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A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva/Athena, and often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province. Examples of this type include Britannia, Germania, Hibernia, Helvetia and Polonia.
A national personification isn't the same as a national animal, and many countries have both, quite distinct from each other. The division is not, however, always watertight - for example, in some cartoons it's the national animal rather than the human personification which is used to represent a country.

Personifications by country or territory

Country	Personification
	Mother Albania
	the gaucho, Martín Fierro
	Mother Armenia (Mayr Hayasdan; lit. "Mother Hayastan")
	Efígie da República
	Bai Ganio
	Preah Thaong and Neang Neak
	Mountie, Quebec: Le Vieux de '37 (as heros : Adam Dollard des Ormeaux "used during the two World Wars as a military example", Big Joe Mufferaw and Louis Cyr "as strong men and good workers"), Johnny Canuck
	El Huaso, La Carmela, Doña Juanita (an average Chilean woman from the countryside)
	Holger Danske
	Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito)
	Marianne
	Germania, Arminius/Hermann der Cherusker, Deutscher Michel
	Athena, "Greece" of Delacroix
	The Lady of the Mountains (Fjallkonan)
	Erin, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, Paddy, a derogatory figure resembling a leprechaun popularized in the 19th century in Punch magazine
	Bharat Mata ("Mother India")
	Ibu Pertiwi
	Srulik
	Italia Turrita
	Pak Belang or other name Harimau Malaya
	Miguel Hidalgo, Adelita
	Hans Brinker (outside the Netherlands), Jan Modaal or Jan met de pet (Average Joe), `de Nederlandse Maagd` ("the Dutch Virgin"), Frau Antje (used commercially in Germany as a representation of the Dutch) (Zeeland: Zeeuws Meisje)
	Ola Nordmann, Kari Nordmann, hist. Nór
	Handala
	Juan dela Cruz, Joseng Masipag, Gabriela, Inang Bayan, Maria Clara
	Polonia
	Zé Povinho, Eu nacional ("National Self", an expected hero who will come and save Portugal)
	Mother Russia
	Van Der Merweu Khabazela (Khabazela is a clan name of Mkhize)

	Mother Svea, Svensson
	Helvetia, Herr und Frau Schweizer, Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann, Max Muster
	Britannia, John Bull, Colonel Blimp (Scotland: Jock Tamson, Sawney)
	Lady Liberty, Uncle Sam, historically Brother Jonathan and Columbia Obsolete examples: The South: Johnny Rebel The North: Billy Yank The Frontier: Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry
	Juan Bimba

Pictures

Image:Britannialion.jpg|Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. Image:Image Germania (painting).jpg|Germania representing Germany, from 1848. Image:matha.png|Bharat Mata symbolizes India Image:Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 017.jpg|Delacroix, Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1827) Image:Srulik0.jpg|The Israeli Srulik. Image:Handala.gif|The Palestinian Handala. Image:Triple Entente.jpg|1914 poster showing Marianne, Mother Russia and Britannia. Image:China imperialism cartoon.jpg|Famous French political cartoon from the late 1890s. Further Information

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