User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/Season three!? Seriously?/@comment-1616397-20091213051431

Except for this little tidbit, TW: there have been no hints in the anime whatsoever about Germany being HRE, for which I remain eternally grateful.

DEEN is ignoring character poll results in both Japan and in the West that show that Chibinausea and HRE are fighting it out with TRNC and Bulgaria in terms of popularity because the two characters are "cute". There's one major problem with this approach: the fangirls think that every single character is cute, so the marketing effect of the two is diluted.

The only reason that I can think of for reintroducing the plotline is because Hidekaz is going to use the anime to close up BSV rather than putting it into a strip. If he does that, can you imagine the ensuing arguments regarding "anime canon" and "strip canon", especially if HRE turns out not to be Germany (which he isn't)?