Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I.

A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political 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, Hispania, Helvetia and Polonia. Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma, a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state, and who was revived in the 20th Century as the personification of Mussolini's "New Roman Empire". Examples of representations of the everyman or citizenry in addition to the nation itself are Deutscher Michel, John Bull and Uncle Sam.^[1]

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Personifications by country or territory

Location	Image	Personification	Animal used for the same purpose
Albania		Mother Albania (Nëna Shqipëria)
Americas		Personification of the Americas
Argentina		Effigy of the Republic/Liberty/Progress/Fatherland, Gaucho
Armenia		Mother Armenia (Mayr Hayastan; lit. "Mother Hayastan")
Australia		Little Boy from Manly	Boxing kangaroo
Austria		Austria (Personification), Tyrolia (Tyrol)	Double-headed eagle
Bangladesh		Bangamata (lit. Mother Bengal).[2]	Bengal tiger[3]
Belgium		La Belgique or Belgica, Manneken Pis[4][5]	Brabantic Lion, Leo Belgicus
Brazil		Efígie da República; the Bandeirante (only in São Paulo State and Minas Gerais); the "Tropeiro" (in Minas Gerais); the Candango (in Brasília); the Gaúcho (in Rio Grande do Sul);
Bulgaria		Mother Bulgaria
Cambodia		Preah Thong and Neang Neak
Canada		Mountie,[6] Johnny Canuck,[7] Le Vieux de '37 (French Canada), Canada Bereft also known as Mother Canada (at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial). Canada was often personified as a young woman in 19th and early 20th century editorial cartoons, called simply "Canada", "Miss Canada", or sometimes "Mother Canada".[8]	Canadian beaver
Chile		El Roto, El Huaso, Doña Juanita (an average Chilean woman from the countryside)	Condorito
China and  Taiwan		Jade Emperor	Chinese dragon
Colombia		Juan Valdez
Croatia		Mother Croatia (Mati Hrvatska)
Czechia		Čechie, Czech Vašek, Svejk.	double-tailed Czech lion
Denmark		Holger Danske, Mother Denmark
Dominican Republic		Conchoprimo
Egypt		Mother of the World (Om El Donia)
El Salvador		Salvador del Mundo
European Union		Europa or Europa regina	Zeus as a white bull
Finland		Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito)	Finnish lion
France		Marianne	Gallic rooster
Georgia		"Mother of a Georgian" (Kartlis Deda)
Germany		Germania, Deutscher Michel, Bavaria (Bavaria), Berolina (Berlin), Brema (Bremen), Brunonia (Brunswick Land), Franconia (Franconia), Francofurtia (Frankfurt), Hammonia (Hamburg), Lubeca (Lübeck), Borussia (Prussia), Palatia (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saxonia (Saxony), Vimaria (Weimar), Württembergia (Württemberg)	Reichsadler, Bundesadler, Berliner Bär (Berlin), Bavarian Lion (Bavaria), Marcher Eagle (Brandenburg), Prussian Eagle (Prussia)
Greece		Hellas
Haiti		Ezili Dantor, Katrin (based on the real life Haitian hero, Catherine Flon)
Hungary		The Lady of Hungaria	Turul
Iceland		The Lady of the Mountains (Fjallkonan)
India		Bharat Mata ("Mother India"), The Common Man (Indian anti-corruption movement)	Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian Elephant, Indian peafowl
Indonesia		Ibu Pertiwi	Garuda Pancasila
Iran,  Afghanistan and  Tajikistan		Rostam[9][10][11]	Lion and sun
Ireland		Ériu, Banba, Fódla, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, The Old Woman of Beare[12]
Israel		Srulik
Italy		Italia turrita, Roma	Italian wolf[13][14]
Japan		Amaterasu, Emperor Jimmu[15]	Green Pheasant, Koi
Kenya		Wanjiku
Korea ( North Korea and  South Korea - despite mutual enmity, both states lay claim to the same historical heritage)		Dangun, Ungnyeo, Hwanung	Korean Tiger, Chollima
Kyrgyzstan		Manas
Latvia		Milda
Lithuania		Lietuva
Low Lands or Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg)			Leo Belgicus
Malaysia		Hang Tuah[16][17]	Malayan tiger[18]
Malta		Melita
Mexico		Alegoría de la Patria Mexicana (es), La China Poblana	Golden eagle
Morocco			Barbary Lion
Montenegro		Fairy of Lovćen, Mother Montenegro
Kingdom of Navarre			Arrano beltza
Netherlands		Dutch Maiden	Dutch Republic Lion, Leo Hollandicus, Leo Belgicus
Nepal		Gurkha, Sherpa
New Zealand		Zealandia[19]	Kiwi
Nicaragua		El Güegüense	Motmot
North Macedonia		Mother Macedonia[20][21]	Lion or a mother lion
Norway		Mother Norway [no], stereotyp. Ola Nordmann & Kari Nordmann, hist. Nór
Palestine		Handala
Peru		Libertad also known as Madre Patria (Allegory of the Peruvian Motherland)	Vicuña
Philippines		Ináng Bayan - Filipinas, Juan dela Cruz	Philippine Carabao
Poland		Polonia	White eagle
Portugal		Zé Povinho, Eu nacional (National Self), Republic effigy, Guardian Angel of Portugal	Rooster of Barcelos
Romania		România Modernă
Russia		Mother Russia	Russian bear, double-headed eagle
Serbia		Mother Serbia (Majka Srbija), Kosovo Maiden (Kosovska devojka)	Serbian eagle
Singapore			Merlion
Slovakia		Jánošík
Slovenia		Kralj Matjaž ("King Matjaž", a legendary king in Slovenia and some other nations), Peter Klepec[citation needed]
Spain		Hispania	Hispanic Lion
Sri Lanka		Sri Lanka Matha	Sinhala Lion
Suriname		Mama Sranan (Mother Suriname), a 1965 sculpture by Jozeph Klas in the center of Paramaribo, of a mother figure holding five children representing Suriname's ethnic groups in her arms.[22]
Sweden		Mother Svea
Switzerland		Helvetia, Basilea (Basel), Berna (Bern), Geneva (Geneva), Tigurina Virgo (Zürich), Lucerna (Lucerne)
Thailand		Siam Devadhiraj (พระสยามเทวาธิราช "The Guardian Angel of Siam")	White elephant
Tibet			Snow Lion
Ukraine		Cossack Mamay	Ruthenian Lion
United Kingdom		Britannia (United Kingdom), John Bull (England), Dame Wales (Wales)	The Lion and the Unicorn (England and Scotland), Bulldog (United Kingdom), Welsh dragon (Wales)
United States		Uncle Sam (government personification), Lady Liberty, Columbia, Johnny Reb (The South, obsolete), Billy Yank (The North, obsolete), Brother Jonathan (New England, obsolete)	Bald Eagle, North American Bison, Timber rattlesnake (American Revolution, obsolete)
Uruguay		Efigie de la República
Vietnam		Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, The Four Immortals	Vietnamese Dragon, Lạc Bird
Venice		Juditha	Venetian Lion