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A Question

Before I leave back to my country I decided to visit England. I usually do anyway. And so I head to his house right now.

He lives in London. Of course. He has a lot of security, too because, well, he's a country and we're not exactly humans and could be seen as a good way to bribe someone. I know of news of poorer countries being kidnapped when possible and being put up for ransom. It's sad as it's usually due to the fact that the people thought it was one of the only ways they could get their government to listen to them and give them better lives. As in, not ransom for money, but for buildings, electricity and just getting the leaders to pay attention to the poverty of the country. I feel bad for those places.

I kind of find it annoying that despite being the embodiment of countries we still can't always defy our governments. Humans are tricky things that never really seem to be contempt with any decision. I also dislike the effect it has. It's like an overwhelming force in a countries head influencing them to do something they might not want to, but by the point that it's changed your thoughts you hardly remember disagreeing with it. It's kind of scary to think that my entire perspective can be changed and that I might not even notice.
It took forever for me and England to determine whether things we dislike/disliked each other for were personal or not. Not to mention other countries, as well.

Walking through London is always uncomfortable for me. I feel so heavily watched and judged. I'm used to it, but certain places are just unsettling and London is one of those places for me, even though I come to this English city more than others. I just focus on my breathing and walking as I make my way to England's secure house. Eventually I arrive there.

If he were trying to hide the fact he was a country, he's done a terrible job. The decorations are based on the English flag, but that isn't much obvious if you didn't know it was in England. You would just think that it was a pattern of crosses that makes a strange architectural aesthetic.

He has quite a decent sized front garden that he has decorated with bushes and plants in a symmetrical way. By the sneakily placed daffodils, It's easy to tell he asked Wales to do the gardening. His house itself is quite big for one person, but I suppose that's because when UK stays he usually stays in England's house. Two stories in height and exceeding the width of the closely placed together houses of London—it stands out as being much more costly, which I wasn't that surprised by when I first saw it. I've noticed most countries like to dabble in the fact they have access to afford many things decently living people may not be able to—unless they're making the effort to save, in which case, good for them. I don't quite see it as fair, but I can't say I don't take advantage of it sometimes either.

He was smart enough to not have it near Buckingham Palace as that's where the London tourists lurk. Tourists aren't bad, it's just the majority of them all seem to have the same goal and it can cause for a populous amount of people in one place. If I were to tour, I'd go to places that aren't as popularly conversed about, so I have unique experiences of cool places that not everyone would know about or have been to already. But thanks to England's placing of his home, not many people are around to see if they can catch a glimpse of England or—if the human is lucky—UK if they are visiting. Only to then take pictures and post on social media, woohoo, clout, or whatever.

Humans are way more excited to try and take a picture of the famous UK more so than the little Nauru. I could give many more examples of that. At least the smaller nations get a bit more of a private life.

I've lived in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Both were kind of bad decisions. The amount of visiting people—Edinburgh being the capitol of my country and Glasgow being the most populous city—made it difficult to not be stared at or stopped in the streets. I appreciate the fact that people like me, but it's a bit overwhelming. So now I just live in the Highlands where it's less populous.