I've just started to watch Hetalia and I have a couple questions.?

[ClaraT]

When the countries are talking about their bosses are they talking about the political leaders of the countries or someone else? If one of them got hurt or sick, would that effect the actual place, like if America got hurt while in a fight would the US actually be effected? I would appreciate if anyone could help answer!

 

[Hikari]

"Boss" is the political leader or head of state for a nation. Though the nation has power themselves, they defer to their boss and don't (or can't) interfere with the plans their boss may make.

Examples in the series include:

An unspecified President as America's boss

Maria Theresa as Austria's, shown in the Maria Theresa strip series

Adolf Hitler (shown from behind in Pact Of Steel) as Germany's boss in the World War-centric strips

Frederich II (also known as Old Fritz) as Prussia's boss in the Maria Theresa strip series

Joanna the Mad as Spain's, shown in the strips wherein Spain cares for Romano.

Henry VIII as England's, shown in Episode 39 of the Anime.

Though the bosses are mostly portrayed as being historical political leaders, China is an exception, with his boss instead depicted as a giant dragon.




"Catching A Cold" is when a nation's economy goes through a recession or any other sort of crisis, it causes them to catch a cold.

Examples in the series include:

England was the first character shown to experience this, while America had no clue what a "cold" even was.

When America later catches a cold, it quickly becomes contagious and spreads to other nations.



"Sickness" is the intense political situations may cause nations to become ill, as well as disasters in their homeland.

Examples in the series include:

Russia cursed Japan, which eventually resulted in him coming down with an illness at the same time as the "Great Kanto Earthquake".

In The Long-Awaited Deep Emotion Is Ruined, England became deathly-ill after his experimental Panjandrum project failed and exploded.

Himaruya has also stated that bad weather may also cause nations to feel ill, such as if it rained too much. It was also said that such an occurrence would vary among different nations, along with their body temperature.



"Body Pain" is when the nations tend to feel this when a power struggle happens in their government or land, as well as when disaster may strike.