Hungary

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometers (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north,  Ukraine to the northeast,  Romania to the east and southeast,  Serbia to the south,  Croatia and  Slovenia to the southwest, and  Austria to the west.

Male
Hungary is usually represented with a black sweatshirt with the word "Buda". Although, it is also represented with the typical clothes of a medieval knight with the colors of the Hungarian shield.

Female
The female version of Hungary is based on traditional Hungarian dance clothes.

Personality
Hungary is usually easy to get along with. They like to laugh off everything, and are extremely easygoing. They care about their friends and family, and have an optimistic outlook on life. However, they also brag sometimes, and can be pretty reckless.

Etymology
The name Hungary when translated to English is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria. The Latin name itself derives from the ethnonyms (H)ungarī, Ungrī, and Ugrī for the steppe people that conquered the land today known as Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries.

Flag Meaning
The flag of Hungary is a horizontal tricolor flag of red, white, and green. The red of Hungary's flag is said to stand for strength or bloodshed (in battle), the white for faithfulness or freedom, and the green for hope or the green fields of Hungary.

Origins Of Languages
The Hungarian language is totally different to the dialects spoken by its neighbours, which usually speak Indo-European languages. In fact, Hungarian comes from the Ularic region of Asia and belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group, meaning its closest relatives are actually Finnish and Estonian.

History
The territory of modern Hungary was for centuries inhabited by a succession of peoples, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and the Avars. The foundations of the Hungarian state were established in the late ninth century CE by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád following the conquest of the Carpathian Basin. His great-grandson Stephen I ascended the throne in 1000, converting his realm to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Hungary became a regional power, reaching its cultural and political height in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Hungary was partially occupied by the Ottoman Empire (1541–1699). It came under Habsburg rule at the turn of the 18th century, and later joined Austria to form the Austro–Hungarian Empire, a major European power.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed after World War I, and the subsequent Treaty of Trianon established Hungary's current borders, resulting in the loss of 71% of its territory, 58% of its population, and 32% of ethnic Hungarians. Following the tumultuous interwar period, Hungary joined the Axis Powers in World War II, suffering significant damage and casualties. Hungary became a satellite state of the Soviet Union, which contributed to the establishment of a socialist republic spanning four decades (1949–1989). The country gained international attention as a result of its 1956 revolution, and again with the seminal opening of its previously-restricted border with Austria in 1989 which accelerated the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. On 23 October 1989, Hungary became a democratic parliamentary republic.

Hungary is an OECD high-income economy and has the world's 58th largest economy by PPP. It ranks 45th on the Human Development Index, owing in large part to its social security system, universal health care, and tuition-free secondary education. Hungary's rich cultural history includes significant contributions to the arts, music, literature, sports, science and technology. It is the 13th most popular tourist destination in Europe, attracting 15.8 million international tourists in 2017, owing to attractions such as the largest thermal water cave system in the world, second largest thermal lake, the largest lake in Central Europe and the largest natural grasslands in Europe. Hungary joined the European Union in 2004 and has been part of the Schengen Area since 2007. It is a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations, NATO, WTO, World Bank, IIB, the AIIB, the Council of Europe, and the Visegrád Group. It is also an observer of the Turkic Council.

Family

 * Finland — second cousin
 * Estonia — second cousin

Friends

 * Austria
 * Poland
 * Romania (sometimes)

Neutral

 * Serbia
 * Russia

Enemies

 * Romania (sometimes)

Past Versions

 * Austria-Hungary
 * Kingdom of Hungary

Trivia

 * Hungary and Poland usually share the same male and female designs.
 * Hungary was once part of the Celtic world, then the Roman Empire. *Following the fall of Rome, the Huns settled in the plains of Pannonia and gave their name to Hungary.
 * Founded in 897, Hungary is one of the oldest countries in Europe (before France and Germany became separate entities, and before the unification of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms.)
 * Around 1000 CE, the Kingdom of Hungary was one of the largest states in Europe, bigger than France. Later, it became one of the two “eagle heads” of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
 * Hungarian language is known as magyar nyelv in Hungarian and is the direct descendent of the language spoken by the Huns. It is not an Indo-European language, unlike the nearby Slavic languages, and has only two well-known related languages (Finnish and Estonian).
 * Around two-thirds of the Hungarian people are Roman Catholic, about a quarter are Calvinist. The rest of the population is either belongs to the Lutheran, Jewish, Greek Orthodox.
 * The country fell under communist rule following World War II.
 * The 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix was the first Formula One race to take place behind the Iron Curtain.
 * Communism in Hungary ended 1989 and the country became a parliamentary republic. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU five years later.
 * Inventions by Hungarians in Hungary include the noiseless match (by János Irinyi), Rubik’s cube (by Erno Rubik), and the krypton electric bulb (Imre Bródy).
 * Hungarians won gold medals at every summer Olympics except Antwerp 1920 and Los Angeles 1984 when they did not compete.
 * Hungary has, together with Sweden and the US, the lowest completion rate at tertiary level among OECD countries: in 2011, only 53% of students graduated from the program they entered, in comparison with the OECD average of 68%.
 * Basic education lasts for eight years divided into two stages of four years each. Secondary education is provided in academic secondary schools (gimnázium) or vocational secondary schools (szakközépiskola).
 * Hungary was the first communist state, during the Romanian-Hungarian war, the Hungarian Soviet Republic, a rump state, took total control of the country before the USSR had complete control of Russia.