In the 1090s some french balls ( Toulouseball Flandersball, Normandyball, and others) started the First Crusade, claiming Jerusalemcube and took it in 1098 after building a new countryball in the Levant, Kingdom of Jerusalemball. For the next centuries, Franceball has been the primordial European arbitrator of the political events of Mediterranea and Orient, being sometimes in open war with Byzantineball, Sultanate of Rumball, and Egyptball. Vitriolic Best Buds: Countries who are allies but have significant differences are often characterized like this. Examples are the U.K. and France, America and Canada, and America and most of his allies really. They'll stand by each other when it matters but in peacetime it's a constant barrage of insults. After WW2, Nazi Germanyball was killed, and resurrected into Allied-occupied GermanyRawr, which was divided between USAball, Franceball, UKball, and Sovietball. Then in 1949, 3 Allied powers occupations' all unified into West Germanyball, but Soviet kept its part of Germany and instead, turned it into a Soviet Satellite state ruled by the Socialist Unity party of Germany.

Fantastic Slur: Muslim countries are called "Kebab," popularised by Serbia and its historic conflict with Turkish and Muslim ethnicities.Poirot Speak: Averted by most Anglosphere countryballs. For everyone else, if they're not speaking in Engrish, they talk like this. Afarball • Azawadball • Barotselandball • Cabindaball • Canary Islandsball • Casamanceball • Darfurball • Gambelaball • Logoneball • Ogadeniaball • Oromiaball • Réunionball • Somalilandball • Southern Cameroonsball • Western Saharaball Tragic Villain: Reichtangle is usually portrayed as this (all he wants is for someone to play with him), as is post-Soviet Russia. So too are various Baltic states in WWII that joined up with the Germans after brutal Soviet invasion and occupation. Netherlandsball - This is my ex-spouse, very stoned all the time. It vacations in my clay. Part of the Bourgogneballe, right? My jury gave him 12 at Eurovision 2019; I’m glad he finally won after so long!

In the middle of the Middle Ages, it faced the Kingdom of Englandball in a conflict known as the Hundred Years War, as the latter wanted to annex them to their dominions. After 116 years of fighting (not a hundred as would be believed by its name), the costly war ended with the English withdrawal from French lands. Crossover: Several comics feature the Omsk Bird , a separate Russian meme. The Omsk Bird is essentially a Polandball character Second Polish Republicball - Stupid fool who asked for Polish Corridor clay for sea access. Will into regrettings! HÖHÖHÖHÖ But he saved mich from communism by beating up Russian SFSRball so I kinda like him The UK loves tea. There's no telling what he'll do if it runs out, or if someone makes it the wrong way.Vague Age: Although the countries can technically be hundreds of years old, some countries like England are senior grandfather types while others like Russia and the United States are portrayed as adults or teens. Eyepatch of Power: Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia all tend to sport this look. Portugal may also be drawn this way as well. Whilst the comic depicts all countries as evil to a greater or lesser degree, a common theme is that the other imperial powers are disgusted by the Belgian rule in the Congo. Countries with coats of arms or escutcheons on their national flags are sometimes portrayed as having eyepatches.

Land Down Under: Australia, racist, unable to pronounce English properly, pugilistic...but there's no better ball for killing dangerous animals. Dysfunction Junction: The Balkans, which in this case refers to ex-Yugoslavia. note Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Montenegro.They are always fighting amongst each other. In-universe, they are associated with being crazy. The Dreaded: Prussia, Nazi Germany, and Reichtangle. The Soviet Union (or Russia) is sometimes this as well. This ◊ previously mentioned comic is directly based on the lyrics to "It Has to Be This Way" note Armstrong's boss battle theme from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.Red Eyes, Take Warning: Dark red eyes are a telltale for extreme aggression. Light red eyes indicate stoned countryballs, usually Netherlands or Jamaica. Baguetteball Surrenderland I need more bulletsball Kalosball Franceball, officially known as French Fifth Republicball, is a countryball located in Europe and has a long history over in France. Franceball is the outcome of Franciaball built-in Gaulball on the ruins of SPQRball ( last survivor of this event) and thus, the matrix of post-Roman Occident. This has now expanded to all anti-X (where X is an ethnicity or nationality) sentiment; so anti-Chinese protesters in Vietnam shout "Remove Dim sum!" and Irish independence fighters shout "Remove blood sausage!"