What's your national personification?

[Erets Yisroel]

SRULIK

Srulik (שרוליק) is a cartoon character created in 1956 by Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh.

The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv. Yosef Lapid, Dosh's colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way that Marianne and Uncle Sam were respectively icons of France and the United States.

Srulik is generally depicted as a young man wearing a tembel hat and triped sandals. Srulik is a pioneering Zionist, a lover of the land of Israel and its soil, and a dedicated farmer who in times of great need dons a uniform and goes out to defend the State.

Srulik functions as well as the the antithesis of previously common antisemitic caricatures that have appeared in European and Arab media. Against the image of the Wandering Jew — restless, tragic, and pathetic — and the hunchbacked, hook-nosed, fleshy lipped Jew with a pack of banknotes in his pockets, Dosh drew a proud, strong and sympathetic Jewish character, an embodiment of the New Jew which emerged with a rising native-born population.

[Aleri Republic]

Lady Aleriana's image has been used since the conception of the Kingdom of Aleria back in 1224, but truly rose to prominence during the second golden age (1787-1818).

[Knights Templarst]

St. Michael the Archangel, Saint Patron of Knights Templarst. He is the Protector of Heaven, and Guardian of Men. We prayed for the Lord and by him, so he could assist us in every war and battle. He very much represents the TEmplar, for he is a Knight, thus being the Protector of the Templars, and he also fought against Satan and his evil army, which represent our crusade against heretics and infidels.

[Bungaku]

The Literature Girl (文学少女, 'bungaku shoujo'), its portrayal allegedly based from the founder of Bungaku herself.

[Switzo-Polish Republic]

My leader, Lionel Chomiki

[Knights of Columbia]

Mrs. Dixie. Similar to Lady Columbia, she wears a toga and a crown, but she carries a cavalry saber in one hand and a Bible in the other.

Nonfictional icons like Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis are also used to represent the nation.

[Ban Pho]

Citizens of Ban Pho generally refer to Ban Pho as 'fatherland'.

[Dowa Oukoku]

Our mascot and national personification is a red bird named ACCA-kun, because our map looks like one.

[UniversalCommons]

Our national personification is Deena Brown, First Citizen and Founder of the UniversalCommons. She is called first among equals and led the country out of chaos during the barge wars a time of chaos. Our nation is founded on the primacy of citizenship and citizen participation in the UniversalCommons.

[Great Britain and Northern Ireland-Japan]

Britannia for Britain.

Unfortunately, none for Japan. None for Britain-Japan as a whole either.

[Lemlar]

Our Personification is if Uncle Sam and Charlemagne did the fusion dance.

[Zhouran]

Since ancient times, Zhouran has always been personified as a "fertile", child-bearing mother, which is why the Zhouranese archipelago is referred to as the Motherland. This would also have an influence on Zhouran's warrior culture, which was created in 7 BC during the birth of the Silin Dynasty, as men are expected to defend their families and homeland from the dangers of war.

A personification of Zhouran in traditional clothing

[Sicca Regius]

Lady Unity

Bohari is represented by Lady Unity, or Femme Bohari in Yoru Creole. Lady Unity is a tall, thin Igbo woman, who believes in Libertarianism and science. She is often depicted as being aged 20-30. She wears a long, skinny dress of white and green, and wears a crown with the symbol of Unity as it's centerpiece. (Symbol of Unity is featured on our flag.)

What? It's supposed to be a personification of a nation and it's people, not one ideology.

[Faal Kahliir Junaar]

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Lii in runes. Highland legend has it that there is significance
beyond a name in this combination of runes.

Faal Kahliir Junaar's national personification is Lii - Liberty in English.

Lii began as a philosophical concept created by Peliikvuld, the debatably central figure in Wuldunahzaal. During the last years of the occupation by the theocratic Heavenly Dominion, Peliikvuld, a Scholar of the High Tower, began travelling around and telling "folk tales" in which he made veiled arguments against the occupation. Specifically, he laid out through characters in tales some of what he believed to be the fundamentally wrong concepts of the Dominion's religion and god. When his fellow Scholars were purged, Peliikvuld introduced the concept of Lii - which he described as the "Great Freedom" - to local political leaders as part of an argument to slowly gather arms to rise up. This would eventually be a successful endeavor.

By the time of Peliikvuld's death, Lii had become the bedrock principle of Faal Kahliir Junaar. Since it was so greatly associated with Peliikvuld, many started to believe after his death that the dragon had been an incarnation of Lii, whom they believed was a god greater than any other. (This is in spite of the fact that Peliikvuld himself was an agnostic atheist; he would once famously proclaim in regards to the existence of the divine that: "I do not know, but I will not presume the answer until it is as real as the rock I sit upon!" ) The deity of Lii became so prevalent that many started referring to the country as "Liidro Nor" - Liberty's Nation. However, after a series of famous speeches made by a town mayor, worship of Lii began to wane, and eventually was largely confined to the highlands.

Nowadays, Lii is considered in the way Peliikvuld probably meant the concept - an ideal of a liberty which should be treated in the same way the divine is, because of all it means for those who live under it. It is seen as the icon of the nation, and though Wuldunahzaal adherents are by and large atheist, Lii is often still spoke of as a sort of god whose will is realized through people's lives.

[Palmyrion]

A man and a woman who are both angels, with their wings colored similarly to the Palmyrian Eagle. In many patriotic adverts they are portrayed as being able to shift from eagle to human, and caring for a "nest" - that is, infants wrapped in white cloth being portrayed as the "eggs". They are also portrayed as destroying a Bendian tank formation, hundreds of Bendian combatant aircraft (especially the Bendian B-22 stealth fighter), and sending out tornados to exterminate a million-strong horde of Bendian infantry (Bendicion has gained a special spot in Palmyrion's shitlist).

[The Peoples Dominion of Torjthistan]

Well, of course it is our Democratically Elected Glorious and Inherently Profound Overlord I'Ilarraallar Ulaantulgyn Dzazsdrazvaxillazodrekhan Tsagzuudmyekanidorj! He is our leader and guiding light in times of need, which is basically all of the time for us. Why, he is the creator of all life and the universe! He said so, therefore it must be true!

[Corindia]

Someone chillin' on the beach

[North Isseggggnignigsegigisegggg Islands]

Charles Smith, who is employed as an advisor for leaders of North Isseggggnignigsegigisegggg Islands, due to his experience.

[UCE Watchdog of the Puppets]

Julian Agricola.

[Bearus (Ancient)]

Bearus has three national personifactions. One is the bear mother, strong, wise, fierce, protective and with love for her children. The others are two bears fighting over a pineapple, as depicted on the national flag. They are sometimes depicted as the cubs of Mother Bear. No one knows how they got the pineapple, but it's a popular motive in art, music and folklore.

[Arendelle und Wesselton und Sud-Inseln]

No person is a better personification for the Empire, than Phoenix Empress Helga herself.