bff. He tells Russia that if he touches Lithuania, he'll turn his capital into Warsaw. Russia is huge and has bullied Poland. A lot. Through history Russia has been a big source of Poland's bad luck. But Poland has no problem at telling him to back off. Poland is really brave in his own right and even though Poland's selfish, if he cares about you? He does actually care and will try to help you. It's just not often that Poland is able to care about someone more than himself. But he can and he’s loyal to those he cares about.
It is important to say that when Lithuania yelled at Poland and said he hated him, calling him lazy and selfish? While Poland laughed it off, he did tell Lithuania he'd always like him no matter what and that he'd try to be less selfish. It's not impossible for Poland to be nice. He doesn't really do the best job of his promise to Lithuania, but he did recognize Lithuania's issue with him and try to make their friendship work. Which didn't totally fail considering Lithuania does like Poland a lot during modern days. Probably because when Poland likes you? Poland really likes you. Poland is very clingy and will not give you a moment's peace if he can help it. You might as well like him because he's not going to leave.
Another thing to mention is that while Poland has a hard time being serious, he can be serious when he needs to be. An example of this is when he sees Lithuania’s scars. He leaves it alone and simply remarks “There’s a side to Lithuania I don’t know.” Poland’s the type of guy who you would think would barge in on him and demand answers. This is probably what most people expected to happen when they first read that strip. But Poland doesn’t. Poland knows well enough to leave it alone. Why? It's never outright said, but one detail to remember about Poland is that he's gone through his own trauma. Being partitioned so many times, through so many invasions, and all the different wars? Poland knows when he has to be serious at times, he just prefers not to usually. Things are easier that way and Poland would rather take the easy way as much as he can where he can.
In volume 3 of Hetalia, more of Poland's history was shown and so more of Poland's personality has been shown as well. When Poland has to meet Lithuania for the first time, he cries and is so shy, he says he'll die if he has to meet any strangers. It's remarked he acts like a 'spoiled child'. But when he realized there was no other choice, he bucked up and fought against his shyness and one of his people remarks about this, saying that he was capable of being responsible after all. Another thing that’s shown is that when another one of his people sees him joking around with Lithuania, he says he hasn’t seen him joke around a lot lately. It's apparent that while Poland is more often than not cheerful, he's not always cheerful. There’s more to Poland than meets the eye.
Poland's profile says he is a happy, opinionated guy who is easy to take advantage of. Poland is definitely this. Poland is also a guy who loves ponies and has a hobby of cross dressing. He didn't know how to screw a lightbulb in and once got stuck in a tree. But Poland is also a country that has had a very harsh history. In his version of Marukaite Chikyuu, he even says "getting over a harsh history, there is an important present" which says a lot about Poland more than most people know. Yes, he's had it bad, but he has the future to look forward to. Poland won't be depressed over his tragedies. He'll keep striving for the future.
There are a lot of interpretations when it comes to Poland and many of them are different. A lot of people have a hard time agreeing on Poland and his personality because he is confusing. Even in canon, Lithuania is confused by him. So are France and England. If you have to sum Poland up? He's an eccentric guy who has had a lot happen to him and has his own strange way of coping. He's silly, lazy, selfish, and dumb at times. But he's also brave, proud, and definitely strong in his own special way.
This is just a short summary of Polish history because that link above is a long and tl;dr for most people. It's just a quick overview of the important points.
Poland came to be around 996. That was when Poland’s first recorded ruler converted to Christianity. For a while, there were mostly battles for territory as Poland tried to get on its feet. It’s not until 1382 that Poland really starts to become more influential. Ten year old Jadwiga has the Polish crown passed down to her. Two years later, at age twelve, she marries Lithuania’s Duke Jagiello. Jagiello converts to Christianity and an alliance between Lithuania and Poland begins. Basically so they can kick Prussia's ass, which they do. Pretty awesomely. Prussia doesn't learn his lesson and tries to take Lithuania and so Poland kicks his ass AGAIN. Poland did a lot of ass kicking during these times.
The alliance between Poland and Lithuania stays in effect for a long while and later they form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a joining of the two countries, Poland and Lithuania, into one state. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was pretty damn powerful and some would argue the biggest nation in Europe at one point. It had an amazing amount of religious freedom for the time and even made a lot of developments in military and medical science that would be lost to time until the twentieth century. It's all really amazing, but it doesn’t last forever and so begins Poland’s bad luck. Poland has a lot of bad luck.
The monarchy is starting to become corrupt and more and more countries want to bring down the Commonwealth and get their land. Russia, Prussia, and Austria are able to do this. Poland was first partitioned in 1772, then in 1793, and then the country Poland is completely taken off the map in 1795 with its final partition. Poland is no longer a country. For more than 100 years, the people of Poland are told to forget their culture and act like either Russians or Germans. Not that the people don’t try to fight back against this, they really do, but none of the uprisings go very well for them.
The Polish people see their chance in World War I to become a country again, though it doesn’t seem like much of one. All of the Polish people are fighting against each other (forced to by Russia, Prussia, and Austria of course) and they still aren‘t thought of as a country. They have nothing but hope and pride, but it’s all they need as some of the Polish people fight in American armies and slowly secure their dream.
On November 11, 1918, Poland becomes a country again. And things go pretty well too. Poland gets some of Prussia’s lands and the economy is doing well and everything. Poland is slowly coming back as a powerful country.
But then World War II comes and Poland doesn’t do well. Let’s put it that way because going into detail about the horrible things this country went through is just depressing. Poland did sign a non-aggression act with both Germany and Russia, but Germany invades anyway on September 1, 1939 and Russia comes in about two weeks later. And yet again, Poland is partitioned. Even after the war is ended, Poland becomes apart of the Soviet Union as a communist country, having to depend on the government nobody wants just to survive. For about forty years. I don‘t think I have to say much about how well that goes.
But Poland break free from Russia’s rule in 1989, though it isn‘t exactly an easy thing obviously. It takes the country a while to get things back to normal thanks to how badly the economy and everything was destroyed. In current times, Poland is not quite the country it used to be, but it’s been able to stand on its own and has been trying to show itself as a country capable of taking care of itself.
Poland | Axis Powers Hetalia
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Character: Rzeczpospolita Polska (Republic of Poland) is his official name, but he usually goes by Poland. His human name is Feliks Lukasiewicz.
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Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Canon point: Modern Day / March 2012
Age: Poland himself is 1026 years old, but he looks to be 19.
Appearance: Poland’s official height is 5’6”, though Himaruya is really bad at keeping up with the heights he lists, but 5’6” seems like a pretty accurate height for him. He has light blond hair that reaches his shoulders and usually keeps it down, though at times he will pull it into a pony tail or put it into some cute hairstyle with pigtails or etc. His eyes are a medium green and he has heavy eyelids, making him look like a very relaxed person. His posture is often comfortable and he really does look like a lazy person. It’s also important to say that he canonically looks like a girl. This has been stated by the author in a character chart and also by Prussia in a strip. It also doesn’t help that sometimes Poland likes to wear more girly clothing, even shown to wear dresses in four different instances. Even his special outfits for occasions are pretty fancy. But he’s usually shown in just a regular button up shirt and some slacks when he’s seeing people. But he’s not above dressing up for special occasions or just when he feels like it.
Personality:
Poland is a difficult type. There’s so many different sides to his personality and so it’s hard to get to know him. You think you know who he is and then it seems you’re entirely wrong and he’s more than what you originally thought. Even in fandom, people seem to argue about his personality and sometimes have drastically different opinions on him. Like I said, Poland is a difficult type.
When you first meet him, you see a shy and awkward guy. He doesn’t talk much and this is where you see his fierce anxiety when it comes to people he doesn’t know well. He probably (definitely) won’t talk to you face to face. He’s much more willing to hide behind somebody he trusts than to talk to you himself. Don’t let yourself make your judgment about him here because this is not the only side of Poland because then when he gets used to you? You see he’s not really that type of person at all. No, he’s a lazy, selfish, and somebody who can’t take most things seriously. If he knows you well enough, expect him to try to make you do his work or laugh at your face because hey, your face? Looks totally hilarious. Even if you’re terrified or screaming for help. Poland very well may just laugh. He’s not the nicest guy to be around at times. Poland doesn't have a lot of friends for a reason.
It’s also safe to say he can be a little (or maybe more than that) dumb sometimes. Back in his younger days, a way he wanted to sell rye? Was dye it pink or blue. He thought people would want it more. And he bought ponies for a war. And he had troubles screwing in a light bulb. He’s definitely not always the brightest guy around and I think those examples can also be shown to show how it seems impossible for him to take anything seriously. He even laughed at his best friend's face when he was being taken away and screaming for help. Is it obvious why Poland's hard to get to know and get along with yet? He's also very confusing. He's been said to live in his own 'crazy world that only makes sense to himself'. Poland could be called random, weird, or just plain dumb. Let's dye the rye blue! Let's wear women's clothing! Let's buy ponies! Let's go slay a dragon! Show me your penis! Why does he do these things or say them? It's never really explained. You can chalk it up as: Poland really does live in his own little world.
But even though Poland can be selfish, lazy, and generally an annoying person, he isn’t an entirely bad guy. While he doesn’t show up in Hetalia a lot to show off his serious side, there have been times where he surprises people and even some of his funny moments can say a lot about his serious side. One example is when he stands up against Russia to stick up for Lithuania, his bff. He tells Russia that if he touches Lithuania, he'll turn his capital into Warsaw. Russia is huge and has bullied Poland. A lot. Through history Russia has been a big source of Poland's bad luck. But Poland has no problem at telling him to back off. Poland is really brave in his own right and even though Poland's selfish, if he cares about you? He does actually care and will try to help you. It's just not often that Poland is able to care about someone more than himself. But he can and he’s loyal to those he cares about.
It is important to say that when Lithuania yelled at Poland and said he hated him, calling him lazy and selfish? While Poland laughed it off, he did tell Lithuania he'd always like him no matter what and that he'd try to be less selfish. It's not impossible for Poland to be nice. He doesn't really do the best job of his promise to Lithuania, but he did recognize Lithuania's issue with him and try to make their friendship work. Which didn't totally fail considering Lithuania does like Poland a lot during modern days. Probably because when Poland likes you? Poland really likes you. Poland is very clingy and will not give you a moment's peace if he can help it. You might as well like him because he's not going to leave.
Another thing to mention is that while Poland has a hard time being serious, he can be serious when he needs to be. An example of this is when he sees Lithuania’s scars. He leaves it alone and simply remarks “There’s a side to Lithuania I don’t know.” Poland’s the type of guy who you would think would barge in on him and demand answers. This is probably what most people expected to happen when they first read that strip. But Poland doesn’t. Poland knows well enough to leave it alone. Why? It's never outright said, but one detail to remember about Poland is that he's gone through his own trauma. Being partitioned so many times, through so many invasions, and all the different wars? Poland knows when he has to be serious at times, he just prefers not to usually. Things are easier that way and Poland would rather take the easy way as much as he can where he can.
In volume 3 of Hetalia, more of Poland's history was shown and so more of Poland's personality has been shown as well. When Poland has to meet Lithuania for the first time, he cries and is so shy, he says he'll die if he has to meet any strangers. It's remarked he acts like a 'spoiled child'. But when he realized there was no other choice, he bucked up and fought against his shyness and one of his people remarks about this, saying that he was capable of being responsible after all. Another thing that’s shown is that when another one of his people sees him joking around with Lithuania, he says he hasn’t seen him joke around a lot lately. It's apparent that while Poland is more often than not cheerful, he's not always cheerful. There’s more to Poland than meets the eye.
Poland's profile says he is a happy, opinionated guy who is easy to take advantage of. Poland is definitely this. Poland is also a guy who loves ponies and has a hobby of cross dressing. He didn't know how to screw a lightbulb in and once got stuck in a tree. But Poland is also a country that has had a very harsh history. In his version of Marukaite Chikyuu, he even says "getting over a harsh history, there is an important present" which says a lot about Poland more than most people know. Yes, he's had it bad, but he has the future to look forward to. Poland won't be depressed over his tragedies. He'll keep striving for the future.
There are a lot of interpretations when it comes to Poland and many of them are different. A lot of people have a hard time agreeing on Poland and his personality because he is confusing. Even in canon, Lithuania is confused by him. So are France and England. If you have to sum Poland up? He's an eccentric guy who has had a lot happen to him and has his own strange way of coping. He's silly, lazy, selfish, and dumb at times. But he's also brave, proud, and definitely strong in his own special way.
History: Polish History and Hetalia History.
This is just a short summary of Polish history because that link above is a long and tl;dr for most people. It's just a quick overview of the important points.
Poland came to be around 996. That was when Poland’s first recorded ruler converted to Christianity. For a while, there were mostly battles for territory as Poland tried to get on its feet. It’s not until 1382 that Poland really starts to become more influential. Ten year old Jadwiga has the Polish crown passed down to her. Two years later, at age twelve, she marries Lithuania’s Duke Jagiello. Jagiello converts to Christianity and an alliance between Lithuania and Poland begins. Basically so they can kick Prussia's ass, which they do. Pretty awesomely. Prussia doesn't learn his lesson and tries to take Lithuania and so Poland kicks his ass AGAIN. Poland did a lot of ass kicking during these times.
The alliance between Poland and Lithuania stays in effect for a long while and later they form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a joining of the two countries, Poland and Lithuania, into one state. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was pretty damn powerful and some would argue the biggest nation in Europe at one point. It had an amazing amount of religious freedom for the time and even made a lot of developments in military and medical science that would be lost to time until the twentieth century. It's all really amazing, but it doesn’t last forever and so begins Poland’s bad luck. Poland has a lot of bad luck.
The monarchy is starting to become corrupt and more and more countries want to bring down the Commonwealth and get their land. Russia, Prussia, and Austria are able to do this. Poland was first partitioned in 1772, then in 1793, and then the country Poland is completely taken off the map in 1795 with its final partition. Poland is no longer a country. For more than 100 years, the people of Poland are told to forget their culture and act like either Russians or Germans. Not that the people don’t try to fight back against this, they really do, but none of the uprisings go very well for them.
The Polish people see their chance in World War I to become a country again, though it doesn’t seem like much of one. All of the Polish people are fighting against each other (forced to by Russia, Prussia, and Austria of course) and they still aren‘t thought of as a country. They have nothing but hope and pride, but it’s all they need as some of the Polish people fight in American armies and slowly secure their dream.
On November 11, 1918, Poland becomes a country again. And things go pretty well too. Poland gets some of Prussia’s lands and the economy is doing well and everything. Poland is slowly coming back as a powerful country.
But then World War II comes and Poland doesn’t do well. Let’s put it that way because going into detail about the horrible things this country went through is just depressing. Poland did sign a non-aggression act with both Germany and Russia, but Germany invades anyway on September 1, 1939 and Russia comes in about two weeks later. And yet again, Poland is partitioned. Even after the war is ended, Poland becomes apart of the Soviet Union as a communist country, having to depend on the government nobody wants just to survive. For about forty years. I don‘t think I have to say much about how well that goes.
But Poland break free from Russia’s rule in 1989, though it isn‘t exactly an easy thing obviously. It takes the country a while to get things back to normal thanks to how badly the economy and everything was destroyed. In current times, Poland is not quite the country it used to be, but it’s been able to stand on its own and has been trying to show itself as a country capable of taking care of itself.