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Hey! its Kustaa again! I have no idea why Karla believed we would stick to a prompt on what we are posting next, mistake on her part, but instead of explaining how we work vs how the nations work (because we are different from the nations) im going down a list of some of my favorite shenanigans we have done as a collective.

The first, and one of my favorites, are the relationship boards. During the world wars (and the proxy wars around then) we were in and out of both the US military and some of the other militaries (think... joining allies and infiltrating the other side) and because we were getting info onto of just being in the military we ended up seeing what the nations were up to. Specifically we ended up keeping track of all of the hookups we caught (and how many times who was with who), weather is was a relationship, friends with benefits, one night stand, or hate fucking. we have several boards for this. One is a color coded string board to show who fucked who (the colors being the nature of the relationship), another is the frequency, and another for location (we got bored). there is one for WW1, and another for WW2. There are other boards but of them the relationship one is the funniest because mom refuses to look at it for too long due to not wanting to remember being cursed with this knowledge. And our uncles also get slightly embarrassed when we bring it out because they are 100% on there. More than once. 

Then there is the incident during the Cold War when we were living in Ivan's walls. Its self explanatory, but due to the whole secrecy thing we are extremely good at not getting caught and at pulling of Bullshit stunts. Im talking we made a whole little base under his house and burrowed in his walls. and you might be asking how, cause ya know, those kind of houses had thick walls because they were made of brick and my answer, making specific pathways through the brick just might enough to shimmy through while avoiding load bearing areas. Also that house had walls that were thicker than most because of Ivan's tendency to try and make things warmer, so the thicker walls were for extra insulation. Though mostly we operated via being just below the floor and outer walls (which were the thickest of the walls), the inner walls were for the second floor. though there was a bit of wiggle room for hanging out in the ceiling in some areas. We kinda drove Onkel Gil and dėdė Tolys a bit mad because they kept catching sight of us and we kept adding things to their stash of "contraband", and once it was all over they did scold us a bit. Though Dėdė Tolys did laugh that one time Ravis accidentally called our mom "mom".

there was also that one time we fucked with Arthur for a week, each day we filled masks with snow, then got it to stick to trees, meaning that each tree on his street was left with several snow molds of a face. and only his street. We also made snowmen directly in front of his house each night, meaning he would take up to about 5 snowmen infont of his house, staring at it, and usually wearing stuff we stole from him. We would follow him to work to throw snowballs from odd places (think the roof, an alleyway, out a car, places he wouldn't realistically be able to find us, or point anyone out for being a repeat offender). We broke into his house and kept carefully bringing his Christmas tree outside. he brought it in every time, and would wake up to it outside again. Once he tried to stay awake to try and prove it was one of his brothers, but we prepared, and one of the times he got up for tea (probably around 5 in the morning?), he came back to it gone and outside (granted that involved a bit of magic). then we just. stoped. we didn't do a single thing. until February. then we repeated the week (this time having to unpack the tree and decorate it exactly the same). the first time we did this was around the 60s, and we do this at least once every decade or so. he got cameras to try and catch us now, but its pretty easy to just mess with them to not get caught.

Lastly there is the whole "kidnaping Ravis thing" I mentioned last post. We quit literally just walked into his house, picked him up and put him in the car. I wasn't one of the ones who went to get him, but I was on the plane back home, he seemed to still be processing the fact we just. took him. once we were home we brought him to the room we made for him and then for several days we just made sure he and mom were never in the same part of the house. Family dinner is only once a week so we just brought him food and took turns eating with him till family dinner. A few times we had to rush one or the other out of a room so they didn't cross paths, but for the most part it was pretty easy to hide him. When to family dinner time we made sure he was sitting and had a plate already before mom came in, and truly mom didn't really react much, I dont know if he somehow knew, or if it was simply a case of knowing us well enough to know what had happened. Mom just welcomed him to the family and asked him if he needed anything for his room, any clothes, and what his food preferences are so he could add it to the rotation.

there are several more, but I am being told the post is getting a bit long, so for now ill just leave it at these four. and thus ends my talk of shenanigans for now

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Hey guys! This is Kustaa! I want to go off topic and share some stories of shenanigans instead of giving explanations to our existence, but first I need to explain our relationship with the other nations, or more specifically, the very few who know about us.

The nations at large do not know we exist, mostly due to the fact that since we became independent Mom (what we call Alfred due to him pretending to be a woman as a way to not arouse suspicion as to why he had so many kids when it came to not getting caught by humans, and it just stuck) he has been given strict orders to not tell any other nations, no matter how close (not even Uncle Mattie knew for a while), and this order has been reinstated with each new president. there are a few exceptions. I also got a bit bored and add how some of them reacted to running into us during the wars. that list is:

ps: you will notice a trend of us calling them some form of uncle, this is because due to mom being so drastically outnumbered by us and unable to tell any of the others they kinda just... took up position, this is more about Onkel Gil, Dėdė Tolys, and Zio Vino as the rest of the uncles mentioned are related. they also have a habit of being overprotective (specifically when it comes to any actual fights/battles), but that's just because to them we are "babies" due how young we are comparatively. to them its like if they found a micronation in a war uniform, sure we are physically older, but that's just due to how the states age vs Nations. I mean in all fairness some of us are physically older than mom, who they still see and being really young, so to them- despite how physically old we are, and how capable we are- they still kinda feel responsible for keeping us safe when around, especially since they are part of our family.

Prussia:

Onkel Gil found out when he showed up to train Mom for the revolution, found him wrangling some of the older ones cause they were trying to join the fight. He caught us on both sides of the war both World wars. Not only did he teach Mom, but he taught a majority of us as well so he is one of the few who are able to spot us about 40%-50% of the time. If we were on the same side he would tail us at a distance not wanting to put too much attention on us by showing interest, but occasionally he would buddy up to us a bit under the guise of 'taking a shine to the new recruit'. caught us sneaking files and snooping once or twice but would always just look the other way and scold us later for getting caught. Any training done with him around was harsher and more intense as he wanted to make sure we had the ability to stay safe out there for as long as we could. if we met on the battlefield it turned into him testing out abilities, seeing how much of what he taught us was still there. Usually tried to do it away from the main fight so that we didn't get caught in the crossfire of anything, but it was always a test of skill when met. In WW2 he actively helped us get people out of the country and getting us info when he could, and when he was sent to a camp due to being an albino we were quick to get him out.

Tolys:

Dėdė Tolys found out when he came to live with us, kinda hard to hide that many kids from the person living with us (he got hooked on moonshine while around, and I mean the proper shit cause those states have been working on the recipe for a long ass time). When he caught us in the wars, if we were on the same side he would stick to us like glue, make sure we were properly training, making sure we weren't injured, making sure we ate, weren't getting sick, etc. Major mother hen when around, and he got teased at times for it. When on opposite sides this man would legit try to just, kidnap us off the battle field. He knocked Rytas unconscious once and dragged him away from the fight, just kinda standing guard till near the end where he let himself be run off by a few of the soldiers who were serving with Rytas'. The second he spotted us it became a mission of getting us as far away from the battle field and making sure we remained as uninjured as possible. Even if it meant ambushing us to do it. Did catch a few of us doing some dumb and reckless shit and scolded us for it after making sure we were ok, but for the most part if we got caught, his mission became getting us away from the fighting.

Lovino:

Zio Vino Same as Tolys. When we were caught by him it he was similar to Tolys, I think the two made a pact on what they would do if they found us running around the battle field. If on the same side he did that "pretending not to be a mother hen, but 100% being a mother hen" thing he does, constantly keeping an eye on us either whereever we were stationed or on the battle field. if on opposite sides he would do whatever he could to get us away from the main fight. (though there were several times they only saw us because we did something reckless and-or dumb, and would scold us for said reckless behavior after making sure we were ok.) He straight up tackled Merlin once so that they fell into a covered trench and just, refused to let him get up till the fighting died down a bit. He knew anyone in his military was there for info, and he even helped, distracting higher ups, casually mentioning important studs around us, choosing places for meetings that we could eavesdrop on with less chances of getting caught, etc.

Matthew:

found out after WW1, specifically when the depression started as Mom was debating sending the younger kids to live with uncle Mattie for a while, but ultimately didn't (tho Uncle Mattie did help out a lot). During WW2 if he spotted any of us he would get this extremely exasperated look and then spend the entire time we were serving in the same area being overprotective (or reigning us in, and ruining our fun. because apparently sneaking off to go vandalize the enemy base as a phycological tactic is "needlessly reckless" and "not worth the risk"). if we were on opposite sides he would yell at us to 'get the fuck out of the thick of it' in one of our native languages (he alternated as to not arise suspicion) and then draw attention to himself to give us a chance to get out. if we didn't, he would proceed to use any and all means to force us into retreat or just getting away (he chased Dorota through a battle field with a flame thrower once because she was being a little shit and refused to leave. he didn't actually burn her, just gave her an excuse for the retreat while also not giving her a choice in the matter, but the message was pretty clear, if Uncle Mattie catches us, we gotta go quick)

Mathias:

Morbror Mat found out sometime during 1937 when he came to check up on Mom and due to stuff happening at the time ended up meeting us instead. He is the only Nordic that knows Mom and Uncle Mattie are Berwald's kids. To be fair we only know because our grandmother admitted it when Stellen was born, and that Berwald had left for home before she was showing. She knew but didn't tell him because she had helped talk him through some of the relationship issues he and Timo had been having at the time and knew that Berwald truly loved Timo. Mom made him promise not to tell, but he has been around as much as possible since he found out, wanting to ''make up for lost time with his nephew and his nephew's kids''. Not that he will ever admit it, but he has a bit of anger towards grandma for not telling Berwald, and I can tell it eats away at him sometimes that he can't say anything to the other Nordics. Grandma knows it, but I dont think they have actually talked about it yet. In WW2 anytime he was in the same area or ran into us at camps or on the battle field he would either wordlessly join us and tail us till we got moved (or the battle was over) or in the event that he ran into one of the ones on the other side he would kinda herd us away from the main fight and then do a mini fake fight till majority of the battle was done (his way of not letting us get hurt under his watch but not getting us caught) then part ways under the pretense of mutual retreat.

Side note: Honestly we learned pretty quick with all of them that if we were caught, we needed to get out of the center of battle and stick to the outskirts where we were less likely to get hurt or get caught in crossfire as much as we didn't like it, an often times tried to find ways around it, it was easier to just give them a small piece of mind that for the moment we were safer, they were already dealing with enough, so letting them fret and fuss in their own ways wasn't that bad in the long run. plus they usually reported to mom that they saw us and that we were ok, so it gave mom some peace of mind as well.

Ravis:

we kinda adopted him when we were living in Ivan's Walls during the Cold War, and dragged him into helping us cause shenanigans around the house. That kid was in major need of a confidence boost and we called dibs on him. We actually kidnapped him not long after he officially got out of the USSR, and he spent a while at our house. at first we didn't tell mom, and then we eventually just dragged him to family diner and mom took one look at him, saw us treating him like family, and said fuck it, guess I have another kid. He and Avar are really "close" (they have been dancing around each other for a while, and I can't tell if they are already dating and pretending not too to stop the rest of us from teasing them, or genuinely aren't together yet)

Emil:

kinda?... not specifically? When some of the nordic states (me included) were bouncing around the Scandinavian militaries we found Iceland hiding out in his brothers Militaries, and bouncing to another when/if he got killed. Eiro got shot infront of him (didn't die, but close to fatal), and then when Emil (who had been killed, and just healed quicker) was trying to bring his body back in an attempt to get them healed, they bounced back up with majority of the damage gone and scared the shit out of Emil. Eiro said something to the effect of 'I know you are Iceland. I am something similar but I cant say anything about who or what I am, but I promise we are just here to help' We never told him what we were, but we did all introduce ourselves whenever we saw him. Even helped him hide from his brothers when they were assigned to the same area as him (we are pretty sure they caught on to the fact that Emil was somewhere in their militaries and were trying to find him to send him home). In WW1, he was just in Finland's (and the other Nordics somewhat followed suit, though while Mathias, Berwald, and Lukas were all aware of where the others were and who was active when, they weren't aware of Emil's involvement. In WW2 he was able to bounce around more, and therefore was able to be active more often (as he had to take longer in-betweens in WW1 as to not get caught). We still kinda hang out, and meet ups at times, but we have never specified what we are or anything. Just a mutual understanding of "also some kind of immortal, and probably some kind of nation or something similar" and no questions asked about it.

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Meet the Joneses

Alright! so, lets do a line up, this is a comprehensive list of who is who, how old, and when they were born, and after this post we will be doing a bit of a deep dive into how the states work vs the nations and what that means for us. Now without further ado, time to list the little gremlins -Karla

O13 States (eldest)

Delaware: Stellen D. Jones: January 7th, 1758 Age: 29

Pennsylvania: Karla P. Jones: July 12th, 1758 Age: 29

New jersey: Lorenzo J. Jones: October 18th, 1758 Age: 29

Georgia: Monika G. Jones: January 2nd, 1760 age: 28

Connecticut: Nadia C. Jones: March, 9th, 1760 age: 28

Massachusetts: Cassandra M. Jones: July 18th, 1760 age: 28

Maryland: Marilyn Mary Jones: April 28th, 1762 age: 27

North Carolina: Gavina C. Jones: May 23rd, 1762 age: 27

South Carolina: Fianna C. Jones: May 23rd, 1762 age: 27

New Hampshire: Liepa H. Jones: December 2nd, 1762 age: 27

Virginia: Elise V. Jones: March 25th, 1764 age: 26

West Virginia: Lana V. Jones: March 25th, 1764 age: 26

New York: Felix Y. Jones: July 26th, 1764 age: 26

Rhode Island: Mia R. Jones: October 29th, 1764 age: 26

OG 13 State Capitals

D.C: Logan C. Jones: July 16, 1766 age: 25

Dover: Kustaa D. Jones: May 4th, 1766 Age:25

Harrisburg: Alexander H. Jones: February 24th, 1768 age: 24

Trenton: Eren T. Jones: June 27th, 1768 age: 24 

Atlanta: Marie A. Jones: August 16th, 1768 age: 24

Annapolis: Rosalie A. Jones: January 19th, 1770 age: 23

Boston: Sorina B. Jones: June 15th, 1770 Age:  23

Hartford: Rytas H. Jones: September 23, 1770 age: 23

Columbia: Merlin C. Jones: May 7th, 1772 age: 22

Raleigh: Viktor R. Jones: October 7th, 1772 age: 22

Concord:Dorota C. Jones: December 12th, 1772 age: 22

Albany: Chiara A. Jones: April 7th, 1774 age: 21

Richmond: Jakob R. Jones: October 21st, 1774 age: 21

Providence: Estevo P. Jones: May 17th, 1776 age: 20

Montpelier: Eiro M. Jones: October 8th, 1776 age: 20 

Younger States

Vermont: Dominik V. Jones: March 4th, 1783 age: 19

Kentucky: Olivia K. Jones: May 1st, 1783 age: 19

Tennessee: Mariel T. Jones: March 7th, 1784 age: 18

Ohio: Noah O. Jones: July 17th, 1784 age: 18

Louisiana: Claire L. Jones: April 30, 1786 age: 17

Indiana: Aiyla I. Jones: June 11, 1786 age: 17

Mississippi: Alice M. Jones: December 10th, 1786 age: 17

Illinois: Pallaton I. Jones: February 3rd, 1789 age: 16

Alabama: Alana A. Jones: June 13th, 1789 age: 16

Maine: Leva M. Jones: December 15th, 1789 age: 16

Missouri: Korri M. Jones: January 26th, 1795 age: 15

Arkansas: Dallas A. Jones: May 15th, 1795 age: 15

Michigan: Avar M. Jones: September 10th, 1795 age: 15

Florida: Flora F. Jones: March 3rd, 1804 age: 14

Texas: Sebastian T. Jones: June 29th, 1804 age: 14

Iowa: Nova I. Jones: December 28th, 1804 age: 14

Wisconsin: Axel W. Jones: March 29, 1811 age: 13

California: Evora C, Jones: July 9th, 1811 age: 13

Minnesota: Luvianna M. Jones: October 11th, 1811 age: 13

Oregan: James O. Jones: January 29th, 1817 age: 12

Kansas: Katrin K. Jones: October 20, 1817 age: 12

Nevada: Julien N. Jones: March 1st, 1824 age: 11

Nebraska: Lian August 1st, 1824 age: 11

Colorado: Fritz C. Jones: October 31st, 1824 age: 11

North Dakota: Lulla D. Jones: June 2nd, 1832 age: 10

South Dakota: Svana D. Jones: June 2nd, 1832 age: 10

Montana: Nikolai M. Jones: December 8th, 1832 age: 10 

Washington: Adrian W. Jones: April 10th, 1838 age: 9

Idaho: Klaus I. Jones: July 3, 1838 age: 9

Wyoming: Oscar W. Jones: November 11th, 1838 age: 9

Utah: Ancia U. Jones: January 4th, 1850 age: 8

Oklahoma: Kai O. Jones: April 6th, 1850 age: 8

New Mexico: Alicia M. Jones: November 16th, 1850 age: 8

Arizona: Luta A. Jones: January 6th, 1861 age: 7

Alaska: Anya A. Jones: April 14, 1861 age: 7

Hawaii: Leilani H. Jones: December 24, 1861 age: 7

Territories

Guam: Ina G. Jones: July 11th, 1883 age: 6

Puerto Rico: Benito R. Jones: October 13th, 1883 age:6

Virgin Islands: Beret Freja Jones: March 32st, 1902 age:5

American Samoa: Sefina S. Jones: February 20th, 1903 age: 5

Northern Mariana Islands: Nari M. Jones: November 4th, 1908 age: 5

Cities:

Dallas: Dylan D. Jones: April 4th, 1953 age: 4

Philadelphia: Erika P. Jones: October 3rd, 1956 age: 4

NYC: Nathan Y. Jones: August 9th, 1957 age: 4

Manhattan: Stefan M. Jones: July 7th, 1963 Age: 4

Miami: Alvaro M. Jones: May 28th, 1968 age: 3

Los Angeles: Lucca Angel Jones: February 9th, 1972 age: 3

Chicago: Bianca C. Jones: February 9th, 1972 age: 3

Hollywood: Satomi Holly Jones: September 7th, 1979 age: 2

Phoenix: Zoe P. Jones: June 14th, 1984 age: 2

Seattle: Owen S. Jones: June 16th, 1988 age: 2

Portland: Kaji P. Jones: April 16th, 1991 age: 1

New Orleans: Elliott O. Jones: August 14th, 1997 age: 1

New Philadelphia: Ausra P. Jones: November 14th, 2003 age: >1 (sometime around 10 months)

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Hello!! This is going to be a little thing of info and shit posts on the states+. For a bit any info will be stuff we have had for years, but in the unlikely event people stumble onto this blog, feel free to ask questions!

For some context we say states+ because on top of the state personifications, we have got the 13 colony capitals (plus Vermont's), US territories, plus some big cities. There is not update cycle, there is no projected idea of how this is gonna go, this is just gonna be random shit thrown together