Countryballs Series

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The **Countryballs Series** is the first series on the AZ Mapping that mostly aired during 2019 and had one last episode in 2021. The series was mostly based on memes involving history, or anthems of countries visualised and subtitled. While they are all based on memes about history, thus meaning they all take place in the same universe (being our one, just more comedic), none of the episodes are really connected to each other.

While most of the episodes in this series has been taken down, there are still four episodes remaining to this day.

## Main Characters

### Protagonists

* Kingdom of Greece (Greece)
* Republic of Finland (Finland)
* Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
* Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
* Russian Federation (Russia)
* Republic of Belarus (Belarus)
* Ukraine
* Republic of Moldova (Moldova)
* Republic of Estonia (Estonia)
* Republic of Latvia (Latvia)
* Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania)
* Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
* Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
* Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
* Republic of Tajikistan (Tajikistan)
* Republic of Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan)
* Republic of Georgia (Georgia)
* Republic of Armenia (Armenia)
* Azerbaijani Republic (Azerbaijian)

### Antagonists

* Kingdom of Italy (Italy)
* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)

## Plot

### World War II

Mussolini invades greece and Stalin invades finland

These episodes are based off of the **Greco-Italian War** and the **Winter War** in **World War II**. Both episodes use audio from Ditty.it memes and poke fun at wars where the winner should've been obvious, but the underdogs of the war (Greece and Finland) end up winning.

### The Cold War

North & South Vietnamese Anthem and Your trial of communism has ended

Both of these two episodes are based on **The Cold War**, specifically the **Vietnam War** and the **Dissolution of the Soviet Union**. The North & South Vietnamese Anthem is the two Vietnam's anthems visualised with some images, sometimes referencing the war, and English and Vietnamese subtitles. Your trial of communism has ended visualises the **Dissolution of the Soviet Union** in an extremely simplified way, by simply showing the nations that seperated from the Soviet Union.

## Lost Episodes

There are a few episodes in this series that have been taken down and are not viewable at all today. AZ Mapping still remembers a few of them lightly, those being the following.

### History of Australia / Vietnam / India

These videos were animations on the history of countries, with the ones done being Australia, Vietnam, and India. They were inspired by **Art's Animations** and their video on the **History of Belarus**. All three of these videos were made and posted in 2019 and made on mobile. They had around 200 views each before they were taken down on June 2020, due to AZ Mapping realising the many inaccuracies in the videos, and was part of the **Purge of 2020**.

### Australian Anthem

This episode was posted before the North & South Vietnamese Anthem episode was uploaded, and both videos had a similar format. The **Australian Anthem** video was the Australian Anthem audio, subtitled in English, and contained images visualising the lyrics. The video has around 400 views before also being taken down in October 2021 as part of the **Purge of 2021**.

### World War III Trailer

This episode was released around September 2019, and was based off of the Avengers: Endgame Trailer. It replaces the characters with countryballs. At the beginning scene, it is replaced with the **United Kingdom** who is talking to **Australia** through a device, while they are stuck in some sort of spacecraft. After the device is shut off, the **United Kingdom** bursts into tears. It then cuts to a few scenes of destroyed cities, and then reveals the reason for the destroyed cities, being that the **United States of America** sent off a nuke, which lands on Asia, yet also destroys the rest of the world. It then cuts to a scene with Australia looking at pictures on a wall of them and the **United Kingdom** together. When the audio refers to losing friends, it shows the **United States of America** looking in horror as their friend, **Canada**, being killed by an explosion. When the audio refers to losing family, it shows an image of **Germany** and the **Czech Republic** looking nervously at a larger **Poland**, who is looking off into the distance, sad. It then cuts to **New Zealand** holding a rifle, showing that they were the ones to say the previous lines. It then cuts to a black room, with **Germany** staring at their past Fascist self, before they also turn fascist with their flag adding the Iron Cross to the center. Then, it cuts to **Belarus**, who is now bearing the Byelorussian Soviet flag, asking the **Soviet Union** next to them, while both standing on a tank, if the plan they planned is going to work, with the **Soviet Union** responding that they don't know what to do if it doesn't work.

The video and audio then fades out, and then fades in with another trailer from Avengers: Endgame. It starts in a darker room with the tricolour flag of **France**, then the country of **France** with the **Bourbon Flag** instead of the tricolour, as they look angrily at the tricolour flag on the wall. Then, the video immediately cuts to the new **Fascist Germany**, who lands onto **Austria**, who is exploded away from **Germany**. It then pans to **Spain**, who is bearing the Cross of Burgundy flag, and is in front of a destroyed city. It then cuts to the **United States** on a platform, that is above lava. They are bearing a different flag that includes a Maple Leaf, surrounded by stars. Then it cuts to the **Soviet Union**, who is on a taller building, replaces **Thanos**' lines, replacing "Back to Me" with "Back to Communism, in the Soviet Union", which was taken from history of the world, i guess. It then shows both the **United States** and the **Soviet Union** getting swords, and jumping at each other, before cutting out to the text "World War III" on a black background before the two could actually hit each other.

This video was taken down in the **First Purge of 2022** in February.

### The Bombing of Pearl Harbour (1941, Colourised)

This episode uses audio from SHORTCUTS by **Tobuscus**, specifically starting from 1:16 from "Open the Binder" to 1:31 with "Question my Question". It starts with a map of the Pacific, with the only countryballs on screen being the **Japanese Empire**, **United States**, **Australia**, and **New Zealand**. When "Out came a question" plays, an explosion happens at Pearl Harbour, with the **United States** looking over at Hawaii, before cutting to a shot with black bars, leaving only **America**'s eyes to be seen, which is filled with anger. It then cuts to **America** death staring at the **Japanese Empire** with "I answered the Question", before cutting to a map of the Pacific Front before 1941 to after 1941 with "They questioned my answer". It then cuts to **Nazi Germany** death staring at the **United States**, before **America** pulls out a knife and makes **Germany** scared with "I questioned their question". It then finally cuts to the **United States** looking down at the **Japanese Empire**, whom launches a nuke directly at the **Japanese Empire**, where many explosions happen, with the final frames being of the **Japanese Empire** holding up a flag of surrender.

This video was taken down in the **First Purge of 2022** in February.

## Trivia

* This is the earliest series from AZ Mapping that still remains to this day.
* As of April 2023, this series has the second most views, only behind **Alternative Future of the World INFINITY**.
* This series also has the least amount of public episodes out of any other completed series on AZ Mapping.
* This is the only non-mapping series on AZ Mapping to still be public.