Vatican City (Empiretalia)

General Information
Country Name: Vatican City - Città del Vaticano

Human Name: Gregorio Sanctus

Name Origin: Gregorio is one of the most famous names for Popes, of all time. "I Canti Gregoriani" are the sacred chants of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorio means Watchful: "watching someone or something closely; alert and vigilant." Sanctus comes from "Saint" or "Holy", it's an Ancient Roman name. His full name means "a watchful saint".

Birthday: 11th of February

Birthday Origin: His birthday represents the day Vatican City finally got independence/recognition from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty, where Vatican signed a contract with Italy promised to give a financial compensation to Vatican as for the loss of his father, Papal States. The Italian constitution, after WW2, recognized the Treaty.

The Lateran Treaty gave Vatican to be exempt from expropriation (the territory being given away or used by the government) and from paying taxes.

Fun Fact! While the most common sources say that Vatican was independent right away, after the 11th of February, it's mostly forgotten that he wasn't independent up until the 7th of June of 1929, the treaty was only signed, not put into act, on the 11th.

Age: 24

Height: 1.75m (5 '9'' )

Hair Color & Eye Color: Blond hair & Honey yellow eyes (Inspired by the flag).

Languages: Latin and Italian. Latin is used when speaking internationally and when doing masses (which were recited in Latin, now it changed to Italian), while Italian is the standard language used every day at the Vatican.

Description
Vatican City is the smallest recognized and independent country in the world situated in the capital city of Italy: Rome, it was situated there because that's where Saint Peter had died, his remins reside in the Saint Peter's basilica, which is a vast part of the territory Vatican owns. He may be a small country, not even visible in the map of Italy, but his power is immense and should never be underestimated.

Vatican is a calm type of person who enjoys staying on his own. He’s very solitary at times but also very popular amongst the nations for being the smallest recognized country. Every time he tries to be nice, it just comes off as creepy or downright fake. He wants to look friendly and hospitable after all. He never goes to world meetings unless he's forced to go, not because he's lazy but because he gets instantly furious at everyone and can't keep calm.

Appearance & Info
Vatican has really light features. Pale skin, looking like he's going to drop dead at any moment, blonde hair (inspired by his flag) and piercing yellow eyes which he inherited from the Roman Empire.

He dresses in military clothing most of the time, but sometimes he's represented actually wearing priest clothing. His military outfits include ones of the Swiss Guards and the Military Police, with a stylized striped or plain black cape on his shoulders. He has joined the military as to keep a watchful eye on everyone in his small nation, so that he can guarantee its peace, so that nothing like 1870 can happen again to him.

He has dark circles under his eyes, he claims that he hasn't been atble o sleep since he lost everything in just one day, his fear is bigger than any other emotion he has experienced, which makes him be closed off and too far up in his worry to even care about the outside world.

Vatican claims that being pampered and loved as a child, and then having all the love be turned against him made him not want to trust anybody in his life ever again. He often exaggerates this feeling, which makes him sound overly-dramatic to the people around him. Nonetheless, Centro and San Marino promised him they'd always root for him and his slow but sure recovery.

Appearance & Info (Before 1870)
Vatican used to be a much sunnier person to be around. Although his attitude of stepping on others to get his way never changed, he actually looked friendly and was happy to be around people. His expression was often serene and pure, as if he was living his dream. Clinging onto a fake reality that shattered is what truly made him experience the harsh reality of the world in the worst manner possible.

He had long blond hair tied in a low ponytail, he either wore priest clothing or a city outfit for everyday life outside of his country. He always had a resting smile on his face and eyes full of light and admiration for his father, the one who sheltered him from the world. Vatican often hung out with Centro since she was his neighbor and Papal States was the one who actually took care of her.

Psychology
Vatican's psychology is deep and complex: he seemed to have a sudden change in personality after the Breccia of Porta Pia, which made him lose all his freedom as an independent country, also losing a loved one in the process. This situation threw him into a deep hate-filled sadness for the Italies and how they handled the situation. He began to not express himself anymore since wearing his heart on his sleeve hurt him much more than he could have imagined. He shows no emotion what-so-ever to signal maturity and authority, even when he's getting involved in serious curruption, he feels like his end will be near, so why not do everything he wants right now?

His hatred for Centro stems from the fact that he believes she was the reason why the Papal States was annexed, just to save a girl he didn't even know personally at the time, despite having cared for her in the past.

Vatican became a closed-off person, he had no one to look up to, no father figure, no parents at all. He had to grow up alone, far too fast, eventually realizing that the world wasn't what he expected it to be: he saw what war led to with his own eyes as a wake up call. He indeed answered the call, eventually becoming a leader for his small yet powerful country. But he isn't perfect. He has the anatomy and mind of a human, a human that was never given proper care or regulations for everything he has been through, leading him to coping by living with the guilt and pain that stemmed from all of his history, he never learned to move on so he has always been stuck in the past, crying over spilled milk over and over, never getting tired of it.

His life has been hallow ever since he decided to take this path in life. Being bossed around and treated as less than a country by the italies for almost 60 years made him realize that he couldn't trust anyone, or so he thought. San Marino has been there for him more than one time (Reasonings in San Marino's Wiki (WIP)), he had eventually helped him get out of the situation with the consensus of Italy. In 1929 Vatican was finally free. Physically but not emotionally. To this day, Vatican, in return, affects Italy's politics as a constant reminder of the past.

Vatican looks and acts like a strong person who can decide for himself, but in reality he's fragile and the smallest of inconveniences could send him into a rage fit. By living with Papal States, his father, he actually was sheltered from everything he did and the harsh realities of the world. Papal States was not the person Vatican thought he was, going as far as to gift, his territory, Sardinia, to Spain, something she never agreed to. By being so sheltered, Vatican built in his mind a perfect world, which came crashing down when Sardinia finally had her revenge, showing him how cruel the world can be, which took him by storm and made him long to still live in the past.

In short, a man who has been told to grow up too fast, suffering the consequences of lies and never getting out of his constant emotional loop.

Personality & History
Vatican seems to be a deeply damaged person whose real personality mostly is unknown for the fact that he doesn't like to open up about anything other than work which leads the Italian siblings to believe his soul is that of an old man, instead of a young adult. The many secrets he hides makes him be an even more mysterious person.

Due to the Papal States' death, he seemed to be a changed man, for the worst. He doesn't seem to be a really friendly person either, he rather likes to live isolated in the comfort of "Le Mura Leonine".

He's not very talkative and no one really knows what goes through his brain. Due to the high crime rate in the Vatican, ranging from petty theft to murders, he was used to live in this little imperfect world of his, which continued to deteriorate the only grip on reality he had left.

His self isolation started right after Centro was brought back, claiming he didn't want to see her ever again, blaming her for all his problems. Centro, however, forgives him for thinking of her that way, she had no power to stop Sardinia from annexing the Papal States, therefore robbing Vatican of his Independence and having to live an atrocious 59 years under her rule. He knew nothing of the relationship the Papal States and Sardinia had, which was also really troubled.

He slowly but surely got his sense of self back, asking for independence in the 11th of February of 1929, finally putting an end to the years under Italy.

After enrollment into his military, he feels more safe than ever inside the walls built around his nation, knowing he had the power to stop another Breccia di Porta Pia from happening ever again.

The time his nationhood was stolen was one of the worst things that have ever happened to him, the comfort of living with his father in a peaceful country was stolen too, with those privileges. It is no wonder why he keeps to himself all the time.

All the lies and hypocrisy he has inside of him, one day will be too much for him to bear with. All the accusations towards him, never addressed and swept to the side will one day pile up. All the scandals that the Italies know too much about, one day will taint his image forever. But until then, he keeps going, turning a blind eye and looking back at the past, when the present most needs him.

Vatican is not very fond the Italian siblings as a whole, especially Sardinia (and Central Italy). He can never forgive her for killing his father to appease their selfish needs to bring their little sister Centro back. La Breccia di Porta Pia is a taboo topic for him.

While his hatred for Centro is actually also a form of resentment for when she left him alone in the worst time of his life and how she was, now, the one who had to take care of him after she inherited the capital, when he wasn't independent yet.

The significant change of 1870
As stated many times, Vatican had an emotional 180 in 1870, when his perfect world came crashing down.

He realized he had to act fast and hadn't had the chance to learn how to live by himself and have the responsibility to run a country, which makes him one of the most irresponsible countries in the world as of today (Spending money as if it was infinite, living a luxurious life while ignoring the problems he's facing etc.).

He used to be quite a cheerful person before, thinking everything was going great for him and his father, while never planning ahead.

Even if he was given money as a compensation for that fateful day and year by the Italian siblings, he still doesn't let them rest about it.

Relations
Vatican City is not an outdoor type of guy, he mostly prefers to stay in the comfort of the walls that surround his country, declaring to be neutral so he won’t have to bother himself getting an over-the-top army or having to fight. He says often that he “has more important things to do” than to start drama. But, even if he says that, he always causes a lot of scandals in which other countries get involved (mostly Italy).

Central Italy
Centro tries her very best to be friendly to Vatican, while he puts in little to no effort into growing their relationship in a good manner. Centro considers herself his friend, while he never even speaks about this friendship the two have. Centro considers Vatican her one and only childhood friend, sadly dying too soon when she was only a small independent country, which made Vatican experience loneliness for the first time in his life. Centro had a substantial amount of power over him for almost 6 decades after being revived. However, none of that was Centro's choice.

Vatican sees her like his sister and felt as if something was missing when she was gone. As much as Vatican would like to deny it, he truly cares for her and San Marino and only wants the best for them.

San Marino
Vatican and San Marino have had a deep bond for years, ever since San Marino became friends with the Papal States, they had ups and downs, especially because of Papal States and his son, Vatican. The two became inseparable after San Marino revealed that he truly cares about Vatican's well being by encouraging him to be independent and advocating for his Independence.

Papal States knew very well that he had his his son from the harsh truth of the world and that his time was running out fast, so he made San Marino promise to him that, when his time would come, Vatican will have him as someone to look up to, that will care for him. San Marino accepted and promised he'd take care of his son, like he accepted to care for Centro when Rome died.

San Marino became more of a cool friend than a father figure, his extremely slow aging was a big factor in that too. Vatican doesn't seem to like the way he wants to be a supervisor to him, but that's just his way to show that he truly cares.

South Italy & North Italy
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Sardinia
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Papal States
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