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>For Cat Day, can you give us a cat-related Poland?<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n>How does Japan feel about PR Mascot Characters or Moe characters?<\/font><\/p>\n

From olden times, girlifications, PR Mascot Characters, and Anthropomorphizing, etc have always been a part of Japanese traditional art!
\nHe probably takes it all in very gently.
\nWhat is this, this is cute.<\/a><\/p>\n

When Japan opened up as a country,<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many countries (individuals) arriving, so it\u2019s difficult to remember everything.
\nI know! I\u2019ll draw sketches of them and memorize them visually.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so, a book on countries called \u201cAll kinds of countries in the world\u201d was created, which contained illustrations on countries from all over the world, including each country\u2019s culture, lifestyle, peoples and their personalities.
\nIt\u2019s truly a masterpiece of the gathering of peoples from all over the world.
\nIf you look closely, there\u2019s also stories of fairies and mythology of each country mixed in, so it\u2019s cute. <\/p>\n

>Were there female emperors in Ancient Rome? I can only think of male emperors\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

Officially there were no female rulers of Rome, but there was once a Grandma Julia Maesa and her daughters who made two young males their puppet emperors and held real power, so I guess you can call them female emperors.<\/p>\n

In order to seize power, they used and disposed of Heliogabalus (age 14~18) and made his cousin, Alexander (age 14) a puppet emperor.
\nIt was fine while they were grooming him as an emperor, but he was a surprisingly decent guy, and after he grew up he tried to exercise his own power with the aid of those around him, and that\u2019s when trouble started.
\nThe ladies were all \u201cthis is not good! We\u2019re not giving away our power to anyone!\u201d
\nSo they made secret plans here and there, and started getting rid of Alexander\u2019s supporters and intellectuals. <\/p>\n

Alexander did his best, but his supporters were no longer around, and due to a combination of timing, bad luck, and humanity, a rebellion started.<\/p>\n

If they had only known, they would\u2019ve made Heliogabalus, who was involved in lots of scandals and didn\u2019t quite bother with politics, the emperor instead\u2026. <\/p>\n

The era of the empresses was at the expense of the two young boys, and it also marked the beginning of the Barracks Emperors era that would eventually shake the foundation of Rome. <\/p>\n

>For the Roman Emperors, which ones are their first names and which ones are their last? Also, which part do we use when we shorten their names?
\nE.g. Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus\u2192 Balbinus
\nMarcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus\u2192 Pupienus<\/font><\/p>\n

From back in those days, it\u2019s either what\u2019s easy to pronounce, or a nickname!<\/p>\n

Some examples of nicknames include Heliogabalus (that guy with the weird pagan gods), Caligula (little military boots), Arabs (The Arab), so they can be pretty random.<\/p>\n

>I thought of this while reading the stories about the emperors, but are there other stories about great historical figures besides the emperors? I was wondering so I asked, but if there are other stories about famous historical figures, I\u2019m interested in knowing about Japan\u2019s. <\/font><\/p>\n

I personally like the Impressionists, so I hope I can write stories that connect them with France. It took a long time for them to be recognized in France, and it\u2019s very hard for those individualistic painters to become famous while they\u2019re alive, so I\u2019m very glad it worked out. <\/p>\n

I also really like the Grimm brothers.
\nI find it very cute that they would write each other letters telling the other how lonely they felt at being far apart, even if it was just for a little while. And also their process of gathering the Grimm\u2019s fairy tales is cute, too!
\nI was surprised there were 3 brothers!!<\/p>\n

For Japan it\u2019d be Nikaido Moriyoshi, or the people of Fukushima prefecture, who are always the butt of jokes. Hyoe~!<\/p>\n

[T\/N: Nikaido Moriyoshi was a military commander during the Sengoku period (15th-16th century). Parody videos using his character image from a PS2 game are a popular trope on Nicovideo, where he screams \u201cHyoe~!\u201d during videos.]<\/small><\/p>\n

>Germanic types are macho, and with a bit of a fetish\u2026.
\n so does that mean Austria is like that, too?!<\/font><\/p>\n

Austria doesn\u2019t really hide it, since you know, Naturalism in Austria\u2026<\/p>\n

>Oita Prefecture Information<\/font><\/p>\n

Thank you! I really like to see local jokes.<\/p>\n

Translation: kurukurumaki<\/a>, don_amoeba<\/a>
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