Christmas Island

Christmas Island is a small island in the territory of Australia, though it's population is Chinese-Australian. Christmas Island, has a population of 1,403 residents and that the island had been unpopulated and untouched for many years, meaning a lot of native species were able to grow without the interception of humanity.

Appearance

Christmas Island's character appearance often has brown eyes that can be varied from a light amber to a hazel colour. She appears to have long sharp hair, brunette and sometimes freckles. She also has a similar appearance to Hungary. In some of her appearances she wears a long white scarf, similar to that of Russia's, and a long white and blue coat [see picture, right]. So far she has not been a major part of any wars also she does not have a military yet so she would rely on Australia's military to protect.

Christmas Island is a fairly new, fan-made character who has not featured in the manga or anime.

Personality and Interests 

Christmas Island shares a few personality traits with her 'older brother' Australia. Christmas Island is often quite boisterous and is depicted as a tomboy and does not dislike the odd playfight with her brother.

Christmas Island, also known as Christina Bernice, is quite out-going and loud, much like America but controversially she can be quite shy and timid when meeting new people. She often 'opens up' to those close to her. Christmas Island can also quieten down as to not annoy quieter countries such as Japan. Christmas Island is often open minded about affairs but she always leans towards her brother. Sometimes she is excluded from fights because of her unbiased opinion but sometimes she is included because she can give unbiased opinions towards matters. Christina sometimes describes Australia as her brother and best friend but can get very close to others in a friendly way.

<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christmas Island can sometimes 'block up/hide' her true feelings because of the way it can affect her image or others, this trait is 'supposed' to mimic the cliffs on the island that were once thought impassable by early explorers and how in 1943 60% of the island's population was evacuated to Surbayan prison camps and only approx. 515 people were left to fend for themselves. She does not know a lot about the Western World because of her isolation for such a long time. She can also be quite generous, which mirrors the numerous phosphate mines on the island.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christmas Island does not have a lot of sporty interests and her attention span is often short. Christmas Island is intrigued by the multitude of flora and fauna encasing the young island and she has a good interest in telecommunications. Christmas Island, although she can be stubborn at times, is quite a bright girl and is knowledgeable in the areas of flora and fauna, and knows a fair bit surrounding telecommunicatons. She enjoys walks and sometimes needs 'alone time' in which she commonly spends admiring the Christmas Island National Park, which takes up 63% of the island. <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Relationships <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Australia/Jack Kirkland - <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christmas Island often refers to Australia as her older brother, whit whom she sometimes playfights with. Australia affectionately refers to her as 'Sandy' because of her large amount of coastline, though she prefers 'Chris', short for Christmas, or 'Christina', her human name. Christina respects Australia's individuality and sometimes copies him in an attempt to create her own identity even though she is a small country.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">England/Arthur Kirkland -  <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arthur is fairly affectionate and friendly towards Christina because of her relation to Australia, though Christina respects him and isn't as boisterous as she is towards Jack. They rarely meet.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sealand/Peter Kirkland - <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">When Christina was a smaller nation she was 'pen friends' with Sealand because they were both micro nations but as Christina grew up she lost a fair amount of contact with the young boy as she is quite a bit older than him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Japan - Christina has had a rocky relationship with Japan because of when he evacuated her people but from them but both of them are 'on thin ice' but both are on good terms and speak to each other.