Poland

Poland is a country in Central Europe, it shares it's borders with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania and have an access to the North Sea. Poland is also a member of the European Union. He's a very famous Countryhumans character and the base of the father of Countryhumans: Countryballs.

Appearance
Poland is represented as a man usually wearing a white shirt with a light brown pullover on it. The rest of his clothes vary. He also enjoy wearing sweaters.

Personality
Even if he is kinda an alcoholic, he still a sweet, very helpfull person. He's often making nightmare about the last century, which was disastrous for him. He is also rather naive.

Poland is also very attached to his religion (which can create a nonsense with the ship GermanyxPoland because it is not gayfriendly at all).

Interests

 * Beer
 * Vodka
 * Pierogi
 * Beetroot soup

Flag meaning
Poland's Flag has more historical meaning and straight to the point meaning that most other flags. As seen, Red and White are the National Colors of Poland and are taken from other polish Historical entities such as The Commonwealth which established many of the symbols of today's Poland.

1795-1815: Poland is out of map due to partitions
In 1772, the first partition took place. It was carried out by Prussia, Russia, and Austria The second partition took place in 1793, however only Prussia and Russia took part, not including Austria. The final partition took place in 1795, with all 3 empires taking part and with Poland out of the map for 123 years. Though Poland as a country didn't exist, during the 19th a lot of famous polish people were born and polish culture lived on. Things like the Duchy of Warsaw and Congress of Poland helped, too.

1939-1945: WWII
On September 1,1939, the armies of Nazi Germany and the USSR occupied Poland, starting off WWII. During those 4 years of war, many Jews were captured and sent to concentration camps, which most were located in Poland. One of the most known ones are Auschwitz and Treblinka. 2.9 million polish Jews were killed and 2.8 million ethnic Poles were killed, too. However during these times Poland had helped defeat the European Axis powers along with the other Allies. The Polish Cipher Bureau helped crack the Enigma Code along with the British and French. During the Battle of Britain, Polish squadrons helped the RAF and had achieved 769 kills during this time. Poland also took great part in the Battle of Monte Cassino and during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, they also fought bravely against the german army. However, the Soviets had committed genocides including Katyń and Wołyn. Poland was considered to be the 4th largest group contributer in Europe.

1947- 1989: Satellite state of the USSR
Although Poland was never part of the USSR, it was a puppet/satellite state during these times. Shortly after WWII, Poland adopted a communist government. During these times, there were many riots and marches in order to stop Poland from being communist. This lead to many imprisonments and deaths of protesters. Not many people draw/ feature this version of Poland and is not at all known.

Geography
The geography of Poland is mostly made up of forests and small lakes. South Poland is made up of the

Family

 * Belarus - (brother/sister)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina - (brother/sister)
 * Bulgaria - (brother/sister)
 * Croatia - (brother/sister)
 * Czech Republic - (brother/sister)
 * Lithuania - (stepbrother/stepsister)
 * Montenegro - (brother/sister)
 * North Macedonia - (brother/sister)
 * Russia - (brother/sister)
 * Serbia - (brother/sister)
 * Slovakia - (brother/sister)
 * Slovenia - (brother/sister)
 * Ukraine - (brother/sister)
 * USSR - (father/mother)
 * Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - father (depending on person, often shown as his father)

Friends

 * Germany – friend (or partner depending on the person)
 * Sweden – close friend
 * Spain – good friend
 * Hungary – best friend (or partner depending on the person)
 * Ireland – good friend
 * Malta – good friend
 * Malaysia

Neutral

 * Japan

Enemies

 * Third Reich
 * USSR
 * Ukraine (we remember volyn slaughter)
 * Reichtangle

Germany
When they are not talking about the past they are getting pretty well. Many people ship Germany x Poland (then France still with UK and not with Germany).

Sweden
Sweden and Poland have been friends and had each others backs for a LONG time. They're very close and act as siblings although, sometimes their friendship is interrupted by a certain someone.

European Union
Poland is a member of the EU since may 2004 but their diplomatic relation date back in 1988.

Malaysia
Poland start supplying Malaysia his tank,PT-91. Malaysia also the most important economic and trading partner for Poland in Southeast Asia. Poland also given 'Halal'(term of being allowed to use or eat for Muslims) food certificate which is very hard to get.