Hungary

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Hungary is a supporting character in Hetalia: Axis Powers (anime), most notably as a minor factor in the Axis Powers, the Holy Roman Empire and the House of Hapsburg.

Most characters were given official human names from the years 2007 to 2008; Hungary recieved the name Elizabeta Héderváry (sometimes known as Elizaveta due to confusion from the Japanese-to-Hungarian translation, and it can also be typoed as Elizabeth due to the popular corresponding English name).

Appearance
Uniform Guide: Hungary Hungary has brown hair, fair skin and green eyes, and being one of the few female characters, is known to have imitated the appearance and have the general air of a male in her past. This has carried on into the present to some extent. Nowadays, however, she seems to embrace her feminine charm by growing her hair out to be long and slightly wavy, with softly curving bangs and a few flowers in it (which are either colored pink and yellow or orange, depending on the official work you look at) that are said to represent Lake Balaton. She’s normally shown in a greenish male military uniform with a matching beret, tall brown boots and black gloves, wielding a skillet, though a green or orange dress, white apron and head cloth. She stands at the height of 160 cm, or 5 ft 3 inches.

Character Summary
Hungary is a very caring and reliable big-sister type of character, who has a love for cute things such as Tamagotchis and boys but can show a very strong and scary personality if provoked. Easily known as the manliest of characters in the series, Hungary can often be seen with a frying pan or skillet in case she needs to defend herself or Austria from Prussia or France. Her personality can turn a bit tomboyish and foul at times, going as far as to refer to herself in a masculine sense when excited (in the Japanese dialect) and crossdressing on a few occasions, but she’s still very hardworking and full of spirit. She’s also a bit of a fujoshi (a woman who is a fan of yaoi) and finds a solace of types in gay videos, even finding herself unable to react properly upon finding France trying to sexually harass Austria and the likes. Some of her hobbies include bathing in hotsprings, singing scary songs, and cleaning. As a child, being raised around all the other male nations lead Hungary to become confused about her gender. Thus, she grew up believing herself a male until her breast began to grow in, initially causing her to believe she had fallen ill. She would refer to herself as a “man” while talking to others and imitated the masculine speech patterns and lifestyle of her relative Magyar (or “Hun”), leading many others to confusion as well.

As a child, Hungary would spend her days chasing horses on the plains with the nomads who had founder her. But after her population settled down, she was brought into an era filled with invasions and harsh treatment. After being taken in as a part of the Holy Roman Empire and the House of Hapsburg, she started to bond better with the other nations there, particularly Austria, as he was one of the few who would give her official respect. She later on went to protect him personally in cases such as the 7 Years’ War, and was shown to protect him from threats in other miscellaneous cases. Her relationships with Prussia and Romania were always rather rough and they still can’t seem to get along properly. She also became very good friends with Poland at one point, and stays attached to Italy after raising him. Some Hungarian stereotypes she portrays include: her all-around toughness, being a great fighter, her rather kind and welcoming nature, being a "cute" character, etc.

Austria
Austria and Hungary were married at one point, but still seem to stay on relatively close relations in modern-day setting. Hungary was shown to be fond of Austria for a long time, even while she was under his rule as a part of the Holy Roman Empire, as he seemed to appreciate her better than the other nations would. Thus, she has been shown many times to be defending and sometimes even fawning over him. She sided strongly with Austria during the War of Austrian Succession strips, bringing 100,000 battle-ready soldiers to his aid, and was one of the few countries to stand against Germany’s requirement to annex Austria. She also loves listening to him play the piano. Hungary received a gift on Valentine’s Day as well, likely being one of the homemade gifts Austria had prepared earlier at Germany’s house.

Being a canonical pairing due to their marraige and seemingly mutual affection, Hungary and Austria make up a popular pairing usually known as “AusHun”.

Germany
The relationship between Hungary and Germany hasn't been very well covered yet, but they still appear to be rather familiar (at least they were rather familiar during some periods of time, historically). Despite his annexing Austria in the past, much to her disliking, she refers to Germany affectionately as Germany-chan and Germany can speak to her casually with more ease than with most older women (though whether or not it's just the topic of Prussia and Austria being discussed or if they actually have good chemistry or get along well is unknown). Hungary was closely allied with Germany and the Axis during the World Wars and they'd brought her out of the Great Depression, but the negative relations by the end of WWII do not seem to have effected their current relationship very deeply.

Italy
While they were both part of the Holy Roman Empire and under Austria's rule, Hungary acted as a sort of motherly older sister figure to Italy. Due to her love for cute boys, she quickly embraced his presence and became his main caretaker, as well as being one of the only members of the Holy Roman Empire to know his true gender as a child due to the fact that she bathed him. Despite knowing this, she still enjoyed dressing Italy up in her old dresses and hats because of how cute he looked, and seemed to find it adorable how HRE would swoon over him. Italy and Hungary have a very high likelihood of still being close as well as in contact in modern times (as well as after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire). Hungary is known to dress up as the Krampus, a legendary monster from the Alpine folklore, and scare Italy each December. Following this, she became so overwhelmed at how cute he was and hugged him. To Italy, this seemed as though the Krampus was capturing him, only causing him to be even more scared. Italy is said to fall for this trick every year.

Liechtenstein
The two of them are shown to be on good terms, this relationship likely stemming from their being some of the few female European nations featured in Hetalia. They were shown to have been hanging out in Volume 4's A History of Interesting Clothes strips and Beautiful World episode. They were comparing their countries' traditional clothing together with Ukraine, and referred to one another affectionately as "Hun-chan" and "Liechten-chan".

Romania
Hungary and Romania have been shown to be on rocky terms for an extensive amount of time, to the point where it seems to be a tradition for them to detest one another. It has previously been describes as similar to that between a cat and dog's for as long as they wish to remember. It has gone as far that Hungary had expressed her loathing toward Romania by unnecessarily glaring heatedly as him and lock him out of the 2013 Christmas Event, away from his little brother Moldova and claiming she had been seized by a sudden urge to bolt the door shut.

They can still be paired together as "RomHun", a pairing that has been steadily growing and decreasing in populatiry as of late.

Ukraine
Their relationship is likely similar to that of Hungary and Liechtenstein's, with them being two female European nations who have interacted during the A History of Interesting Clothes side story. They were shown together comparing traditional outfits and dresses together with Liechtenstein and calling each other by cute nicknames such as "Hun-chan" and "Uku-chan". Hungary even went to poke fun at Ukraine in a friendly manner by suggesting she try on an extremely exposing dress from Crete with no cloth covering the breast area.

AU (Alternate Universe) Versions
'NOTE: A great deal of the information surrounding the AU versions of this character are purely fanon ideas - headcanons, if you will. Little official information has been given on the alternate universes; please do not believe any of the details not stated to be confirmed as canon to be official.'

Read more on the alternative versions of Hungary, listed or not listed below, at: Memes in fandom.

Nyotalia/Genderswapped (Nyo!)
Note: Although the prefix of "Nyo" more generally refers to females, the male version of Hungary still belongs to the "Nyotalia" universe and will thus take the title of "Nyo! Hungary". Having been only featured in a Nyotalia group sketch and a chibi set of the genderswapped female nations, Nyo! Hungary lacks both official information and fandom popularity. He is not set to appear in I Was Overwhelmed with Heroines. Popular names for him include Daniel or Gary/Gari (an abbreviation of Hungary) Héderváry, though his name tends to vary depending on what fanwork you look at. He looks similar to Lithuania, and since Hungary was initially meant to be a male, follows the design given earlier, although his hair seems to be a bit longer. Classically, he’s known to wear the same type of green military uniform as his female counterpart, as the black-and-white sketch featured him in what appears to be one, though the exact color is unknown. It can also be safely inferred that his hair color and eye colors are the same shades of brown and green as the original Hungary's.

In all of his appearances in official art, Nyo! Hungary appeared to be very enthusiastic and optimistic. Since the Nyotalia universe consists of the characters as if they were designed to be male, it can be taken into consideration that having Hungary as a male was explored upon by Himaruya and some details have been given. For example, ‘he’ was originally meant to be a cross-dresser, but his role was switched with that of Poland’s. So, it can be assumed that he does, indeed, cross-dress. In fan works, you can often see Nyo! Hungary as tough and energetic – seemingly, similar to his female counterpart, but without the feminine streak.

Character Songs
Hatafutte Parade (Hungary)