Physical Appearance Chibi Austria from Chibi Austria from Axis Powers Volume 4

Austria has violet eyes and somewhat wavy brown hair, with a wild strand that represents Mariazell. He wears glasses, a long navy blue coat with a white jabot, and black pants (colored tan in some earlier artwork). He also has a mole on the lower left of his face, which acts as an erogenous zone for him.

When he was younger (as seen in Chibitalia), he wore a deep fuchsia jacket and purple pants. In the anime version of the storyline, his jacket was changed to blue and his pants were changed to black, to match the clothing he wears as an adult.

Personality He is usually described as a well-spoken, young master type, who was initially aloof until he was saddled with too many burdens. He is a reliable country that approaches things with sober seriousness. He gives higher priority to his hobbies rather than his work and is more optimistic and quiet in comparison to Germany who is more serious and work-oriented, though he does seem to have a temper as shown when he is seen yelling or acting paranoid.

His interests include the fine arts, music (the piano in particular), and cake. In the first drama CD, it is revealed he is not an outdoors person and is afraid of marine animals (such as crabs and starfish).

Despite being musically talented, he has no sense of direction and frequently gets lost; this is based on a joke Himaruya heard about an Austrian salesperson getting lost in his own storehouse.

He seems to be camera shy, or at least in regards to events which are broadcast worldwide and his embarrassment was strong enough that he may have begun to sing. When Germany was going to take a picture, he immediately hid his face. He also remarked his inability to "skillfully put together a pose" as Germany was. In response to his being upset about the broadcasting of the event, Germany remarked that he hadn't read the invitation properly.

Austria is apparently out of shape, walks rather slow, and has a very indoor lifestyle which has caused this, all of which he admits to, though Hungary said that he was different when he was younger. Austria warned others to take care to avoid such a thing happening to them. Because he's out of shape, he tires quite easily.

He's very reliant on Germany, though he's trying to lessen his dependence. However it seems to stem from his long history of ordering Germany around.

Human Name Hidekaz Himaruya provided Austria with the name "Roderich Edelstein" (ローデリヒ・エーデルシュタイン, Rōderihi Eederushutain). in 2007.[1] In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the exact pronunciation of his name is written as /'ʁoːdərɪç ˈeːdl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n/. For more information on using the IPA to learn how to pronounce a word, see the IPA help page for German on Wikipedia.

Roderich is a Germanic given name that is a descendant of the Proto-Germanic name *Hrōþirīks, which derives from the words *hrōþiz ("fame, glory") and *ríks ("king, ruler"). Austria being given this name may be a reference to Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, an Austrian composer and opera writer. It is also possible it may have been chosen as an allusion to "Republik Österreich", the way "Republic of Austria" is written in German.

Edelstein is a predominantly Jewish surname of Germanic/Yiddish origin that combines the words edel ("noble") and stein ("stone"). It is also the German word for "precious stone; gemstone". Edel is also half of the national flower of Austria, edelweiss.[Note 10]