The Actor

Is the clown the fool of the story, or are you? After all, the clown knows it's an act, but the audience is so lost in it that they tend to forget.

Alfred had lived a long life. He'd learned a lot in it. That England was easy to gaslight if you knew what you were doing. France would back away from any show of force. Germany could ignore a bumbling idiot even as the evidence piled up just because he wasn't very good with people. Poland saw everything and read people like a book. Prussia would keep his mouth shut if you gave him enough liquor or made him obedient. Russia would turn a blind eye if you turned one to him. China never trusted anyone even if there was evidence of the contrary.

His mother's revenge would play out, and it would make him the happiest man in the world.
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Hetalia:Axis Powers.
No ships in this book! If there is it's in the past! Mostly sibling bonding.
America can shapeshift and is non-binary (he/him female titles).