User blog comment:KatDWolf/I wonder..../@comment-1271618-20100515212044

I've seen Armenia speculated to be female, it could work (though I saw a very disturbing female OC on the wikia for Hetalia OCs that seemed to be in quite bad taste, but no matter what the gender, it would be a character that would have to be taken very carefully). There are all the "-stans" too, Azerbaijan, and Georgia to add to the former Soviets. Oh, and Moldova. But I get the feeling Moldova is male, although that chibi of them was rather hard to figure out.

I keep hoping Himaruya will do a new set of trading card art. We didn't even get Belgium and Taiwan in the old set! We got Northern Cyprus, but not his brother? It's kind of silly that TRNC (not an actual country) would get a design before Cyprus itself. I'm curious to see how Cyprus looks, we know he's a guy and comparatively older to TRNC. And yes, Himaruya scripted the independent CD, which makes me hope we'll get a comic adaptation of "Flag of Cyprus" some day. A lot of the tracks in it were based off strips he had already done, that one seemed to be the only one with no basis.

Speaking of TRNC, I know micronations would take away time or spotlight from real country characters, but what do you guys think of Seborga? It's a spot in Italy neighboring Monaco that has continuously claimed independence and claims to be recognized by a few different nations, though there has never been any actual official recognition. Italy certainly doesn't recognize it as anything more than a town, though Seborga says it's independent due to various "loopholes" in history. It would be like the Italies' own Sealand...