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Nation's name: People's Republic of China (中国)
Capital: Beijing (Peking)
Language: Chinese
Nation's founding: 221 B.C.
Establishment of People's Republic: October 10th
National flower: Peony
Human name: 王耀 (Wang Yao)
Height: 169 cm
Age: Roughly 4000 years old (he's pretty much at the level of a demi-god)
A nation that possesses a long history, a large territory, and the roots of Asian culture. Ever since a long time ago, there has been a lot of disputes in the country that changed the nation, but the people are more or less the same.
His workers are quick to calculate the costs and benefits, and are straightforward in expressing their emotions.
He also extremely superstitious and religious despite the times.
Also, because his nation is well known for its variety of food, gets irritated and nags if there is food that has a pattern of tastes.
The current image is China = pandas, but at one time they were handled mostly by Europe and America as an UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal).
translation by youkofujima!
interpretation;
The biggest thing to take into consideration here is China's timeline: post Boxer Rebellion, pre 1911 Revolution. Anybody remember what happened during the Boxer Rebellion?
... the correct answer is, there was a big rebellion against Western forces that the Qing government couldn't stop! So, they had to get the big bad Western Nations to pitch in and there we have it, the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Then after that, all the countries demanded tons and tons of stuff from China in one of the Unequal Treaties. (Oh yeah, did I mention that there have been ungodly demands of money and land and resources from China since the First Opium War way back when? Yeah. This is an accumulating problem.)
Naturally, China is pissed off. Unfortunately, he owes the Western nations, so he's forced to kowtow and smile when he'd really just like to rip all of their heads off and make pretty jewelry out of it.
He's also rather devestated, due to the fact that his family members are getting hurt, too. Korea, for one... Hong Kong, another. (And Japan is a sore topic with him. He still loves Japan as his cute little brother, but...)
So, there we have it. China is unhappy and angry, but he has to force smiles and submission. He is a cold, cold icecube. Good luck with that!
... No, he does not say "aru". Or at the very least, it's not very prominent. (I've always interpreted his "aru" as being something that comes out when he's being more playful and unserious, so.) He does, however, still have a soft spot for cute things and pandas. :P
Nation's name: People's Republic of China (中国)
Capital: Beijing (Peking)
Language: Chinese
Nation's founding: 221 B.C.
Establishment of People's Republic: October 10th
National flower: Peony
Human name: 王耀 (Wang Yao)
Height: 169 cm
Age: Roughly 4000 years old (he's pretty much at the level of a demi-god)
A nation that possesses a long history, a large territory, and the roots of Asian culture. Ever since a long time ago, there has been a lot of disputes in the country that changed the nation, but the people are more or less the same.
His workers are quick to calculate the costs and benefits, and are straightforward in expressing their emotions.
He also extremely superstitious and religious despite the times.
Also, because his nation is well known for its variety of food, gets irritated and nags if there is food that has a pattern of tastes.
The current image is China = pandas, but at one time they were handled mostly by Europe and America as an UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal).
translation by youkofujima!
interpretation;
The biggest thing to take into consideration here is China's timeline: post Boxer Rebellion, pre 1911 Revolution. Anybody remember what happened during the Boxer Rebellion?
... the correct answer is, there was a big rebellion against Western forces that the Qing government couldn't stop! So, they had to get the big bad Western Nations to pitch in and there we have it, the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Then after that, all the countries demanded tons and tons of stuff from China in one of the Unequal Treaties. (Oh yeah, did I mention that there have been ungodly demands of money and land and resources from China since the First Opium War way back when? Yeah. This is an accumulating problem.)
Naturally, China is pissed off. Unfortunately, he owes the Western nations, so he's forced to kowtow and smile when he'd really just like to rip all of their heads off and make pretty jewelry out of it.
He's also rather devestated, due to the fact that his family members are getting hurt, too. Korea, for one... Hong Kong, another. (And Japan is a sore topic with him. He still loves Japan as his cute little brother, but...)
So, there we have it. China is unhappy and angry, but he has to force smiles and submission. He is a cold, cold icecube. Good luck with that!
... No, he does not say "aru". Or at the very least, it's not very prominent. (I've always interpreted his "aru" as being something that comes out when he's being more playful and unserious, so.) He does, however, still have a soft spot for cute things and pandas. :P