Well, basically, my soul is connected to the land. I'm the spirit of a Nation put into a human form.

The special abilities I had back home included fast-healing and longevity, aru.

That I am, aru.

Of course, I have my own free will and feelings, but I'm easily influenced by my people.

Oh, no, in my world, all of the countries have a personification, aru. Of course I know most of them since I do trade all around the world.

There's a handful of us that are here in Johto, actually.

Well, it is one of the largest countries in the Eastern Hemisphere of the Earth and it is also home to the largest population in the world, aru.

Both the land and I have been existing for over four thousand years. I've become quite an economic power too in the recent years, aru.

Not exactly, aru. I can live for a very long time, that is true, but even Nations can die.

I've seen it happen, unfortunately, aru.

It's not as bad as it once before, aru. I've just been lucky that no Nation has died in a long time.

[China waves a hand, not wishing to speak about this any longer.]

Despite who we are, we can still have brothers and sisters, aru.

Actually, I only have eight, aru.

I'm the oldest out of our group, aru.

Though I still remember how it used to be when I was an only child myself since I didn't meet my first sibling until I was just beginning adulthood.

Well, we live like everyone else for the most part. Except we tend to have houses all over our countries so we'll be comfortable wherever we go and of course we have numerous job occupations, aru. It's quite tiring sometimes.

...I just wish my siblings would treat me like their older brother, aru. Things have not been the same since they grew up.

Actually, my family tends to have decent horror stories, aru. Though, it seems as though Japan's horror is the most popular. Have you ever heard of J-horror?

It mainly focuses on psychological horror and building up tension, for example, you know something bad is going to happen but you don't know when, aru.

It's very different from some Western horrors where people just blow up all of a sudden.

Where are you from anyway? Come to think of it, I don't believe you have given me your name yet either, aru.