National Personifications

:notices there is no Zealandia: oh..... *sniff* mk den :'v






plz make more of these thou ;-;

The Finnish Maiden looks so adorable >~<

@CherryCat She does, but I've heard some things about her ... umm ... cousin's son, maybe? Sabaton warned me not to upset him, and they're a metal band.

France's got Marianne, a young woman with a Phrygian cap representing the republic.
You'll see her basically everywhere : on stamps, on coins... Every town halls of France has to have a sculpted bust of her and the tradition is that, once in a while, a famous French woman is used as model : Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and others you certainly have never heard of.
The one made from the French fashion model Laetitia Casta is famous for its rather daring cleavage (this is France after all) ;)

Technically, Uncle Sam is just the personification of our government. Our nation is Columbia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(name) She was used a lot during World War I and the Western Expansion to represent freedom, so a lot of political cartoons used her to show support for racial equality, black suffrage, veterans' rights, etc. Uncle Sam was strictly more of a recruiting tool and a symbol of patriotism, which is why he was on most of the recruitment/war bond adverts during both World Wars. Columbia is also at least a century older than Uncle Sam is.

'@CnHGirl'
She's also never used anymore and is therefore irrelevant as a symbol.
Uncle Sam is a symbol used to both represent the US and sometimes the government.
If you want to bring up a feminine character that is used to represent the US too, well uh the Statue of Liberty often takes that role.

@sagas

Hail! Columbia is still the anthem for the office of Vice-President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlQS1pzHdA

It originally was the anthem for the President, but John Tyler chose Hail to the Chief to be played when he entered a room and it stuck.

'@Dan'
Thanks for that obscure trivia proving my point (also Columbia as a name for the US is not synonymous with the character that was being mentioned to begin with).

I love how adelita looks!

Finnish Maiden and Adelita's weird little foot stubs are cute

@zombixz- i agree, i was just thinking the same thing. i absolutely love how she draws them. in fact i wish real feet were like this heh ^^

Am I the only one noticing that Merida from Brave was obviously based on ireland's personification

@SchrodySweden I thought the same thing

@zuzanna and the "Finnish Maiden" looks like Humon's drawing of fyn, one of Denmark's Islands

@SchrodySweden Yeah, at first I didn't notice, but that's true

You forgot MOTHER RUSSIA

The Lady of the Mountains' crown is supposed to be made of ice with fire on top, I don't think it'd be golden in color.

everytime i see a man in a kilt, a scotsman start talking in my head. often the scotsman critic the picture.

@BrainHigh what does he have for this one?

@greenhatter02 i don't know, he talk with a heavy Scottish accent. cant understand it, i am not Scottish.