User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/Stuff to get done (and random thoughts on the series)/@comment-1271618-20090925233310

Block-section got cut, and I added another bit to the theories on "Germany =HRE? Germany =/= HRE?" (the fragmentation one, which isn't a very common theory, far as I've seen. Usually, it's a simple "he is, he isn't" thing in debates).

Yeah, I've half-expected Cyprus to have the brows. I hope that we'll at least see his design someday, even if it's just on a trading card like TRNC. All we know so far is that he's a dude, is fought over by Greece and Turkey, and was under control of England.

German state-wise: Looking at the maps of Europe in 1648 that pertain to the HRE...he would've had a lot of his "siblings" under his roof. In canon so far, there are Saxony and Bavaria, and then there are two unidentified Germanics that appear in a Comic Diary 7 doodle. The other kid with young Saxony might very well be a different character than Bavaria, along with the nation that they're shown beating up (most assume it's Spain, though looking at it now, it might be another of the Germanics).

That headcanon explanation sounds like it'll be pretty interesting though. Theory-wise, from what I see in Japanese fan comments, the detractors of the "Germany=HRE" theory there mostly bring up the "different eyes" factor as evidence and some of them put the historical trivia as more of an afterthought. Seeing as how inconsistent Himaruya is with coloring, the eyes thing is just plain silly (they're black in one colored illustration, deep blue on the trading cards, and a brighter blue in the anime).