Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam )

The Republic of Vietnam (ベトナム共和国, Betonamu Kyoowakoku) AKA South Vietnam (南ベトナム, Minami Betonamu) is a  fanmade and supporting character for the series Hetalia: Axis Powers.

South.pngAppearance
South Vietnam has an identical appearance to her sister, North Vietnam (who is currently the unified Vietnam) albeit with an orange to peach colored ao dai with the white pants swapped out for a flowing skirt. She also carries two baskets that are tied onto both ends of a stick. Inside are some lotuses and two chicks (one with a half shell on their head.)

South Vietnam has honey gold eyes and dark brown hair similar to North Vietnam. Before the two were split, South had long hair with a white ribbon to fasten her half bun-ponytail hairstyle. She cuts her hair shorter to show she is now a different Vietnam and uses the white ribbon to tie it into a half ponytail. Her hair also covers her ears and her bangs are more messier and longer than her Northern counterpart's. Due to several reasons such as an overload of battles being fought at her house, she's noted to be slightly weaker and shorter than her sister.

Personality and Interests
Originally a farmer turned noble, then back to farmer, South was described by others as ingenuous and demure, but was also known to be quite unsuspectedly forward with her ideas and unpredicatable in both strategy, alliance and sometimes even in the control of her own emotions and people. She harbored an interest in Western Culture and disliked anything that was too expensive to afford. Like her sister, she was good with her hands and had a natural skillfulness, but was less headstrong and determined than North. South Vietnam was also known to be quite frugal with her money, yet she didn't hesistate to drop prices for others when selling something to them. In terms of physical strength; South Vietnam was able to floor many opponents by utilizing her small stature and speed through Vovinam, a national fighting style of Vietnam. South's weapon of choice was either a halberd or an AK47 rifle. Out of the two, South Vietnam was always the weaker one and the more submissive out of the two. This meant she was often a favorite of whoever was 'taking care' of them.

As a now dissolved nation, she (like Rome) sometimes appears from the afterlife to follow her older sister around. Not many notice her, and while only a handful do; they still choose to ignore her presence. Only North continously acknowledges her prescence when South visits.

North Vietnam AKA Vietnam
South Vietnam maintained a positive and healthy relationship with her sister up to 1955, before the two were seperated, Before the split, the two spent almost every second with eachother. No matter what pulled them away from eachother, the Vietnam siblings always found a way back to eachother and ensured that things stayed that way. While South Vietnam was often treated better, North Vietnam never showed any jealousy outwardly, and South admired her sister greatly for her strength and generousity. They enjoyed partaking in many activities together despite their contrasts in personality and indulged in eachothers interests such as reading or crafting. The two often wanted what was best for eachother, which ironically brought on their argument over Communism and Capitalism, marking a rare moment of disagreement between the two sisters (another being the Trinh-Nguyen war). They both suffered heavily after the split, and both turned to two Major Superpowers for support. This brought on the wider Cold War to themselves.

Upon North Vietnam's return to South Vietnam's house in hopes to reunite them both in 1975, it is implied she was forced to kill her after South struggled in desperation to keep her independent status going.

In present time, South sometimes reappears as an apparition just so she and North can see eachother often and have rebuilt their sisterly love for eachother once more. However, there is only one singular Vietnam left, and that is North Vietnam (now named the Socialist Republic of Vietnam).

America
Both her former mentor and best friend, the two nations held a symbolic relationship which impacted the rest of the world even after her dissolvation. Although they had met several times prior to becoming a Republic of Vietnam, their relationship first started with him growing an interest in how communism would affect her and her sister, and was impressed by South Vietnam's conviction to stay anticommunist despite her sister's protests. Shortly after, he began to protect her and doted on her like a one would do with a child (e.g holding her hand when on city walks to make sure he didn't lose her, keeping a watchful eye on her, making sure she had enough supplies to be happy, etc.). The Western Superpower cared for her greatly and wanted to win her full support for the Vietnam War, while South allowed herself to enjoy his company and looked up to him as a role model.

Despite this, America couldn't bring himself to rely on her skills or even trust her devotion in what he believed in due to her being so similar to her sister in his eyes. This caused her much pain and injury in form of;

1) His tactics of attacking her civilians and land in order to repel any movements from the enemy, in the process destroying bits of her mental plus her physical state and South's will to engage in fighting alongside the US and his allies who supported her.

 2) The VietCong rebels who disliked US for what he was doing to both Vietnam's and thus formed like a tumor inside her. Often allowing deep cuts or wounds to appear on different parts of her body due to the heavy resistance. 

 3) A certain boss in the 1950's who took many rights away from South Vietnam. It' is implied that this boss was the person who conviced South Vietnam to cut her hair short. However, his death brought a period of uncertainty for the nation until America decided to take over the situation completely. 

However, he never meant to do it on purpose, and in fact, South Vietnam still loved him dearly as a person and close friend who treated her well and with care (at least in the beginning) and had hopes that he'd continue staying with her to help her get stronger and more independent. South was devasted at the news that he was leaving her to fight on her own, despite all the training and skills he had taught her. The fact that he agreed this in secret only hit her harder, and he left without so much of a 'goodbye' from her. After learning of her dissapearance, he formed a suppressed depression nicknamed " Vietnam Syndrome " until winning the Gulf War almost 15 years later. In present day, he is one of the few nations who can see her but ignores South Vietnam's apparition in public. In private; America treats her like an old friend and both show their deep friendship for eachother.

Trivia

 * Her recognized birthdate, while unknown, is said to be sometime in July, 1955. This corresponds to the date that Vietnam was officially partitioned on the 18th parallel. It's unkown what her true birthday originally was, but it most likely corresponds with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
 * Her original design was a young woman wearing an orange ao dai with long front bangs and a short back. Another was quite similar, but her hair was chopped messily to chin-length and had two Hoa Mai flowers placed between both her ears.
 * She has a bike and motorcycle as a means of transport. According to America, South can also perform some pretty 'sick' moves with them too.
 * It's possible that the two are twins, with South being the younger sibling due to a similar color scheme. However, the possibility they are not still stands due to their height difference and different shaped eyes.
 * It's also possible that a third family member existed, which could've been middle Vietnam (Annam). Prior to 1949, it's likely that this Middle Vietnam acted as a motherly or fatherly figure to both Cochinchina and Tonkin before it was split in two to contribute to both North and South Vietnam.
 * While her human name is unknown, several choices have been: Mai An, Tien Ba, Xuan Tuyen with a last name of Chung, Trinh, Nguyen or Trung. As an english name, Cheryl would be nice.