#countyballs

Biology:

╰┈┈➤ Biological History:

Long ago, in approx 4000 B.C.E (although believed to be earlier) the first ancestor of the countryhumans as a species had arrived. They occured from mutations in the genes of regular, modern Homo sapiens. Data suggests, oddly, that there was only ever one of these species at a time, their deaths and new births co-insiding with key cultural shifts in mesopotamian culture. These creatures have also been found to have lived very prolonged periods of time, often exeading the normal human life span.

As of recent, we have deemed these creatures Homo Cultura or, informally, 'Culturehumans'. This species still exists to this day.

Instances of breeding outside of the species was common as multiple culturehumans occuring outside of the Messopotamia region didn't occur untill approx 3000 B.C.E in modern day Peru. This interspecies breeding occured in long liniages of humans possessing Homo Cultura genes. The effects of this interspecies breeding wern't shown verry well (due to more dominant Homo sapien genetics) untill the rise of the oldest recorded country in history, Egypt, when the Homo Cultura genes present in a young boy suddenly became active and caused the boy to go through a rapid physical change. This change has now become known as 'the Country Personification Prosses' as reffered to by countryhumans (Homo Terra) today. Homo Terra, mutch like their ancestors, had extreamly elongated life spans, often living for thousands of years and had evolved in such a way that they had become semi-immortal. Earlier on the exeptions to their "immortality" were being killed by an unnatural force all though this trate later evolved into only being able to die by the hands of another member of Homo Terra. It is unknown how this occurs but it has been suggested to be 'magical' in general. Another evolutionary change occured as the need for re-production became limited and no longer needed, the reproductive organs present within Homo Terra began to shrink before dissapearing¹ with only vestigials remaining inside of the body of a member of Homo Terra.

The genetals of humans who undergo 'the Country Personification Prosses' shrink into vistigial remminants, this prosses is painless.

╰┈┈➤ Present Anatomy:

Most of the anatomy occuring within a Countryhuman (Homo Terra) corrolating with facts about the country they represent, there is few constants within Countryhuman (Homo Terra) anatomy though I will try to explain the most I can here.

Homo Terra's skeletal structure is very similar to the skeletal structure of Homo sapiens with only slite differences via sertan 'family groups²' present within the species.

The skin of the members of Homo Terra are often considered 'un-natural', the colors on their skin often correlating to their respective countries flags with the full flag being displayed over the face.

Height verriation within the speices can very wildly, ranging from 5ft or shorter to about 6ft+. This height verriation has been found to change rapidly when their respective countries lose or gain territory.

Reproductive organs within the species are left vistigial after thousands of years of not needing to breed with new Countryhumans (Homo Terra) occouring from the offspring of modern Culturehumans (Homo Cultura)

The physical aging prossess of this species rapidly slows after an individual reaches an age roughly between 19 yrs old and 23 years old. often takeing centuries or longer to reach at least another year older, though the exact aging rate is unknown.

Countryhumans (Homo Terra) have an extra section within their brains. The function of this section is officially unknown but a popular theory among prommited scientists is that this part of the brain correlates with their actions in occording to their respective countries politics and politicians.

Countryhumans (Homo Terra) has been found to be incapable of speech in languages other than the official ones belonging to their representitive state (eg. The 'countryhuman' representative of the country of England may only speak English and the 'countryhuman' representative of Spain may only speak Spanish) but they can understand eachother fluently³.

When a country splits (into two or more new countries), the respective country will also, physically, split. The split often posseses high amounts of energy and is known to ionise the air particals around the splitting country. By the time this splitting is complete, the inonised air particals loose their ionisation and the split ends.

When two or more countries fuse into a Union⁴ or a new country, the prossess above occurs but in reverse.

2. 'family groups' in countryhumans often reffer to country's who share a language with eachother. For example the English family includes countries like the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Nigera and other countries that have been left off of this list.

3. This is another popular theory for the extra brain section, but again we do not officialy know.

4. There are two types of union, Wide-national unions and Slim-national unions. The prossess explained in the referenced bullet point belongs to a Slim-national union.

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History:

╰┈┈➤ Known History:

All known History comes from still living Countryhumans aswell as a select few Culture humans, some inaccuracies from the actual past may be present as it is possible that they could account these events incorrectly, expecialy with the older of these individuals.

During he earlier periods of the speices, it is said that they were held with high regard in their human communities and often treated very well, just as good if not better than their actual leaders. Although through out several cultures, it slowly became tabu to mention the existence of this species, as they were treated much like deites as time progressed. Adventualy, the normal 'pesant' populations had lost permission to see their Countryhumans by the countries/communities leaders. This is believed to occour no later than 100 C.E. This event lead to the public slowly forgeting about the countryhumans existence and their exestince was only prommited to be known by the elite of their countries.

Countryhumans tend to follow their countries historys, each countryhumans actions accord somewhat to political events in history, dying out and becomming replaced in cases of invasion and prolonged collapses and historically fighting along side their men in wars⁵.

5. As of the 19th century Countryhumans no longer go to war along side humans.

╰┈┈➤ Theorised History:

It is thought that during the forgetting of countryhumans that certain countryhumans tried to regain rellivence but failed.

The Countryhuman's and Culturehumans of old tended to fight for domminince over communities.

Egypt (the oldest countryhuman), has a bunch of still living decendants as one of the only countries with their reproductive organs still intact.

The faliure of Culturehumans to maintain their communities lead to the domminance of Countryhumans world wide.

Early Countryhumans had strange anatomy anomolys witch led to some of them being worshiped as gods.

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Miscellaneous:

╰┈┈➤ Countryhuman wide:

In a meeting facilitated by the Leauge of Nations and carried on by the U.N, countryhumans have sworn of any romantic relationships with eachother.

Countryhumans can have familys (like humans, unlike family groups) but none of the countries involved are actually related.

Countryhumans will remain the same since the start of the state, the exception for this is if the countryhuman is killed, the countryhuman is split, or becomes a full part of another country (not a colony) for an extended period of time.

The Existence of countryhumans as a fandom in this universe is due to an accedental sighting of one, although no one believed the person who saw the countryhuman.

The age that the 'Country Personification Prosses' takes place around 8 to 15 years old.

It is hard to seperate someone with Countryhuman genes from someone who doesn't (before the Country Personification Prossess takes place)

The UN created an island at the coordinates 0,0 near Africa where all the Countryhumans gather together every 2 months for about 4-5 weeks. Countries at war aren't permitted to come on the island untill the war has finished.

Some Countyhumans have canonically witnessed the horrors of the fandom.

╰┈┈➤ Spicific Individuals:

Japan has two large burn scars on the right side of his face from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. Since the bombs wern't dropped by a countryhuman, Japan didn't die from the blast but was heavily scarred from burning hot dibre.

The US has sight problems from the bombing of pearl harbour. Due to this, his eyes take in too much light and his brain tends to incorrectly fill in the gaps (halucinations) so he wears ultra tinted sunglasses so that he's able to see properly.

The UK has lion ears and a tail but hides them with his coat and hat, so no one really knows he has those exept for France, Spain and Portugal.

New Zealand is very good at his sports and takes any rugby challenge seriously.

Also New Zealand is a great climber.

Protugal and the UK are close friends.

Most people don't trust Germany too much.

France is gender fluid

The UK, New Zealand and Australia share a house on the countryhuman island but the US and Canada like to come visit (but US is technically breaking and entering)

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