Latvia

Latvia (ラトビア Ratobia), is a character in the series Hetalia: Axis Powers. In 2008, Himaruya gave out human names to some of the characters and Latvia received the name Raivis Galante (ライヴィス・ガランテ Raivisu Garante).

Appearance


''Main article: [[Uniform Guide Latvia is a very sweet and adorable Country. He is dating Ladonia currently at the moment and is very perfect in every way. He is actually pretty strong and is very smart. Latvia is a caring country who would not hurt someone unless needed to. He is a cinnamon bun. To pure to precious By- Ladonia.Is.Life

Personality And Interests
he enjoys helping others out and hanging out with ladonia By- Ladonia.Is.Life

Estonia
Main article: Estonia

Latvia isn't close to Estonia but shares the same feeling toward Russia, frightened.

Lithuania
Main article: Lithuania

Latvia has a close brotherly relationship with Lithuania but both are scared of Russia.

Russia
''Main article: Russia

Latvia isn't shown to be very fond towards Russia, however he is very frightened of him.

Sealand
Main article: Sealand

they are friends

In The Anime


Latvia first appeared in Episode 01 at the Meeting Of The World, where he was being bullied by Russia and Belarus, the latter holding a knife to his back. He officially appears in Episode 29 with the other two Baltics, speaking for the first time.

His design in the anime adaptation was altered slightly, with his light blond hair having been changed to a darker shade, while his violet eyes were changed to an aqua blue. Though Latvia was originally voiced by Rie Kugimiya in his appearance in Hetalia Drama CD: Volume 2, he is instead voiced by Kazutada Tanaka in the anime series.

Name
While Raivis is an actual Latvian name, his surname Galante is actually of Italian origin. Whether it is intentional or not, Latvia's human last name corresponds with that of the well-known opera singer Inessa Galante, who happens to be from Latvia herself.

Character Songs
Peace Sounds Nice (featured)

Trivia

 * His birthday corresponds with the date for Latvia's declaration of independence from Russia and Germany, November 18th, 1918. Latvia would later wind up occupied by both Soviet and Nazi forces in 1940 and 1941 respectively, before being reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944. While it announced its renewed independence from the union in 1990, it took a year for it to actually be restored.


 * The "desktop mascot" of Latvia reveals that he has an apparent dislike for things such as the Livonian Order, Alexander Lukashenko, the Teutonic Order, and Cossacks.


 * Latvia has commented, after Russia asked why he was so short, that it was because of Russia pressing down on his head every day. If he did not, Latvia would be ten centimetres taller than he is now.