Ludwig Beilschmidt – Germany

Germany (Ludwig Beschmidt) is one of the central characters of Hetalia, personifying Germany itself. "This" is the image of the "ideal German" with exaggerated features: he is the epitome of order, discipline and responsibility, extremely serious, hardworking and meticulous, always follows rules and instructions, for which he is considered a "bore." He has a strong character and a powerful figure, but at the same time he is "weak against the rules" — if there is an instruction, he will follow it to the point of absurdit. He is a terrible perfectionist and a cleaner: he does not tolerate clutter, carefully sorts the garbage and keeps the house perfectly clean. Because of his seriousness and inexperience in communication, he often gets into comical situations, especially in relationships that he tries to build from books. Despite his youth, Ludwig (Germany) is the "first among equals" in the Axis countries, actually the leader of the coalition, and is responsible for training Italy (Feliciano Vargas) and Japan (Kiku Honda); he is well versed in military affairs, strategy and weapons, and his main headache is the constant need to keep an eye on the careless Feliciano, which gets into trouble every now and then. He loves beer, potatoes and sausage (Wurst), but he gets drunk badly: he is restrained when sober, and after drinking, he becomes violent and spills out all the accumulated discontent. Contrary to the image of a stern soldier, he loves baking pies and sweets, reading, walking dogs (he has three) and even making cuckoo clocks, and his shameful secret is a collection of "adult" books and DVDs, which he carefully hides. He has an older brother, Prussia (Gilbert), who lives with him and often annoys him, although Ludwig respects him anyway. He has the closest relationship with Feliciano: despite the constant irritation from his laziness, Ludwig sincerely cares about Feliciano and considers him his best friend, he likes it when someone relies on him, and he also loves spending holidays in Italy and would be happy to stay there forever. With Kiku (Japan), they understand each other well as serious and disciplined people, Ludwig considers him a reliable ally, although he admits that sometimes he does not understand what he is thinking. Relations with Roderich Edelstein (Austria) are complicated: Roderich once "annexed" Lidwig, which caused the latter a lot of trouble and stress. Germany (Ludwig Beschmidt) is one of the central characters of Hetalia, personifying Germany itself. His appearance corresponds to the stereotypical image: tall (180 cm), muscular blond with blue eyes, whose facial features resemble ancient Germany. Physically, he is about 20 years old, but as a nation he has existed much longer. "Ludwig" is his nam, and Gilbert often calls him "The West." Like all nations in Hetalia, Germany is practically immortal: it does not age like ordinary people and cannot be killed in ordinary ways — for this it is necessary to destroy the country itself, its culture or change its borders. He possesses superhuman strength, to the point that he is able to lift a tank weighing about twenty tons with one hand. His character is the epitome of order, discipline and responsibility: he is hardworking, able, collected and principled, always follows the rules and instructions, for which he is considered a bore.