America the Beautiful (United States of America #1)

Pennsylvania

It was now 1682, and America knew the Revolutionary War was coming soon, though it would still be a long way away if you were a human. By now, America's children were either about eight or two years in the physical age. It would also be around the time that the colony of the state that would be Pennsylvania would be created.

It started when William Penn, an English colonist, came to that new soil of land, where he, along with other colonists, turned it into a colony. This created a new life to form, a baby called Juliette.

Juliette was a strange child in body, as when America woke up to see a baby silently staring up at her with confusion, the older woman realized she bore a striking resemblance to a certain albino nation, despite being founded by the British. However, she would later learn that it was because of her eventual German population and several buildings being named after Prussia, though she still had England's blood within her too.

Though, while Juliette looked exactly like Prussia, she didn't have his egotistical personality and his love for the word "awesome", though she does become that way when excited. Juliette was much more ladylike, studious, and formal than her father was most of the time. Even today, she enjoyed wearing dresses and keeping her long, thigh-length silver hair in a medieval bun. 

Juliette was like a role model for her younger siblings, with her motherly and often stern ways, and America was thankful she was able to keep the energetic states in line when needed.

As she was growing up, like Virginia was when she was still a baby, Juliette didn't cry unless she needed something and did like attention from time to time. She was often looked after by Virginia too and the others when America was out for work. Sometimes America thought her daughter was becoming a second Virginia, except without the magic and very, very ancient look.

Both girls looked exactly like their fathers though, and America almost had to count that as a similarity.

However, Juliette, in all her glory, wasn't stupid on why her mother was hiding both herself and her children from the rest of the world, but that didn't mean she didn't question her mother about it.

"Muti, vhy do jou hide?" she had asked with her German accent. America once noticed many men swooned just from her voice alone, and even today that's not changed.

"From what dear?" America asked.

"From zhe world," Juliette clarified, her ruby red eyes gazing deep into her mother's soul. "Vhat vill happen if zhey do find out?"

America didn't reply for several minutes, but Juliette didn't push her, instead patiently waiting for her answer.

"I don't know," she admitted, glancing at her feet. "I truly don't."

Juliette didn't press the topic after that.

Sometimes America envied her daughter's ability to understand so quickly. However, she couldn't be someone else, not even one of her children. It was always like this; Sometimes, she would be understanding, but the rest of the time, she is unable to be that way. 

The ugly reality was before all of them, and it always took a closer look to see it. In the end, people will never truly understand each other.

It was as simple as that, and the countries proved that to each other time to time again, and will continue to do so for many years to come.