User blog comment:The Spie/Head-Canon Volume I: England/@comment-1616397-20100119150146

Red: It's actually a little worse in Hetalia terms. I didn't even get into Ireland. Today's Republic of Ireland was originally Meath. He has two brothers, Ulster (now Scotland) and Connaught, and two sisters, Leinster and Munster. Guys on top, girls on bottom.