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[herocomplex]

PLAYER INFORMATION
Your Name: Fidgey
OOC Journal: kissingstars
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: Nope! 24 years old and growing.
Email + IM: wildfidgey@hotmail.com; kissedstars
Characters Played at Ataraxion: I played America here in AX back on LJ, so I've decided to bring him back (I am using the same application with minor edits). Other than that, I still play Jake English from Homestuck.

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Alfred F. Jones / America.
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia.
Original or Alternate Universe: Original universe.
Canon Point: Modern, 2013 period.
Number: RNG me, baby.

Setting:
Basically a world that is or similar to ours where countries are represented by people with their respectable landmasses. Country representatives typically cannot die in the same manner as humans do seeing as the characters in the series live out their history starting when it's first recorded. The countries are usually stereotypes of the citizens, and parts of their bodies are sometimes represented as places on their landmass. Most of the series takes place during World War II, but because it's a 4-panel series, jokes and strips sometimes take place in a more modern time period.

Hetalia Wikipedia

History:
Since Hetalia is, in fact, a series about history, the only way to really fill in this part of the application is to have a knowledge of the history of your character itself. The series doesn't really have a following plot usually, so this also makes it harder to pinpoint character "history." I hope this is what you mods can accept for history regarding this character.

IMPORTANT DATES:
For quick, easy reference!

Late 900's: Viking dude with a beard named Lief Erickson from the Nordic area settles in Newfoundland and leaves his mark by calling is Vinland.
1492: Christopher Columbus was a derp and found America, thinking it was India.
1600-1650: Europeans settle in and make themselves all cozy, claiming various parts of America.
Specifically in 1629, Puritans from England establish Massachusetts Bay Colony to gtfaway from the Church of England.
As they do that, in 1620, Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower for the same reason.
Experiments with communism without knowing it = epic fail.
People DIED.
1621: The first Thanksgiving dinner.
1664: English yoink New Amsterdam from the Dutch settlement there because the English were skanks.
1754–1763: French and English fighting for control over America. (French and Indian War)
1763: Treaty of Paris helps them stfu and divide the territory.
1773: America takes steps in rebelling against England's rule and dumps tea in a harbor due to heavy tax on tea. Forever will drink coffee.(Boston Tea Party)
Moar taxes, Moar angst. Moar do not want England.
1775–1783: America is all: Stfu England and gtfo out of my grill. Thus-- The American Revolution. Old bearded guys fight and people die.
1781: Cornwallis is all like "cool story bro, yeah sure whatever" and surrenders to Washington. (Battle of Yorktown)

FREEDOM AT LAST. \o/

Important papers are read and signed = foundation for more government.
1789: George Washington is boss man when he's elected first President.
1791: The first ten amendments get ratified and stuff, known as the Bill of Rights.
1812–1814: America declares war on the British Empire cause he's being a restricting douche again. Canada sets the White House on fire cause he thinks he's something (War of 1812).
1819- Spain gives up Florida to America.
1830- President Jackson's a douche and relocates Native Americans.
Economic modernization for the win! It's happening everywhere around this time.
1861–1865: America argues with himself primarily over slavery rights and issues (Civil War)
Union kills Confederacy and wins eventually.
A lot of presidents, alot of developing.
1898: Spain's a jerkface and blows up a ship so America's all, "No way, bro." (Spanish-American War). Treaty of Paris is seen again, and makes America calms his balls, ending the war.
1914: World War I begins! America chillaxes for abit and eats popcorn while delivering some help to England.
1915: America gets in Germany's face cause he sunk a cool boat and enters World War I after being neutral for awhile.
1918-1919: Commies, commies everywhere. (Red Scare)
1920: NO BOOZE ALLOWED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION. (Prohibition era)
Lithuania comes to stay with Alfred around this time.
1924: GTFO OUT OF MY COUNTRY. A lot of people were prohibited to moving to America. (Immigration Act of 1924)
1929: America goes bankrupt with the stock market crashing. NOT FUN TIMES (The Great Depression)
1939: America sent goodies to Great Britain, Russia and China.
Sooner after, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
America flipped tables and declared war on the Axis Powers.
1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were done to end WWII.
1946: "Special" Relationship with England established, proven by a speech made by Winston Churchill.
1947: Tony discovered and befriended in Roswell, New Mexico and kept a secret from the rest of the world, saying his crash was just a weather balloon.
1947-1957: Second Red Scare.
1947: Cold War begins, causing America to pee his pants in paranoia. SO MANY COMMIES. CANNOT HANDLE.
1948–1949: Berlin Blockade.
1950–1953: Korean War.
1959–1975: Vietnamese War.
Happy times ensue as America rebels against his first culture, taking into drugs and a freer lifestyle for a test run.
1957: Space Race begins as Russia launches the Sputnik and makes America go: I can do it better.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis.
1969: Neil Armstrong lands on the moon and America rubs it in Russia's face.
1973: Oil crisis.
1975: Space Race ends.
1980's: Moar Cold War, Ronald Reagan stuff, a lot of music happenin' here.
1990-1991: Persian Gulf War.
1991: Supposedly end of the Cold War without a "winner".
2001: Hijacker attacks in New York put America in a depressive state.
2001: War on Terror begins until present time.
2005: Hurricane Katrina puts America in an ill state.
2008: First African American President elected.

THE DETAILED VERSION:
Contains minor head canon material. Also contains some sensitive historic facts; you've been warned.

Okay, so. There was this guy named Lief Erickson, and he was pretty boss. He discovered America along with Finland, who didn't know what to do with him. They sort of watched and observed America as a child, monitoring him in a field which he called his home. It wasn't until France and England came along and fought over him, canonly speaking, as they both wanted to claim him as a brother. When America was around 3 years hold human years, he accepted England's constant coaxing when he wasn't strangling the Frenchman to earn America's favor. He declared him bro, and it was pretty happy times.

But only for awhile. He grew very close to England until his preteens.

As America aged, he grew rapidly and at a miraculous pace. His shy shell was being broken, and his strength was increasing immensely as many people settled to his land mass. As he got older and matured into a teenager, there were various restrictions and rules England was putting on him that he disliked. Such rules were how to eat properly, what to eat, how much of an amount, what to wear, how to act, proper etiquette, religious beliefs, etc etc. During this was when the British Empire was drastically taxing his people.
England was strict, mean, cruel in America's eyes, but it was all for a purpose that the younger nation was blind to see.

Slowly getting fed up with both how his father figure was acting towards him, and the actual British Empire acting towards his citizens, America rebelled, refusing to do simple things that England asked him to do and arguing with him. As he did this, a few of his citizens revolted and dumped taxed tea into the harbor. Refusing to drink tea was just one thing-- he sneaked sugar and molasses behind England's back when he specifically told him not to spoil his dinner as the British Empire taxed sugar and molasses on American citizens.

Finally, at the age of 16, America declared his independence, stubbornly beginning to bicker with England one night. The next day, he started arranging his troops, refusing to come home. More fighting ensued, and eventually they set their troops out to battle. Secretly reluctant about all of this, America put on a brave and bold facade. America grew closer to France at this time, tying closer bonds with him as an alley. Eventually, England had acknowledged the desperation of America's wanting to split, and surrendered, as Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at the Battle of York.

Everything seemed peachy keen for awhile. America busied himself establishing his government out a bit more with his newly elected first president and started to take matters a bit seriously, becoming quite the workaholic with not too much time for play. Setting more foundation for his establishment-- it wasn't easy-- and Alfred easily got stressed. During this time, the Bill of Rights became ratified, along with other important papers. He was feeling pretty confident eventually, and attempted to spread his territory. This made the British Empire pissed (he was probably still butthurt from surrendering, which effected the rest of his colonies) again, and they argued over territory, beginning the War of 1812.

Soon after this, America was really getting the hang of this independent, economy modernizing at a rapid pace, business, and even gained the territory of previously owned Florida from Spain. He started to feel pretty high and mighty during this period until 1861, when he discovers a flaw in his newly forming history, and that was the issue of slavery for the most part.

Some people interpret the Civil War as an unknown twin brother arriving out of nowhere and the two dueling, and some people interpret this part of history as a stressful time with America. Here, America sort of inwardly struggled with himself over certain morals and certain laws that needed to be written and set out. This is just something that happens with nations; they sort of go ballistic mentally during a Civil War. Eventually, though, America was able to conquer the other voice within his head and proceed on with modernizing.

America's perkiness revealed once more as he eagerly helped England, after a long awhile of not talking too much with him on a friendly basis, by sending him gifts to help him during WWI. A ship called the Lusitania that belonged to England was sunk by a German U-Boat. This made America flip tables and begin to intervene into World War I, assisting the rest of the Allied Powers to back up England, his former fatherly figure and brother after years of bickering. Though, America mainly wanted revenge on Germany instead of helping England like it may of seemed, mainly because American citizens were on board of the ship at the time of the sinking.
Plus, it was time for him to show off after sitting back and chillaxing as he remained neutral during the beginning of World War I.

From 1918-1919, America went into a high state of paranoia caused by the Red Scare. America, stressed and terrified, picked up heavily on drinking at this time, only to eventually put his foot down and stop soon after becoming an alcoholic and becoming a light weight no longer. The Prohibition Era started, and as alcohol was being prohibited, America was quitting drinking to build his strength and confidence. Alcohol wasn't bringing any ease to his stress and was actually making things worse.

Around this time, many Lithuanians traveled to America to live, and so, Alfred adopted an assistant for awhile. Toris Loranaitis came to live with Alfred for a good period, which was a relief to him as he was able to experience some peace away from Russia, who made it evident that America better not do anything to his "ex" as described in the comic when Toris comes to stay with Alfred. Toris and Alfred bonded easily, and by the time of the Great Depression, they helped each other during this terrible state.
America was bankrupt-- helpless-- sick-- miserable. He refused to get out of bed-- he refused to open his curtains-- he refused to work. To make matters worse, his good friend Lithuania was forcibly taken away and back to Eastern Europe. Alone, scared, broke, sick, depressed-- America found himself heavily depending on his president at the time, Roosevelt, who did everything he could to help America pull through this crisis. It wasn't easy. In fact, it took ten years for America to completely recover from his depression and illness that, once again, was aided by therapy as his citizens were treated with as much help as they could get.

In 1939, America occupied himself by sending gifts to the Allied Powers, aiding them in World War II. However, the Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor really got under America's skin, and he really just wanted all of this to stop. A part of it was cockiness, revenge and showing off, but a part of it was primarily irritation. He's be a hero and end this war by dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although it caused World War II to come to a close, it's a sensitive subject to both America and Japan. To this day, it's something else America refuses to talk about, probably because he recognizes what a jerk move it was, fueled by mainly arrogance. It doesn't help he did this after befriending Japan and helping to draw him out of isolation and into the Western world, showing hospitality, only to bomb him in the end. No, America will hardly ever talk about this event in history.

Feeling a bit insecure about himself, America reluctantly established what is known as a "special" relationship with England. Still holding a bit of grudges against the Britons, America wasn't too keen on becoming dependent on him again-- even if it wasn't the same way. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill insisted they share this bond with each other, and often forced the two on outings to get closer as they benefited from military and diplomatic uses the nations produced. America became a bit more accepting of England as a friend, mainly sucking benefits from England, while Arthur had trouble reconnecting to Alfred. With a lot of work, though, they became pretty good allies, leaving things in the past.

Then, in 1947, something amazing happened. America, fascinated with space, discovers the first space ship crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Excited with this discovery, America brings home Mr. Tony, as he calls him, and keeps him a secret for the longest time as his President asked him to. Although Tony's landing here was an accident, the little gray alien has become America's best friend. In the anime, he is depicted as foul mouthed and rude towards England, but America loves him nonetheless.

Not long after this short lived, happy discovery, the Cold War and Second Red Scare begin, putting America in another high state of paranoia. Russia was speaking of plans to harm America, leaving hints here and there of destroying-- or beating into a pulp if things and information weren't landing into his hands. America often watched his back during this time-- and the simplest thing would make him jump. England, too, was cautious, but wasn't as visually verbal about it as America.

From 1950-1953, America finds himself assisting the splitting of Korea, an unfamiliar person whom he had met back in the beginning of 1900's by a is communication as he explored Korea's waters. Korea was dealing with the threat of Communism too. Call it revenge and bitterness, if you will, as America jumped right in and helped assist South Korea against his Northern twin. Eventually, Russia claimed the Northern half and elected a Communist leader, while America befriended Korea and taught him the ways of capitalism, providing a capitalist president.
That wasn't the only Asian nation dealing with Communism. Vietnam, too, needed help. America assisted her as well to fight Communism in 1959 though a huge 1975 year span, but it ended in defeat, and Vietnam became Communist. During this time, American citizens were either all for war, or polar opposite against it and turned to a peace loving, freer lifestyle.

The Hippie Movement in the late 60's during the Vietnam War took a huge leap away from America's quaint, innocent lifestyle he had been leading to something radically different. Although the Hippie Movement was short lived, it greatly impacted America. The nation representative, himself, was found in a bit of confusion as he bravely fought, but turned around and objected to war. He confused a lot of other nations at this time with his hypocrisy, and when he wasn't seen battling or dealing with the stress, America tried to occupy his mind with a new change of music, turning to parties and rock music for comfort. Along this were also the consuming of recently discovered drugs.

In 1969, Neil Armstrong finally landed on the moon. America sort of went nuts as his ego skyrocketed and he taunted Russia with his archival. To this day, he still does, finding it a huge and fascinating accomplishment.

It was a short lived ego boost, though. Finally, with the Vietnam War ending in 1975 with an American defeat, America embraced what was left over from the Hippie Movement, and tried to occupy himself in art and mainly music as his confidence shrank a bit. On the flip side, the Space Race finally had ended, but tensions and rivalry between America and Russia ensued.

America developed his culture, technology, art, movies, and other recreational activities as he simmered down a bit from the 60's and 70's with the 80's. Angst between Russia was still happening, and America used all of these advancements to get his mind off of the Cold War when need be.
The Persian Gulf War was something else America dealt with, but it came and went in a year's time.
Finally in 1991, the Cold War supposedly "ended" when the USSR collapsed with his own problems, mostly financial. America is still skeptical of this, seeing as nobody actually "won". It just kind of faded away. He's still very suspicious of Russia and still considers him quite the rival despite recent agreements. We see this in the series as he bickers now and then with Russia, but also uses him now and then (such as making him really, really small condoms and shipping them to him.)

America continued to advance in technology and science as he enjoyed peace for about ten years. A handful of Presidents were gradually putting him in debt with their bright ideas that America obliviously went with, namely with China. There was some tension with Communist Cuba in the 90's, but what really alerted America was the attack on New York in 2001. Once again on high alert, he vowed never to let his guard down, he upped his defenses and security to an insane amount, and still is rather paranoid to this day.
America puts his foot down and declares war on Afghanistan, beginning War on Terror and dragging his typical back up along with.

Though, some things cannot be avoided. In 2005, a large hurricane hit America's land mass and put him in a terrible sickness, as often shown in the series when a crisis happens, the countries fill sick. It took a good while for him to recover, but he still attended his needed meetings when he felt he could, only to distract other with a running noise or obnoxious coughing with a flushed face.

In 2008, America elected President Obama for his boss. Engulfed in his charisma and pleasant way of speaking, America instantly felt tight bonds and hopes for this president. Though, currently, he does not enjoy all of this "change" Obama is eagerly putting him here. It's secretly making him nervous, stressed, and terrified for the future-- but-- Obama reassures him it'll all be alright, and America believes it. Ties with his good friend England are strained a bit as England is unsure of the War on Terror, and America finds himself leaning towards France once more for assistance. Being in debt with China, who is constantly growing his military, isn't comforting-- nor is the nuclear treaties with Russia America is being forced to make as of late.

It will be alright-- right?

Personality:

Often loud and boisterous, everybody he knows recognizes his voice and laughter before he's even in sight. Yes, probably the most obvious qualities of Alfred's personality is his incredible loudness and energy. It's practically unreal how energetic and noisy he can be; he's like a big kid, really, and taking that into account, he's very much naive still. Being naive, you will get a lot of curious question marks or bad interpretation when communicating with him. However, he will not admit how naive he is and try to impress other with his knowledge by lying or pretending he knows exactly what you're talking about or what he, himself, is actually doing when he really doesn't. This is all part of him being incredibly egotistical, along with wanting to fit in and accepted by everybody by impressing them. His ego is, in fact, one of the largest in the Hetalia cast, and he makes no effort to really hide it. This usually consists of boasting and bragging, but also by the way he considers himself the first and very best in possibly everything ever.

It can get irritating sometimes at how dense he can be, if his curiosity doesn't. Alfred usually sticks his nose and gets involved in everybody's business when it really isn't relevant to him. The reason for this is he mainly wants to impress other people as previously stated, or somehow bring glory to himself, other than actually caring for them. Evidence for this is getting involved in wars he's not a part of, or meddling with other countries and their business (as demonstrated in an episode where America interrupted England performing black magic.) You could be standing there and talking to somebody for some time before he pops up and questions what you're doing, who you are, explain who he is, etc, etc-- all very fast paced and hard to comprehend sometimes, and he's blissfully unaware he has a hard time communicating.

Alfred is stubborn like an ox and will often put things in denial for his pride's sake, even if it doesn't make sense. He's very much independent in his own mind, and will reject most help that is offered to him on the first try. This is caused by some odd independent complex he developed after the revolution. However, he'll eventually open up and allow assistance, but quickly cover up with an excuse like "I'm only letting you do this because you're so and so-- I'm independent!" In reality, though, Alfred cannot handle most situations on his own, and will not admit how dependent he really is. He'll allow others to assist him but "only because they're my backup."

Another trait that is obvious is his complaining, seeing as he is pretty much a wealthy and spoiled nation. When things don't quite go his way, he'll complain and complain and complain and complain instead of trying to find a solution first. After awhile of procrastinating, America will finally work hard to find a solution to his problem, usually jumping the gun and taking the easiest route out. Speaking of jumping the gun, he very much bases his decisions on an act of impulse in most cases instead of sitting down and thinking things through first, which leads him into even more trouble, and MORE complaining, until he's just outright furious and having a tantrum like a kid. Oh, and he won't blame himself-- for anything. It's usually a "Communist" or "England's" fault. This is possibly because he does his deal of grudge holding, which is another immature and negative trait in regards to his personality.

He's extremely paranoid, especially of other nations when they threaten him. In fact, he will refuse to breathe the same air of a Communist, more specifically members of the former USSR (an exaggeration, but you get the idea.) If he senses danger on himself, he will think of himself only and do whatever he can to protect himself-- first. This is often countered by his hero complex where he thinks he has to save everything ever in order to feel satisfied. It's a handy trait for him to have, actually, except when he gets annoying or in the way. Rescuing himself is a priority, though he wouldn't mind dying or getting injured in the at of heroism, or doing something noble just to obtain glory and self satisfaction...
Which leads me to his arrogance. Oh boy, is Alfred arrogant. Everything revolves around America. He's inconsiderate and often rude without really realizing it, usually shown by his constant "me" talk, or being very demanding and whining towards other people he is in contact with.

Even if he shows signs of flirtation, it's all just him trying to be the bees knees and show off. He's really not that romantic. The last thing he wants to think about is a relationship with somebody, to be honest. He would much rather blow stuff up or shoot at things or play video games or something. If anything, you'll get awkward, inexperienced making out with him, followed by cockiness after wards. Think of it as a hormonal teenager who just had sex; that would be America.

All that negativity aside, Alfred has a bunch of good aspects too. He will have these in depth moments of concern and care towards an individual and show extreme loyalty to them depending on the situation. If somebody needs help and he's not preoccupied, you can count on Alfred to be helpful in that way and hardworking. It's pretty easy to be his friend, and once you have reached a level of friendship, he will usually stick by you since he's rather desperate for friendships and being accepted.

He's usually a perky and happy person, which sometimes can spread and affect others. If his chattering doesn't irritate a person, you can guarantee he'll talk to you and be hospitable, sometimes not leaving you alone.
His hero complex is another thing. He's very obsessive about heroes, or explosions, food, sci-fi. I guess you could call it a catch phrase, but he often says "cause I'm a hero!" as an excuse for things, even if it makes no sense. The very mentioning of the word will peek his interest, if not have him barge into your private conversation.

There are a few subjects Alfred is sensitive about, and that's mainly talk about the American Revolution, which he still holds grudges about, and which is still a sad thing for him to dwell on as demonstrated in the series when he had to clean out his closet; a sign he gets very nostalgic. However, he will not admit that, and say he regrets nothing, mainly to comfort himself. Other topics include his hypersensitive reaction to talk about his weight or the mentioning of supernatural beings, namely ghosts. Both upsetting topics have been shown in the series such as when he visited countries to learn how to diet since England convinced him he was fat, or when he proceeded to watch a scary movie with Japan so he could "piss himself." Nothing else really scares him too much, showing immense bravery and heroic demeanor, but anything about ghosts will have him crying, and any teasing over his weight will upset him immensely. Even if you're just using the word "big" to describe something else about him-- or even something not even relevant to him, he will still easily get offended by the silliest things.

All that aside, I'll also make note America is spontaneous and will do things without rhyme or reason, usually just because he's "bored", or seemed like a good idea at the time. Examples of such ideas is refusing to wear clothes for a day, or putting gun powder into a toilet and setting it a light for his amusement. Alfred has to constantly be entertained, or else he would flip tables and do whatever he can at the time to be occupied. At times such as these you see his unearthly amount of immaturity, but also a sort of endearing way of creativity. People consider America to be unintelligent, when that really isn't the case. He's very smart, particularly with computers and science considering some of the most successful inventions come from America. However, consider him to be ignorant about a subject if it doesn't concern him because frankly, he really doesn't care unless it does in most cases. That is why he doesn't care about what the European map looks like besides the fact that "it has a giant boot on it!"

Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:

★ Nation immortality
Nations have lived longer than people have and there are only specific ways that nations can die. This is canon because the characters in the series are seen living through parts of their respectable countries. There are only specific ways countries can die, seeing as Grandpa Rome in the series is apparently dead. If this power needs to be lost when he is brought aboard AX, no worries.

★ Supernatural strength
America has super strength, seeing as in the series he lifts England's car. It's probably a symbol showing that America is a "strong" country, so he has strong stamina and can lift heavy things that normal humans wouldn't be able to.

★ Paranoia and insecurity
One of his weaknesses is definitely being overly suspicious of people, namely enemies in his past. He's also a very insecure individual considering his young age and all the responsibility he is given. Alfred usually repeats a lot of things to himself as a way to make himself feel more confident. It's easy to have his ego plummet by simple insults, and this can reveal a vulnerability about him.

★ Fear of ghosts
Although America is brave when it comes to many other things, the one thing that can really make him flip out is the mere mentioning of ghosts, let alone seeing one. Many people have used this to their advantage when arguing with him. This is a mental weakness, much like his paranoia and insecurity. He's pretty strong physically, as mentioned.

Inventory:

★ Tony
Yes, America will be having a pet/companion thing with him. His name is Tony, and he's nothing more than an obscene, little gray alien that is in the series. Tony usually only speaks in a language that America can understand or in strings of obscenity, but he is capable of speaking English and understanding it. He's very close to America, and Alfred considers him his "best friend." Tony is relatively harmless, he's just pretty offensive sometimes. Tony will be played by me, but he won't always be around. He looks simply like this. He's only about three feet in height and can probably fit into Alfred's locker, but no worries if he is not welcomed aboard the Tranquility. Just let me know!

★ .45 ACP gun
Just a hand gun with 25 bullets loaded, no extra ammo.

★ A Coca-cola.
Self explanatory; lukewarm.

★ His glasses.

★ Superman PJ bottoms.

★ A red hoodie.

★ This drawing he made when he first arrived aboard the Tranquility.

Appearance:

In modern clothing || Official WWII artwork ||
As you can see, America appears rather youthful with a choppy blond cut with his fringe swept to the side. A stray lump of hair seems to constantly stick up in the part of his hair; it's something very characteristic of Hetalia characters to have. His eyes are bright blue and hidden behind a frame of rectangular glasses in which he received after declaring his independence against England.
He's pretty muscular, and according to the Hetalia Wiki, he stands at 5'10", a rather average height. There are numerous jokes made in the series about America being fat, so he's got a little bit of pudge at his stomach and middle. Usually he's seen wearing a bomber jacket with his attire; casual or his military uniform. His skin is a medium tone; tanned but not too dark. Think of his physique as an athlete of some kind, or a military person.

Age:
America is exactly 236 years old as of July 2012. However, the canon says this is equal to 19 years old in human years, and that is how he appears. Although he is technically 236 years old, he still has quite the maturity age of a teenager.

AU Clarification: N/A, however-- America will return with vague memories of his first excursion here, but his memories will be vague.

SAMPLES
Log Sample:

After much note writing, exploring, contemplating, drawing things, America finally seemed confident enough to discuss his discoveries to the people of his world in person. It seems like some tensions might be relieved if they talk things through all together in person concerning what is going on here that could pertain to them. They're in space. This is serious shit.

America, of course, is in his room, having contacted his "back-up." America paced, feeling nervous like he often did when delivering a speech he had not really rehearsed to people. He'll have a few more minutes-- time to go over a few things. America held his teeth firm, then with an alarming voice, he spoke.
"So, I'll start off like this: OKAY EVERYONE. LISTEN UP. You know they'll need to put their attention on me! Ahem, so-- I know all your ideas are going to suck major balls, so we're going to go by my plan! Alright! First thing is first.... In the event of a malicious alien encounter, have your self defense ready. Belarus, get our blades out and aim for the eyes. Hungary, kick its ass with your.. ass-kicking powers or whatever, and Austria... yell in Austrian or German or whatever the hell you speak. And me, well, I'll do the most important job and shooting it in the head when the time is right. You all can thank me later with compliments and presents. For the record, just in case I do something outstanding, which is highly likely, I would like some more ammo for my gun-- or like, porn and some waffle fries. Find me some waffle fries, and that will be GOOD ENOUGH. That's a deal in and of itself! You all will be under my command, so be sure you know my pledge of allegiance! We'll recite it to PULL US ALL TOGETHER! TOGETHER, UNITED, ONE COMMON GOAL, ONE COMMON ENDEAVOR, ON COMMON NEED TO GET EVERYBODY'S ASSES TO LAS VEGAS. We're like the little engine that could! Bringing all that ammunition up the mountain and blowing things up the smitherings, yo!"

America could have sworn he hard an eagle cry in the background. His fist was clutched in a dramatic display as he radiated in his own arrogance. It was moments like this that Alfred felt on the highest mount, which he would argue with and say it's Rushmore. Nothing could shoot him down after a moving speech like that.

He held his pose for a moment. Alfred glanced over at Tony, his alien friend, who sat hunched in a chair and ate from a bag of chips.

"--Mentioning porn in a speech concerning us all trapped here on a space ship with no way out probably isn't the best thing, huh? Okay, I'll be sure just to mention waffle fries. That is only in the case of meeting an alien encounter! Now then! On the subject of the occurrence of an alien zombie apocalypse, aim for the head no matter what! That is your---"

He stops and looks at the door when somebody knocks at it. America huffed, "That better have been Hungary, and she better have brought the booze."  He shuffled a few written pieces of paper out of his way, cause hell, there were a lot of them. He had been taking a lot of notes. Some possibly useful, and some not so much.

With that, America walked over to his door, opening it with his chest puffed out in pride and a smile on his face.

Comms Sample I:
_{[ taken from a previous post here in ataraxion: ]}

YO. WHAT IS UP MY HOMESLICES. America here! If you don't know me yet, it's awesome to meet you...! I'm probably one of the coolest cats on this ship, so you should be my friend and give me all your positive attention! I carry a gun, so if you need a hero or anything, I'm the guy to talk to! I also work in the gunnery if you have any questions regarding that!
My super awesome Tony bro spoke with you all a few days ago; if you have questions regarding him or how I'm the embodiment of a country, you're being too nosy and curious, but feel free to ask! It's complicated and you probably won't understand jack-shit!

Right! So, how is everybody recovering from that jump? It seems like we're going to be doing that a lot and I really don't appreciate being excluded from shit happening by being put in a chamber all the time; do you? It's like all secretive and bull crap and I don't like it. We could be literally ANYWHERE in space or time or worlds or WHATEVER with stuff like that happening! That's right! You should totally be freaked out about all of this!
Once you're done soaking that slice of info in, I'll tell you a way you can make the stress and panic level go down.

[ a very brief pause. ]

--Okay!! So, I've seen people asking around as to what there is to do around here besides solving what our purpose is here. As important as that is, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, right? Am I right or am I right? I need a stress reliever or something; not like I'm weak or anything. Hahahhahaa! But you know what I mean! Anybody feeling antsy? Sort of bored?

That is why I am proposing something here! What if we started a sports team or something?
A good American sport! I'm talking about BASEBALL. Surely there's a place on here large enough for some baseball or something, right? Anybody interested in forming a team?
If not baseball, weekly poker night somewhere should happen! Or any other suggestions! The ones you give me will probably be stupid, but I'll listen anyway!
You see, I get really bored and creative when all I'm doing is work... and I have a chainsaw. And it works really well, I have found out. I'm sort of really wanting something else to occupy my time right now! Cocaine and drawing dicks only does so much!

ATTENTION COUNTRIES: On the topic of work, I've been arranging our second world conference for the nation representatives (you know who you are!) and it is scheduled for tomorrow night. There is still some information lacking, so I did the liberty to fill it out cause a few of you guys are jackasses and wouldn't do it! Look, I did a kickass job cause you guys are dicks; you should thank me for doing your work for you! Hahahahaa!

Here I go:

[ And here, America sends out a text. ]

HUMAN NAME: Francis Bonerfoy
COUNTRY NAME / REPRESENTATIVE: the nation of cheese and garlic
LANGUAGE(S): honhonhonhon
DO YOU HAVE A DICK OR TITS: I have ze dick, s'il vous plait.
WHAT YEAR IS IT: I do not care because I am le tired.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE SOVIET UNION: Non! I have only been affiliated with my ego!
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED BEING APART OF THE SOVIET UNION BEFORE IT FELL: Non!
DO YOU WISH THE SOVIET UNION WAS STILL TOGETHER: Absolutely non!
ARE YOU A COMMUNIST: NON I AM SO OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING YOU SAY BECAUSE I AM FRENCH.
IF NOT, WHAT TYPE IS YOUR GOVERNMENT: ZE FRENCH KIND WITH ZE BAGUETTES.
DO YOU SPELL WORDS WITH A "U" IN THEM FOR NO REASON (exp: colour, harbour): I ONLY SPELL IN ZE FRENCH.
TEA OR COFFEE: WINE BECAUSE I AM A WINO.
ARE YOU IN HEAVY DEBT: I owe Mr. America my life! He is my hero!
DOES MR. AMERICA CURRENTLY OWE YOU ANYTHING:  See above!
ARE YOU AN AXIS POWERS / HAVE BEEN IN THE AXIS POWERS (SPECIFY WHICH): NON.
ARE YOU AN ALLIED POWERS / HAVE BEEN IN THE ALLIED POWERS (SPECIFY WHICH): OUI OUI OUI OUI.
ARE YOU NEUTRAL OR PREFER NEUTRALITY ACCORDING TO YOUR HISTORY: garlic.
DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF HOSTILITY TOWARDS CAPITALISM, AMERICANS, MR. AMERICA, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, HAMBURGERS AND/OR RONALD MCDONALD OR THE FACT AMERICA WAS THE FIRST ON THE MOON: NON!
WHO WON THE COLD WAR: Mr. America of course! Ahh, he is such a hero!
DO YOU HATE ENGLAND, OR ANYTHING AFFILIATED WITH ENGLISHMEN (exp: big brows, bad cooking, tophats, monocles): I HATE ZE BRITISH MORE THAN ANYTHING IN ZE ENTIRE WORLD. FUCK THEM. I AM FRENCH.
IS MR. AMERICA YOUR HERO OR HAS AIDED YOU IN THE PAST WHICH YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR: OUI HE IS ALWAYS MY HERO.
IF NOT, DO YOU WISH HE WAS YOUR HERO: HE IS ALWAYS MY HERO.
CAN HE BE YOUR FRIEND: OUI I ONLY DREAM OF HAVING A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.


HUMAN NAME: Ivan Boobganski
COUNTRY NAME / REPRESENTATIVE: THE COMMUNIST COUNTRY OF RUSSIA. We are Communist and secret about it, da.
LANGUAGE(S): COMMUNST-ESE.
DO YOU HAVE A DICK OR TITS: Da. A very small dick.
WHAT YEAR IS IT: I am too drunk and fat to know.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE SOVIET UNION: Da.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED BEING APART OF THE SOVIET UNION BEFORE IT FELL: Da.
DO YOU WISH THE SOVIET UNION WAS STILL TOGETHER: Da.
ARE YOU A COMMUNIST: Da.
IF NOT, WHAT TYPE IS YOUR GOVERNMENT: Communist.
DO YOU SPELL WORDS WITH A "U" IN THEM FOR NO REASON (exp: colour, harbour): Da.
TEA OR COFFEE: Vodka.
ARE YOU IN HEAVY DEBT: Da.
DOES MR. AMERICA CURRENTLY OWE YOU ANYTHING: Da.
ARE YOU AN AXIS POWERS / HAVE BEEN IN THE AXIS POWERS (SPECIFY WHICH): Da.
ARE YOU AN ALLIED POWERS / HAVE BEEN IN THE ALLIED POWERS (SPECIFY WHICH): Allies.
ARE YOU NEUTRAL OR PREFER NEUTRALITY ACCORDING TO YOUR HISTORY: Da.
DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF HOSTILITY TOWARDS CAPITALISM, AMERICANS, MR. AMERICA, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, HAMBURGERS AND/OR RONALD MCDONALD OR THE FACT AMERICA WAS THE FIRST ON THE MOON: Da.
WHO WON THE COLD WAR: Mr. America by default.
DO YOU HATE ENGLAND, OR ANYTHING AFFILIATED WITH ENGLISHMEN (exp: big brows, bad cooking, tophats, monocles): Da.
IS MR. AMERICA YOUR HERO OR HAS AIDED YOU IN THE PAST WHICH YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR: Da. I am so envious of him and his muscles.
IF NOT, DO YOU WISH HE WAS YOUR HERO: Da.
CAN HE BE YOUR FRIEND: Da.

IN YOUR DREAMS. RUSSIA.

Alright! Thanks a lot for your time! And all you countries, I'll see you tomorrow in room 176!

_{Sample II:
[ here's an extra one. setting is the tranquility; proof of how he handles text messages ]}

_{Holy shit, dudes. This is incredible. We're in SPACE, MAN. Like, way outer space! Like, boldly-go-where-nobody-has-gone-before-Star-Trek kind of space! BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY, HAH!! I even got this kickass body suit, hell fucking yes!
This is AMAZING.... I don't remember anything though. Does anybody remember how we got here? Whose ship is this? It isn't anything American, that's for sure. And hell I refuse to believe those Russian bastards built anything like this. What is this?? This is... it must be... ....
O.K, dudes and dudettes, nobody panic! We've only been kidnapped by aliens, this is O.K. More than likely they're Communists, or with some kind of funky Commie influence or some shit. If you make contact with one, don't freak out, got it?
O.K, no panicking. That's not cool. Right, I know all about this shit. Aliens are not things you should tamper with unless you have a pack of Reeses Pieces. Stay calm, everyone. Should you need a hero for anything ever, feel free to contact me! I'LL BE YOUR HERO FOR ANYTHING YOU NEED, BROS. SPACE. THIS IS MY TURF.}

_{Alfred F. Jones, signing out!}