Slovakia

Slovakia (スロバキア Surobakia) is a supporting character in the series.

Appearances


Slovakia is depicted as a young man with somewhat messy hair and a long ahoge curling forward from the back of his head, though the ahoge isn't consistently drawn. His hair appears in some pictures to be darkish and in others to be very light, but in colored art, his hair seems to be a light brown. He wears a jacket over a dress shirt, with a ribbon-like tie around his neck and long slacks.

Personality and Interests
It is shown that, when he was younger, he would often cry due to Czechia besting him in some way, though he doesn't appear as bothered by it when he's older. He is described in a character profile as being very patient, and being more easy-going than Czechia is. He is said to be somewhat loose or irresponsible, and not particularly assertive, but despite this can be picky about minor details. He is shown to be upset about the lack of a hyphen in the name Czechoslovakia to the point where he doesn't seem adverse to falling under Russia's sphere of influence if it was restored. He also seems to be very persistent, such as about the aforementioned hyphen, for the sake of which he went so far as to rub Czechia with cheese on the face in an attempt to make her comply. Following his and Czechia's separation, he is shown to become flustered by the amount of boxes of belongings to sort through, as well as by having to use an unfamiliar toaster with more buttons than he is used to. Also following their separation, Czechia remarks that without Slovakia around, everything stays clean, indicating he may be messy or sloppy.

Bulgaria
As a part of Eastern Europe alongside Slovakia, Bulgaria openly mocked them in the same chapter when Slovakia and Czechia were arguing after their freedom from Russia. He walked past and said with a lazy grin about the two getting a divorce, on which they denied the matter.

Czechia
Following gaining their independence from Austria-Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia decided they wanted to join together as one country, as they always had been someone's underlings and had similar languages. When choosing a name, however, Slovakia wanted a name with a hyphen, as he felt it made them seem like equal partners. He argued that without the hyphen, the name made it sound like Czechia was in charge, and then made Czechia act out a humiliating pose by sitting on his back as if dominating him, leading to them continuing to argue as Czechia jumped up and down on his back. In character notes, it is stated that Slovakia always moves outside of Czechia's calculations when determining what to do.

It is shown that when Slovakia was younger, he would often fall short of Czechia and would cry about it while Czechia scolded him. Though after getting older, he seems to find humor in Czechia's attitude and states that she's "much cuter now" that she's older.

In the years after their independence from Austria-Hungary, Czechia became irritated by Slovakia's frequent nitpicking over the name of "Czechoslovakia" and the presence of a hyphen in it, which she finds trivial and annoying and remarks that Slovakia nitpicks about it practically daily. Slovakia becomes so fixated on the issue of the hyphen that he is unfazed by falling into Russia's sphere of influence, much to Czechia's annoyance. Upon leaving his sphere of influence, the argument between Czechia and Slovakia escalates to the point where they separate. Upon beginning life on their own, however, each of them discovers that despite getting on each other's nerves from time to time, it was nice to have someone to live with. After meeting again, they both say that they're doing great living on their own, but Czechia admits that Slovakia, despite his nitpicking, has some good points. Slovakia becomes thrilled and immediately embraces her, saying he's happy to hear that and that both of them have their good points, while Czechia struggles to escape from his hug.

Manga
Slovakia first appeared in the eighty-fifth serialized chapter of World☆Stars where he, along with Czechia, gain independence from Austria-Hungary and form Czechoslovakia. After Czechia registers their name without a hyphen in the middle, he becomes upset, claiming that it gives the impression that she's dominating him and not that they're equal partners. In the following chapter, while Czechia is going through her journals and archives in order to get a better feel of what their cultures were like the last time the two of them had autonomy, Slovakia is shown remembering times in the past when the two were young and Czechia would gloat about besting him in various areas. He remarks that Czechia is much cuter now, to which she retorts in a way reminiscent of her younger self in these instances.

In the eighty-seventh serialized chapter, he is shown arguing with Czechia over the presence of a hyphen in the name "Czechoslovakia" over the course of many years, with minor changes being made here and there to placate him, and the two ultimately falling under Russia's sphere of influence. Upon freeing themselves from his influence in the following chapter, they immediately resume arguing over the issue, and decide to split up and go their separate ways. Bulgaria remarks that the two are getting a divorce, though both Czechia and Slovakia deny that their separation is a divorce.

Slovakia reappears in the eighty-ninth serialized chapter, where after a half-hearted congratulations from Czechia about his achievement of having his name capitalized (which she views as a trivial goal), he celebrates living on his own; however, he quickly becomes flustered by the number of boxes of belongings to unpack and the unfamiliar toaster he is struggling to operate. He realizes that Czechia did a lot of things for him, and that his toast tastes better when there's someone to eat it with. He appears once more in the ninety-first chapter, where he meets up again with Czechia and the two discuss how well each of them is doing on their own. Czechia admits to Slovakia that he has some good traits, to which Slovakia enthusiastically responds with a hug. His and her reconciliation is cut short, however, when Liechtenstein appears and reminds them that they still owe her money.

Anime
Slovakia made his anime debut in Hetalia: World Stars episode 3 together with Czechia. The two of them first appear gaining independence from Austria-Hungary.

Character Song
[http://hetalia.fandom.com/wiki/Hyphen?%20Not%20To%20Hyphen? To Hyphen? Not To Hyphen?]

Gallery
Slovakia Image Gallery

Trivia

 * Originally, only one character for Czechoslovakia (チェコスロバキア Chekosurobakia) was planned, with a possible design being that of a young girl (as Himaruya felt "Cheko" sounded feminine), while another was of a bearded man (as he felt Slovakia made the name masculine). Two other designs for the character were shown, one being a "musician"-looking character (who resembled Iceland), and another clean-shaven younger man who was a "ladies' man" (based off of a Slovakian classmate of Himaruya's). He would state that he was thinking about creating the character as a "tough brother" or "tough brothers".


 * While Himaruya initially planned for the character(s) to be male, he subsequently stated in November 2006 that he thought a lot about a female Czechia, saying that "One voice keeps telling me, 'girls are cute, let's make Czechia into a girl'". In 2008, when asked by a fan if Czechoslovakia would be brothers, Himaruya appeared to favor Czechia and Slovakia being a duo of a young girl and older male, though he also mentioned that mysterious characters with curly hairs in the vein of Italy also came to mind. In 2011, when a fan asked if two characters appearing in an earlier blog post were Czechia and Slovakia, Himaruya confirmed that they weren't but was happy they "give off a sense of Eastern Europe".