User blog comment:Haruhiryu/Introduction and a question/@comment-98.155.226.20-20100728054122

Yeah, I think so. He's drawn micronations and other dead nations like Prussia, so yeah, Hawaii would work. I think it's should be a girl as well. I did my research on Hawaii and some other Pacific Island nations (It helps to live in Hawaii and work at a library). My headcanon differs from you somewhat though. I think that Hawaii would older than that. We see chibinations before, like Italy, running around before they even existed as a nation. I think that all Pacific nations start life when Polynesians (or white people and Polynesians in Pitcairn's and third Norfolk's case) come to the islands (New Zealand might be an exception if Himaruya makes him/her white, but Maori-tan would be in place of New Zealand in that event). This would probably make her roughly 1500 years old. She and a lot of her siblings would be pretty old (Samoa and Tonga existed before the fall of Rome). As a true country, she probably be around 100-200, but I have a feeling that she didn't age since the Overthrow. I read that there was cultural contact with both Tahiti (where most of the Native Hawaiians come from) and Spain before England showed up. I see Britain and Hawaii having a good relationship, as he never tried to take her over (except for the whole Lord Paulet incident, but that was a mistake) and she tried to ask him to protect her from America in her end years. I really don't see America and Hawaii having good relationship, mostly due to the Overthrow and his superiority complex. The did have a good relationship before the Overthrow, with Hawaii sending him sugar and all, but then he got greedy and wanted Pearl Harbor, and refused to renew the sugar treaty without it. Hawaii didn't want to give it to him, which made her sugar planters upset. The sugar planters drastically cut down the powers of the monarch and pretty much put themselves in charge. They also pretty much restricted the vote so that only rich white men can vote (themselves, pretty much). Later, when Hawaii's boss decided to make a new constitution to fix things, the planters got mad and made a provisional government that pretty much drove Hawaii to ruin. Hawaii asked Americ for help, thinking that he'd fix this and restore her boss, but he didn't and took her over. He then had the nerve to say that she should be thankful that she's free from the tyranny of her former bosses (the monarchy, who really cared for her and who she relly liked) and that "You should be thankful to be a part of the awesome me!! ^_^". Way to be completely tactless about the whole thing! -_- I see it as a forced marriage, but I don't see her changing her name (we don't see Hungary changing her name, don't we?). I have a feeling that the nations keep their original human name if they marry, unless they want to change it, but I don't see Hawaii changing it. There was also the Massie affair and Alfred going "Hawaii is a rapist!!". Even with Pearl Harbor, he was mad that his bases were bombed, not that it actually hurt Hawaii. He really didn't care about nonwhite people at that time, which Hawaii essentially is. Yeah, I don't think it was a really happy relationship. I see Hawaii and Japan having a better relationship, even with the bombing. I know that nation's country size has no bearing on their height, as Korea is taller than both Japan and China and at even with both Koreas united, it's still smaller than Japan and China, so yeah. I see her as tall-ish, a throwback to the era when she only had native Hawaiians. Nations don't seem to change very easily, as America is still white when he should be looking more Hispanic now. I agrre with the hair and eyes. I think that she should look part Asian (lots of Asians here, but you should know this already), and she should have an Asian last name (like a Japanese one). I like the name Leilani Matsumoto (Leilani since it's kind of stereotypical and Matsumoto from the shave ice shop). She would definetly know Japanese (lot's of tourists running around here), Ilocano, and Tagalong, at least. Ditto on that more intelligent thing. I think that she would be somewhat boyish, yet feminine at the same time. I see Hawaii as being liked by people. I see her as a pidgin speaker (for the lols). My friends and sister all want Hawaii to make an appearance in the comic, and I request Himaruya to draw it (along with a full body, colored New Zealand). Sorry for the long comment.