Well, finally, after months of resources hunting, I present to you:
ASEAN nations profiles!
Orrie's version
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Warning! Read this first!
#1 I am by anyway not declaring myself as an expert in history field or something, well I'm not even a student from history or international relations major! I made these profiles and charts based from my limited research and observations from books, internet, and rl, therefore, the possibilities of errors and mistakes are feasible.
If you do find mistakes though, then by all means do kindly correct me.
Please take it like a grain of salt, I have no intentions to criticize any actual countries. (Just like to imagine them as human personalities and interact to each other just like normal people).
#2 This ASEAN series is basically inspired by Himaruya's Axis Powers Hetalia series, and I borrowed Thailand and Vietnam character design from the canon ones already made by him, the rest 8 nations are original character nations by me.
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Okay then! Now onwards to the profiles!
Name : State of Brunei Darussalam
Capital : Bandar Seri Begawan
Language : Malay, English
Birthday : 01/01
Flower :
SimporAge appearance : 14
A secluded and conservative nation, she's known for her attitude of being calm and discreet.
In fact, she's so quiet that whenever other nations are talking to her, they automatically lower their voice too.
Apparently she's quite rich due to many oil reserves that she has in her house.
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Name : Kingdom of Cambodia
Capital : Phnom Penh
Language : Khmer
Birthday : 09/11
Flower :
RumdulAge appearance : 19
A hot blooded and proud nation with great
cultures hidden within his soil.
He has a glorious past as a wealthy kingdom in Indochina region, but now he's so poor he needs other nations' support to keep him running.
This wounds his pride so much he can't forgive himself.
For some reason, he really dislike Thailand and keep a distance
from his neighbor, Vietnam.
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Name : Republic of Indonesia
Capital : Jakarta
Language : Indonesian
Birthday : 17/08
Flower :
Moon OrchidAge appearance : 19
At the past he's rolling as the biggest empire in Southeast Asia and roaming around the sea across to Australia till Madagascar,
but now he's a laid back nation who likes to enjoy life
and works at his own pace.
He's quite a religious man yet also likes
mystical things at the same time.
Boasting as the land of thousand colors due to huge range of diverse cultures in his place, but sometimes, he has a
difficult time managing all of them.
He tends to be underrated a lot by other nations and the ring of fire around his house often giving him hard times too.
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Name : Lao People's Democratic Republic
Capital : Vientiane
Language : Lao
Birthday : 19/07
Flower :
Dok ChampaAge appearance : 16
He's a humble nation who doesn't like to stand up much among his ASEAN peers and practically quite a shy and introverted boy.
And yet, what potentials he actually hides
underneath his shy appearance?
He shares similar cultures with Thailand, but he's not really close to him.
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Name : Malaysia
Capital : Kuala Lumpur
Language : Malay
Birthday : 31/08
Flower :
HibiscusAge appearance : 17
An ambitious young man who have a dream to be
the center of Asia someday in the future.
He's once the patron of Singapore for a short while until
Singapore went to live on his own,
ever since then their relationships become a bitter one
like those of cats and dogs.
He's a very religious and uptight nation, but who would have thought that he's actually a hot passionate man behind the sarong?
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Name : Union of Myanmar
Capital : Naypyidaw
Language : Burmese
Birthday : 04/01
Flower :
PanduakAge appearance : 18
Once she was a shy but determined young nation who occasionally got picked on by her neighboring countries, now she's a super gruff nation whose stubborn attitudes often makes her ASEAN counterparts
(and the rest of the world) dizzy.
She holds a lot of secret within her and doesn't talk much to others, but behind her stern and intimidating exterior, there's actually a very sensitive, tender soul inside.
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Name : Republic of the Philippines
Capital : Manila
Language : Tagalog, English
Birthday : 12/06
Flower :
Sampaguita JasmineAge appearance : 17
A firm nation who, despite her house being constantly hit with problems, is still managed to keep her warm smile for everyone.
In appearance, she looks like your everyday life,
nice and cheerful sister,
but when she really gets mad, she could throw some scenes!
America and Japan are her idols, in fact she really adores them to the point she's almost become some kind of fujoshi.
She loves cute things and takes karaoke to a much higher level than the average nations.
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Name : Republic of Singapore
Capital : Singapore
Language : English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
Birthday : 09/08
Flower :
Vanda Miss Joaquim OrchidAge appearance : 15
A strict and diligent nation who likes to keep everything under control.
He has a fetish for hygiene to the point that it's forbidden
for his citizens to even own a single chewing gum.
(Rumor has it that he hires a 'special squad' to clean and brush up his city every morning).
He's also good at managing money and business.
Desperately wants to have nothing to do with his neighbors, Malaysia and Indonesia, but unfortunately he can't escape from them.
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Name : Kingdom of Thailand
Capital : Bangkok
Language : Thai
Birthday : 24/06
Flower :
RatchapruekAge appearance : 19
Namely the land of smile, he is indeed an easy going nation who likes to entertain others and always smile in most occasions.
His cooking is so famous it makes most foreigners believe that every exotic spices and seasonings from Southeast Asia
must be coming from Thailand.
His hobbies include cooking, cultivating, and cross dressing. He's also quite open with his 'down under' business compared to his ASEAN friends and he loves his king so much.
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Name : Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Capital : Ho Chi Minh City
Language : Vietnamese
Birthday : 02/09
Flower :
LotusAge appearance : 17
A very brave and determined girl, she's managed to drive out every power who's messing in her house and her endurance is amazing.
She's a hard working nation and has a great passion to pursue higher education and better economy for her household.
She also has a strong agriculture root and loves to spend her free time in her rice fields.
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And here's a chart of some sort;
I try to depict their relationships as far as I could see, of course I've probably conclude it wrong, but if that's the case, please enlighten me!
Sorry for the tiny image, orz I accidentally lost my bigger file and feel lazy to remake it again.
Note :
* If there's no arrows from certain nation to another certain nation, then it means either they're doing nice and okay or there's nothing special between them.
* Myanmar is an exception though, because she's basically going on "Well, you guys sure are valuable allies, but I prefer not to indulge much with lots of you kthxbye," to all of them.....perhaps I'm wording it too harsh, though.... ^ ^;
Oh! But I suspect she actually has soft spot for Laos, since he's the less noisy one to her compares with her other peers, lol.
One more thing! Well, some of you might have seen this, but here's a full body sketches I did for them.
I did mention that I made the place setting in Hetalia Gakuen AU before, right?
[EDIT] I Also, if any of you by any chance wants to make fics or anything based on these personalities and/or character designs, then by all means *PLEASE FELL FREE TO DO SO*
Show me the fics and I'll make fanarts of it in light-speed mode I swear.
[EDIT] II Adding the age appearances for them, since I set it in Gakuen AU, I range them between 14-19, though if you ask me, I actually rather confuse how to 'age' them, due to their long histories. -_-;