California (U.S)

California (カリフォルニア Kariforunia), or Cal (カル Karu), as she is usually referred to, is a minor character in Hetalia. She represents the U.S State of California. Her human name is Angelina Carriedo Jones (アンジェリーナ・カリエド・ジョーンズ Anjerīna kariedo jōnzu).

Appearance
Cal has long golden blonde hair and blue eyes. Her usual outfit consists of a white short sleeved blouse and a pink pleated skater skirt, with white knee high socks and black laced short boots. She wears a pink ribbon in her hair.

Personality and Interests
Cal is a very cheerful and charismatic young woman, and is generally more laid-back than her stepbrother America. She is always thinking about others, and always goes out of her way to make people feel welcome. She is very open-minded and tolerant. She is also stubborn and prefers to do things her own way, but it's usually in the interest of other people.

She has a variety of hobbies, her main ones being filmmaking and cooking. While she has no specific film genre preference, she absolutely loves watching bad movies and making fun of them, especially with her siblings. She loves learning about other cultures, especially their cuisines.

Nations
America - Cal has a fairly close relationship with America. He helped her out when she wanted to move out of Mexico's house, but he wouldn't let her. While she admires him in many ways, she admits that he tends to get on her nerves more often than not.

Mexico - Mexico is Cal's former caretaker. Despite the bitter note they left off on, the two are still close. Cal deeply admires Mexico and his culture; the two bond over complaining about America.

Spain -

States
New York - New York is Cal's older stepsister. The two are particularly close; when California first became a state, New York acted as a motherly figure to her.

Nevada - Cal's sister and next-door neighbor. The two get along but often quarrel over which of them is the best state. They still haven't come to a decision.

Texas - Cal's older sister. While Cal isn't fond of Texas' more conservative views, the two still get along fairly well. They bond over their shared experiences of wanting to move out of Mexico's house.

Name
Cal's human name, Angelina, derives from Los Angeles, the largest city in California. Her middle name derives from Spain's human surname, and her last name from America's human surname.