Austenasia

Austenasia (オーステナジア帝国, Ōsutenajia teikoku) is a fan-made character in the series Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the Empire of Austenasia, a micronation founded in England. His human name is Atticus Kirkland, but he self-identifies as Atticus Aurelius Julius.

Appearance
Austenasia has the appearance of an older teenager. He has medium-length yellow blond hair in a short ponytail and eyes that appear either reddish brown or brownish red, depending on who you ask (mostly they look red). Unlike others who are related to England, Austenasia does not have bushy eyebrows, but it is revealed that he regularly trims his brows and his eyebrows are naturally thick. He dresses in smarmy businesswear, with a large fur-lined overcoat draped over his shoulders. Austenasia owns a walking stick and is often seen with it.

When he was first born, Austenasia had been smaller than all of his other micronation counterparts, including Sealand. He grew rapidly over the course of two years, however, much to the other English micronation’s dismay.

Personality and Interests
Austenasia is described as “genuinely thinking he’s better than everyone else”. He has a rather ostentatious and haughty personality, and constantly uses fancy vocabulary to the point where it’s obvious he’s forcing it. He tries to display a larger-than-life persona, but instead comes across as a tryhard. Because he possesses territories all over the world, Austenasia considers himself equal to larger countries, and often barges into their conversation/meetings without invitation.

He considers himself to be a fledgling Ancient Roman Empire, and is dedicated to becoming as great as him; in an attempt to emulate him, Austenasia occasionally talks in Latin, but because he’s self-taught sometimes the things he says are lost in translation. Austenasia is also shown to be extremely indecisive, and often experiences internal conflict, mirroring his nation’s history of civil wars and struggles.

In truth, Austenasia is a highly capable diplomat and politician with a knack for drafting treaties. If you can get him to sit down and shut up in front of a pen and paper for long enough, he could probably come up with a treaty to create world peace. He is an avid reader of classic works, especially English ones, but he’d deny it if anyone ever pointed it out. Austenasia’s pet is named Romulus, and Austenasia treats it like and claims it is a wolf (it’s a dog).

England
Main Article: England

Austenasia declared sovereignty from England and does everything in his power to separate himself from the older country, even disowning his name and denying that England is his brother. He acts with exaggerated professionalism towards England, which irritates the other country. Austenasia often embarrasses his older brother by inviting himself into interactions with other, larger countries.

Sealand
Main Article: Sealand

Technically, Sealand is Austenasia’s older brother. That was the relationship dynamic between them for some time, with Sealand considering himself Austenasia’s mentor, but then Austenasia grew rapidly in the span of two years, far outgrowing Sealand in terms of physical age and appearance. Now, Austenasia proudly claims that he is Sealand’s mentor, but he sometimes slips up and calls Sealand ‘big brother’.

Wildflower Meadows
Main Article: Wildflower Meadows

The micronation Wildflower Meadows is Austenasia’s little sister. The two share a sibling relationship similar to that between Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and Austenasia acts much milder and gentler with his young sibling, and is uncharacteristically very forgiving towards her abrasive attitude.

Molossia
Main Article: Molossia

While the two don’t have a deep foreign relationship, they frequently personally interact. They first met when Austenasia was visiting his territories in America, and once he saw Molossia’s rough attitude, he immediately latched himself onto the other micronation in an attempt to ‘educate’ him. Molossia resisted the other nation’s company for a while before relenting, and now considers Austenasia his friend.

Seborga
Main Article: Seborga

Austenasia and Seborga are friends, or something like that. Austenasia respects Seborga for his lineage from the Ancient Roman Empire, and sometimes criticizes the latter’s behavior when he ‘dishonors’ Ancient Rome’s memory. Seborga teaches Austenasia nonsense (sexual flirting, made-up facts, etc.) under the pretense of sharing Ancient Rome’s wisdom.

Uberstadt, Juclandia, Orly, Reylan Imperial Triumvirate, & Holy Roman Empire (refounded)
Austenasia mentions these micronations when listing his many friends. The nations apparently maintain a friendly relationship with each other.

Name
The name ‘Atticus’ means ‘belonging to Attica’, and is a rather famous Roman name, perhaps denoting Austenasia’s fixation with Ancient Rome and his belief that he ‘belongs’ in or as Ancient Rome. He shares the surname ‘Kirkland’ with his brothers, England and Sealand.

His self-identified (possibly entirely made up) name uses three names: Atticus Aurelius Julius. Aurelius means ‘golden’, furthering Atticus’ ego, while Julius may either mean “downy-bearded” or “devoted to Jove”, perhaps signifying Atticus’ devotion to Ancient Rome’s memory, though it could also be derived from Julius Caesar, one of the most important figures from Ancient Roman history.

Trivia

 * Austenasia’s pet dog is a bullmastiff, which is his national animal.
 * He keeps an ever-growing collection of jewelry brooches, each one varying in size; these represent the many yet geographically small territories possessed by Austenasia.
 * Austenasia was founded in 2008, making him one of the youngest known nations.
 * His walking stick doesn't serve any purpose, he just thinks it looks cool.
 * Austenasia's birthday, September 11th, commemorates the nation's founding.
 * He knows various languages according to his nation’s territories. Among them is:
 * English.
 * Latin (self-taught).
 * Spanish.
 * Ukrainian.
 * Turkish.
 * Gaelic (read & written; his pronunciation is horrible).
 * Austenasia admires America as a powerful nation. Secretly, though, he admires England more.
 * His yellow hair and reddish eyes are reminiscent of his national flag’s colors.