I've begun to work on an actual cover for this story, and the urge to just start all over had become stronger. I'll be keeping this up as a sort of reference, as you'd be amazed how many other drafts I have in here for just notes. (Try 8, plus some private oneshots/writing-story exercises)

Whether I'll keep plugging on with this one or not, who knows? I've been curious of how differently the two will branch given how I'm changing the set up slightly.

But one thing I think that starting over will really help with is properly introducing and including some head cannons of mine, as well as give me more room to work out family trees and such. Mainly the German line, as it goes
Holy Roman Empire->
German Empire ->
Weimar Republic (between fall of GE and rise of Dritte Reich) ->
Third Reich ->
West and East Germany (still trying to figure this one out. Older Siblings/Step-siblings? Cousins?) ->
Present day Germany

And, I've recently gotten Bang on Balls on Steam, and let me tell you. There's only two levels out but I have gotten so much serotonin from it. It's taken me 5+ hours and I still haven't found everything in the first level. And I never knew I needed a happy bouncing Brazilball. Or Croatia. Or any of the flags they have walking around the studio. So this may, no. did invoke one of the following headcannons.
If ya don't agree with em, then oh well. It's going in another book.

~1~
All countries and territories are true non binary. There's no male nor female exclusive junk. Things such as hair and voice tone can be altered overtime based on what pronoun they choose and want to be called.

~2~
(I'm debating on this one because research)
A country's/territory's height is based on their population. Strength their military. Diplomatic strengths on their economics. All can be heightened through personal endurance and training. This often gets misinterpreted by #3

~3~
Humans are humans, and despite being made by them countries and territories avoid them as much as possible. Main reason why high majority live in Pangaea. Thanks to some slip ups in the past, it's gotten into the heads of some wealthy individuals that if they strengthen a countryhuman then the landmass will follow. This is not true. Unfortunately the black market exists as well as bounty hunters.

~4~
Tranquilizers don't work on countries and territories. As one's landmass almost never stops, countries themselves are at most medium sleepers. None can sleep through a blaring fire alarm even if intoxicated. This does not carry onto the preceded countries however.

~5~
1 Country wins against a 1 human. That's pretty much a given 99.9% of times. Given that a territory could deadlift 125 lbs (57 kilos) should be a give away.

~6/7~
Countries can 'ripple' events that the landmass has gone through. Most are minor; Russia and Soviet Union fear the day they ripple the victory party at the end of WWII, the day they ran out of vodka. Others are a bit more stark, like the since preceded Austrian-Hungary fearing that Serbia will shoot them.
Speaking of, if a country dies but still has their landmass, then they will reform in their landmass. This does not count for those preceded, such as Russian Empire, Native American, Beiyang Government, and many many more. Once they die they're gone for good.

~8/9~
Much like how a landmass can temporarily invade another, the same can happen with countries. How this works is a simple case of taking prisoner. Recently it has been modernized to house arrest, but there are a few that found a creative solution.
If in danger, mortally wounded, or greatly fatigued, a country can resort to a much more simple 'ball'. Smaller than a tennis ball, speaking fluently is impossible as well as several other tasks. Like stairs and opening doors. While easy enough to roll away, they can easily be kept in one's grip, or as some for humor reasons, a peanut butter jar. This is mainly as they need to have ample space to become a full country again.

Yeup. I know some people like to put an 'ASK ME BEFORE YOU USE IT' with their headcannons and honestly. We're human. We can draw similar conclusions. Now if you got a headcannon primarily from me, just like a heads up in the comments would be nice- also I'd know who to keep an eye on in terms of story updates out of curiosity. But other than that, I couldn't care less in the long run.

Welp! That's all I got for now. Take care! Drink water.