Croatia

Croatia (クロアチア Kuroachia), officially recognized as the Republic of Croatia, is a fan-character for the Manga and Anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the country of Croatia. His given Human Name is Časlov Uzelac.

Appearance
Croatia is known for being quite tall and wiry. Croatia has dark brown hair and bright eyes. Sometimes he is seen with stubble, much like France. When not involved in conflict, Croatia tends to wear traditional clothing of the Lika region. He wears white trousers which are tucked into mid-shin length boots, and a blue linen shirt as reference to his military status. He wears a black wool vest over this linen shirt and a red sash, which holds a traditional knife from the Ottoman days; a handžar. He also tends to wear the traditional lika capunder any type of head wear he has, regardless if engaged in battle or not.

his military uniform is the common US Woodland pattern. He tends to wear a special helmet with a visor and inside one of his pockets he carries a small wallet-like container with the Croatian coat of arms in it.

Personality and Interests
Croatia is known for being "all bark and no bite". He comes off as rude, stubborn, and clever to most people. Once engaged in battle, Croatia will instantly flee to the nearest body of water or tall tree and run for his life. He's cowardly and often very in-aggressive due to his history of being ganged up on. He very much prefers to solve things peacefully, but is more than happy to jump into things aggressively. Serbia is particularly abusive of him, yet he can really pack a hard punch on Slovenia, though, who fights back just as much. Himaruya has mentioned that Croatia was the type who had dark circles under his eyes and was an outlaw but started to care more about his looks after promoting tourism.

Croatia idolizes Austria. Croatia is jealous of his relationship with Hungary, which he used to be in on before becoming the 'Third Wheel'. He also enjoys swimming, tree climbing, and being a lumberjack.

Croatia sees itself as one of the most Catholic nations, since 90% of its population is Catholic. It retains strong relations with the Vatican since it was one of the first nations to recognize Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia
Elder sister figure. Originally, Croatia was young when Yugoslavia was just a Kingdom. After the Axis invaded and took Croatia away to serve as a puppet state, they had a tense relationship. Slovenia, Yugoslavia, and the others tried to convince him that the Axis were using him, but he didn't listen. When the Independent State of Croatia became part of Yugoslavia again, their relationship was still tense because of the major changes to Croatia.

Turkey
Main Article: Turkey

In the comic Turkey and the EU, Croatia appears asking to join the European Union and he is immediately let in, remarking on how easy it was to Turkey. A few days prior to the comic's posting Croatia had signed the treaty to become the bloc's 28th member, leading to speculation that this nation was Croatia. In a follow-up blog post, Himaruya identifies the nation as "the country that makes beautifully ornamented, heart-shaped biscuits and uses them as gifts and even sells them as souvenirs!" This practice was identified to take place in Croatia.

Hungary
Main Article: Hungary

Before Yugoslavia was born, Croatia was alone. But after 10 years of inner-conflict, Croatia and Hungary became a joint kingdom. Hungary promised Croatia could be his own kingdom if he joined her, and he agreed. Many years later, Hungary was attacked by the Ottoman Empire. Croatia quickly split from Hungary and decided to be taken in by Austria, who in return granted money and troops to protect him against the Ottomans. He continued to live together with Hugary, now in Austria's house. When in 1848 Hungary wanted to gain independence and Austria tought she's just jooking, Croatia was the only one who understood that's a serious thing. Later, after uniting with Austria, Hungary and Austria played Croatia against Serbia with the aim of gaining political leadership. This failed, however, and Croatia left the joint union. Later, though, they became allies in the Axis.

Austria
Main Article: Austria

Austria took in Croatia after Hungary was attacked by the Ottomans, and he promised to provide money and troops to protect him against the Ottomans. Unfortunately, Austria found he couldn't protect Croatia as the Ottomans swept through. When in 1848 Hungary wanted to gain independence and Austria thought she's just joking, Croatia was the only one who understood that's a serious thing.Croatia was in a lot of pain but managed to move closer to Austria and hide for the duration of the Ottoman Wars. After uniting with Hungary, Austria and Hungary played Croatian and Serbian officials together with the aim of gaining political leadership. This failed, and Croatia left the joint union. Later, though, they became allies in the Axis.

Germany
Main Article: Germany

When the Yugoslavian Royal Army surrendered during the German and Italian invasionof Yugoslavia, Croatia was offered to become an official, independent country. Croatia jumped on this chance, and added Bosnia to his house. Despite being a puppet state, he was extremely happy being independent. However, he began to get very anxious and was scared for the life of himself. He became very strict and took his safety measures to the extreme. He sent many people to be killed and all the while was being exploited by Germany. At some point in time, he began to fight back with the Axis. He drove out the Nazi invaders and their allies, liberating himself.

Italy
Main Article: Italy

Was driven out by Croatia at the same time as Germany was. Croatia has a strong hatred that he projects on Italy, for he fears Germany more. Croatia massacred much of the Italian army and civilians, and still has dreams of hurting Italy.

Trivia

 * His birthday, October 8th, is the day Croatia gained Independence from Yugoslavia.
 * Croatia was originally meant to be a quiet, yandere girl with unrequited love for Slovenia.