Florida

Florida (フロリダ, Furorida) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the state of Florida. His human name is Carlos Alejandro Garcia-Jones (カルロス・アレハンドロ・ガルシア＝ジョーンズ, Karurosu arehandoro Garushia - jōnzu).

Appearance
Florida has soft, curly dark brown hair, seafoam green eyes, and light tan skin. He usually just wears anything that'll keep him cool in Florida's humid weather, typically shorts and a tank top, along with flip-flops. Florida wears this outfit combo very often, even to formal events.

He has a small, curly ahoge on the side of his hair. They represent the Florida Keys.

Personality
Like his nickname "the Sunshine State," Florida is a bright and cheerful person. It is said that his undying optimism is a fusion of Spain and America's constantly happy attitudes. A non-competitive person, Florida's not one to worry or fuss, and he would rather take things easy, though this has led other states to describe him as lazy. He dresses as and does what he pleases and doesn't care much about what others think of him. Florida's laid-back demeanor might stem from his history of being fought over by the European powers; at some point he just learned to go with the flow of it all. Florida is very open when conversing and doesn't mind telling you his business. While he comes off as aloof, Florida is genuinely intelligent and has a keen interest in outer space. His first language is Spanish, though he's fluent in English as well. He despises being told what to do, and will go to great lengths to tick off anyone who catches his ire, just for the fun of seeing their reaction. His many inexplicable behavioral quirks are viewed with puzzlement and amusement by his neighbors.

He has an almost unhealthy obsession with oranges, and he grows a ton of them in his backyard. You can usually find him at the beach, and if not, he's napping in a hammock. Florida is also an animal lover and has a number of pets, including an alligator named Raymond, and an iguana named Castella.

Despite his name ending with an 'a,' which would be feminine in his native language, Florida is male, and he will instead tell you that he's just "in touch with his feminine side."

Relationships
Georgia (Zachary J. Jones): Florida and Georgia are best buds; the two of them are usually up to something, and Florida particularly enjoys water skiing with Georgia. When they were younger, before he was a state, Florida would become irritated at all of the immigrants Georgia kept sending his way, and threw rocks at him on sight.

Alabama (Todd W. Jones): He likes to mess with Alabama, finding the latter state's grumpy disposition to be highly amusing. Florida will sometimes go camping in Alabama's yard, brazenly ignoring his no trespassing rule, and each time he's confronted he'll remind Alabama that it used to be his yard.

America (Alfred F. Jones): Florida initially viewed America with suspicion and distrust. After Florida was abandoned by Spain, the young nation gradually began to grow on Florida.

Spain (Antonio Fernández Carriedo): Florida once viewed Spain as a big brother, looking up to and emulating him. Spain would later, however, sell him to England, and then once again took him in after the latter lost his war with America. By that time, however, Florida had become a bit jaded, if not resentful, of changing ownership, and they never really had a close relationship afterwards.

Cuba: Florida and Cuba get along surprisingly well, in spite of Cuba's hatred for America. They have a long history; the two lived together with Spain, before Florida helped Cuba fight for independence. Florida has even picked up a few of Cuba's mannerisms, due to the large number of immigrants from the latter's island. Cuba often laments that Florida has been "brainwashed by that capitalist pig," but still Florida will visit sometimes and smoke Cuban cigars with him (all without America's knowledge of course).

Seminole Tribe: He was initially very tolerant of Seminole, whom he coexisted with and even admired as the latter would accept escaped slaves from the north. After moving in with America and being influenced by his ideals, however, Florida quickly changed his mind and betrayed Seminole in a series of attacks and, later, wars for his land. Today Florida is regretful, however Seminole has yet to forgive him.

Trivia

 * His birthday corresponds to the date Florida was admitted as a state.
 * Florida's interest in space is a reference to the fact that all of America's space missions are launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.