Thailand

Thailand (タイ王国 or タイランド, Taiōkoku or Tairando) is a supporting character in the series Hetalia: Axis Powers.

Appearance
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He has spiky dark brown hair that resembles Denmark along with half-rimmed rectangular glasses. He looks to be around 22 years old[1]. His military uniform consists of a white jacket with matching slacks; in some artworks he is portrayed wearing medals on the left side of his jacket. His uniform appears to be one for ceremonial purposes.

In his official chibi appearing in the Official Artbook playing cards, he wears a white uniform and yellow sash along with large flowers pinned at his collar. He carries a Lai Thai Carving Knife.

Personality & Interests
He is described as often starting his sentences with "um" or "hm" and finishing them with polite and formal speech, with a verbal tic of "ana~". Himaruya describes Thailand as referring to himself as "jibun" (old-fashioned and slightly formal). Thailand treasures his family and friends, and always cooks delicious food that is either very sweet or very hot. He is very scatter-brained and dreamy and loves elephants. He has a pet elephant which he calls Toto.

Thailand has a strong work ethic and works out problems directly while employing clever usage of diplomacy to get his way. However, most of the time he is his usual carefree self.

He is also described as fighting on the side of the Axis Powers, and sent lots of rice and an elephant to the children of Japan after WWII, being one of the few Asian countries that kept their independence after the war.

According to his new profile in chapter 375 of Hetalia: World Stars, Thailand is a big-hearted, smiley nation who is also kind and devout. He looks forgiving; however it is rumored that if someone gets on his bad side, he will assume a Muay Thai stance.

India
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Thailand appears to get along well with India since they are elephant lovers.

Vietnam
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In the 2011 Christmas Event, Thailand teaches Vietnam how to smile, while she notes that Thailand is wearing a silly t-shirt.

Philippines
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During their meeting, Philippines spoke about Thailand being the land of smiles but said to be super buff, a good gambler and scary when angry. Implying that Philippines knew along a side of Thailand that does not come out often unless he is at his limit.

In the Manga
He has made small appearances in sketches of the manga prior to his official appearance in the 2011 April Fools' Event episode of the anime. He makes an appearance in the Christmas 2011 event, in which he is a nation which is captured and later must strip to check for a marking important to the nations from the parallel universe (which he doesn't have). In the 2011 April Fools' event, he is shown briefly resting peacefully with his elephant as France and England fight in the distance.

He receives character profiles in Volume 4 and the Special Edition Booklet of the published manga and has a cameo in the strips in which he watches Taiwan and Vietnam's reactions to their retouched photograph.

Following the resumption of Hetalia: World Stars, Thailand appeared as a member of ASEAN in strips centered on Southeast Asia. It was his idea to hold a casual ASEAN meeting, more suited to a Southeast Asian lifestyle, in a café.

In the Anime
He has his first non-speaking cameo in the anime episode adapting the 2011 April Fools' Event, and his second non-speaking cameo in Episode 103 in the Elephant Appreciation club with India.

Trivia

 * Thailand's love for elephants is attributed to the country's high regard for the animals.


 * His verbal tic of "-ana~" comes from "-na", used at the end of sentences in Thai. Said fast, "-na" can sound like "-ana".


 * His design was based off of one of Himaruya's Thai friends[2].


 * A human name that is popular with Thai fans is Ekkarat ("เอกราช" (independence)).

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