Kugelmugel

Kugelmugel ( クーゲルムーゲル, Kūgerumūgeru ) is a minor character in the series Hetalia:Axis Powers. He's a micronation character.

Appearance
Kugelmugel is a young man with purple eyes and white hair worn in two long braids with an ahoge. He also has a mole underneath his left eye that is similar to Austria's. He wears a red beret and a white vest with a dress shirt with blue stripes on it. He also wears a small bow, purple shorts, tan leggings and boots. On both his vest and beret is an insignia resembling a coat of arms. He and Ladonia are equal in height to one another, and shorter than Sealand.

Personality And Interests


Kugelmugel a micronation located in Austria. He is an artist who Austria describes as being eccentric. He was seen in his debut hugging his knees and pondering whether revolution and Baumkuchen are art, and seems to believe many things are art, as he suddenly exclaims that declaring his independence is art as well. He also shows a desire to make things more artistic as well, such as when he asks to make his home bigger for that reason. He also once competed with Ladonia in making a clay deer that he deemed a more artistic version of what Ladonia had just made. It also is stated that "If it doesn’t register on his art sensor, his body rejects it."

His demeanor is shown to make other characters uncomfortable, such as when Sealand, Seborga, and Wy decide to avoid him after witnessing one of his outbursts. Germany describes him as "difficult to deal with" while Switzerland says he has a "dangerous aura" radiating from him. In a blog post it is stated that Kugelmugel and Iceland may be alike due to their similar appearances, but that if they were to spend time together Iceland would be thoroughly ordered around.

Austria
Austria is shown to be the caretaker/father figure for Kugelmugel, as the country the micronation was created in. He appears to hold responsible for Kugelmugel and is aware of his eccentric attitude. As such, he is worried about him and warns the other micronations who want to approach Kugelmugel about this, saying that they need to take good care of him.

Ladonia
Kugelmugel and Ladonia appear to bond and become friends during the meeting of the artistic micronations. After Ladonia makes a clay deer, Kugelmugel wakes up and makes his own clay deer that is sleeker and tougher-looking. While Ladonia is initially shocked by this, he is ultimately impressed by it and enthusiastically declares that it's cool, and they continue to discuss it while Wy leaves.

Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein and Switzerland are both taking a stroll together when they hear someone muttering "It's art..". Curious, Liechtenstein walks to the front to see Kugelmugel admiring a sphere. She politely greets Kugelmugel and says that he's absolutely adorable. The micronation wants Liechtenstein to make the sphere bigger, quoting that small things aren't art, living small things are.

In The Anime
Kugelmugel's debut in the anime is on Episode 129, It's A Pandora Of Countries ~Part 1 where Sealand, Wy and Seborga are approaching other micronations to offer them to join their group to the UN.

Kugelmugel is the first micronation they come across. He is sitting in a thinking position on a bench just down an Austrian road. He is pondering about whether declaring independence, Baumkuchen and revolution are art and later when the micronations try to communicate with him, he begins to conclude that everything is art in a whimsical way, clearly indicating that he isn't aware of the micronations' presences.

They part ways quickly and left him to his own thoughts. However, they still let him to join them alongside the other micronations they sought for.

Trivia

 * Despite Kugelmugel being a male, in Volume 6 of the Hetalia manga he is often referred to with gender neutral terms in the Hetascanlations translations.
 * The real Kugelmugel is technically not a micronation anymore, but has been adopted by the city of Vienna as a tourist attraction, hence why the character still exists.