Hungary

Elizabeta Héderváry is a character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia. She represents the country Hungary (ハンガリー,Hangari).

Appearance
She has long, light brown hair and green eyes, though in some art and merchandise her hair is colored blonde. Her most common outfit, seen in merchandise and official artwork, is a green military uniform and matching beret. In the actual series, she can usually be seen dressed in a maid outfit.

The flower she wears in her hair, according to notes by Himaruya, is meant to represent Lake Balaton. It has been alternatively colored pink and yellow in the official artwork, though it is colored orange in the anime adaptation.

Personality And Interests
In her past, Elizabeta was once a nomadic girl who loved to chase after horses on the plains, and was a rather tomboyish child, to the point where she believed herself to be a boy until hitting puberty. She is described as being both a reliable older sister type and the manliest character in the series, and she also appears to be a fujoshi (literal: "rotten woman", a woman who is a yaoi fan).

She doesn't get along well with Romania, to the point where their relationship is described as being like that of a cat and a dog. It is also said that due to her dislike of Romanians, she would rather name her dogs after them.

Mongolia is said to have bullied Hungary in her youth, along with the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).

Roderich Edelstein (Austria)
Main Article: Roderich Edelstein

Elizabeta's boyfriend, formerly her husband. The two still appear to be close.

In The Anime
A younger Elizabeta first appears in Episode 10, in the Chibitalia sub-storyline. Having found that she happens to be in a similar situation to the child (as a servant to Roderich), she spends time with him and dresses him up in her old clothes. She is shown to be interested in Roderich and concerned with how the villagers have been heckling him.

In the climax to the storyline in Episode 11, she is shown as one of the three people left in the Holy Roman Empire household, after all the workers have quit and HRE has disappeared.

The older version of Elizabeta briefly cameos in the supermarket line in Episode 14.

Trivia

 * Her first name, due to not being rendered in romaji, is often a subject of debate as to how it should be spelled. Elizabeta is the most common spelling in use for it, though some fan sources use Elizaveta, as well as Elisabeth and Elizabeth. However, the actual Hungarian equivalent of Elizabeth would be Erzsébet. Using the spelling of Elisabeth could be an allusion to Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria, who was the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She was married to Austrian Emperor Franz-Josef, who is mentioned in the anime briefly.
 * In older archived notes by Hidekaz Himaruya (circa 2007), it is mentioned that he originally considered making a male Hungary character, who was to be a crossdresser. In the end, he decided on Hungary being the first female character of the series, while the character for Poland (who was originally planned to be female) became a cross-dressing male instead.
 * A blog entry by Himaruya revealed that Elizabeta has an ancestor, known only as Magyar, though he has yet to be mentioned or visually depicted in the actual series.
 * Though her birthday has not yet been revealed, her "Wedding Day" corresponds with the date of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise.