The thistle is the emblem of Scotland as a barefoot viking raider cried out in pain as he stood on one, alerting the Scottish army encampment that the Norse army were sneaking up on.
About 80% of Ukraine's general population speaks Russian due to the times that Russia invaded Ukraine.
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And the headcanon that was cut short was that Sister Russia would actually be Comrade Soviet's sister and Russia's mother. Thus "Mother Russia".
After Comrade Soviet "died from unkown reasons", Sister Russia raised Russia to pretend to be Comrade soviet (Because of his lack of wrinkles i headcanon Russia is younger than Sister Russia), but Comrade Soviet's ghost sometimes haunts Russia and other ex-USSR countries and spooks America.