New Jersey pt.2

## New Jersey

### Spoken Language(s)

English, Spanish, Indo-Aryan, Chinese, Korean, French, Tagalog, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora

### Bio Family

North New Jersey (twin), New York State (older sister), New York City (older brother), Princeton (daughter), Trenton (son)

### Unofficial Nickname(s)

Clam State, Camden State, Camden and Amboy State, Jersey Blue State, Pathway of the Revolution, Mosquito State, Crossroads of the American Revolution

New Jersey (*ニュージャージー, Nyūjājī*) or Nicholas "Nicky" Joachim Mitchell (*ニコラス・ヨアヒム・ミッチェル, Nikorasu yoahimu Mitcheru*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the State of New Jersey, alongside his twin brother, North New Jersey. He's often referred to as South or West as a nickname.

## Appearance

New Jersey has short, wavy black hair, forest green eyes and darker brown skin than North. Unlike North, South has a robust frame with broad shoulders and is quite strong. According to him, he can beat America any day. He has a scar on his shoulder from the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, a scar on his neck from the Battle of Trenton, a scar on his lower stomach from Hurricane Sandy and has scars covering much of his chest from tons of skirmishes during the Revolution.

He has an ahoge that represents Cape May, a birthmark on his right thigh that represents the Mullica River, a tree gem necklace that represents the Pine Barrens and a birthmark on his left hip that represents the Delaware Bay. New Jersey usually wears dark blue overalls with a light green shirt, elbow-length white gloves and brown working boots. He's also seen wearing a plain cream shirt with white pants and a grey windbreaker.

## Personality and Interests

New Jersey's rather loud, obnoxious, reckless, impatient and a little disrespectful. He's mischievous and loves to play pranks on others. However, everyone tends to laugh at him. He's also skilled in deception, but seems to only use it for his pranks. He's a social butterfly and says things without thinking which gets him in trouble a lot. He loves to curse and has even cursed at police and his own boss. Unlike North, South's quite defensive about himself, North and his state. He has a hard time stating that his state has done bad things and brushes them off whenever people point it out.

He can also be boastful, especially about his wealth as being the 4th smallest state can rain on his parade. Despite this, he's very fun to be around unless you don't like reckless and loud party people. South's known for getting jealous quickly and whining about not getting enough of something, making most people annoyed with him. Despite being happy and go lucky most of the time, this can take a sharp turn when he's angry or irritated. When this does happen, he tends to let his anger get the best of him and he says stuff he wished he hadn't said. However, he's stubborn and refuses to apologize.

He's also an aggressive driver. South is self-conscious about body odor and wears a lot of deodorant because of he doesn't want Downstate or Penny to keep pointing it out. Something he has in common with his twin is their shared love of cooking. Since he lives close to the coast, West will sometimes go down to the Delaware Bay and fish there. If he does catch some fish, he'll cook them. West can hold his liquor very well, it surprised East and the rest of the Northeast when they found out. He has a passion of gardening and is usually on his farm.

He's also well-versed in finance. Despite being well-versed in finance, he gambles a lot and is known for having an incredibly good poker face which surprised Vada. West's favorite foods are candy apples, submarine sandwiches or subs or hoagies, anything with tomatoes, grits and saltwater taffy, his own creation. He also loves Hispanic food, going to diners and going to the beach and sea. Along with Joisey, West has a New Jersey Wooly Rabbit he named Taffy Seeley.

## Relationships

### North New Jersey (Mike J. Mitchell)

South loves his twin. He doesn't think North actually loves him and only tolerates him, but he appreciates him for putting up with his nonsense. North has tried to show South he really loves him, but South's a little too dense. South loves to give North the treats he makes and takes him to fancy diners from time to time. South gets frustrated that they get confused with each other when the only things different about them is their hair length, eye color, skin color and personality. North seems to be a little more smarter than him and understands why people confuse them.

### New York State (Brooke A. York)

South doesn't understand why Upstate seemed to hate him. Ever since the Revolution, they've drifted apart. Despite being disrespectful, all he's ever done is treat her with respect as she's his older sister. He's taken her to fancy diners when she had a break from work and brought her food when she was working too much. Still, she seems to hate him.

### New York City (Brookie B. Hudson)

Despite being his older brother, South doesn't treat Downstate with as much respect as he should. Downstate's aggressive and snappish behavior gets on his nerves. Downstate treats everyone with no respect and South thinks that respect should be earned rather than given. If Downstate wanted his respect, he would have to earn it.

### North and South Delaware (Evan and Lennie D. Watson)

Despite their proximity, North and West don't really talk. West doesn't like that Del is strict and takes some things too seriously. West thinks North should relax and be chill like South.

South and West have a better relationships than North and West. West and South usually go to parties and drink together. She was quite surprised that West would keep his liquor down. They also bond over farming, pranking and teasing people.

### Pennsylvania (Will H. Penn)

South hates Penny and Penny hates him. They have fought over things like Penny telling him he hates him every time he's near or telling him that he smells bad. South never goes over to Penny's house unless he has to and even then, he doesn't. He doesn't know why Penny seems to hate him. He wants to ask, but is afraid to ask as he thinks it'll piss him off even more.

### Rhode Island (Ren R. Rhodes)

Despite being hundreds of miles away from each other, they talk a lot. They connect over their love for the beaches and the sea. Whenever South comes over to Rhode's house, they go out fishing or just sitting in Rhode's boat and talk about life. When Rhode comes over, they usually walk the docks. They also walk the Atlantic City boardwalk as Rhode seems to like it.

### Connecticut (Minty C. Murphy)

Both are well-versed in finance and both love to party. Rhode had introduced South to Connie and they hitted it off immediately. Sometimes, they go to parties together and sometimes, they study together.

### America (Alfred F. Jones)

They get along. America makes jokes about New Jersey that gets on South's temper and South usually avoid America. Sometimes, they get into a argument, but it's doesn't happen often as South usually takes himself out of the equation before anything can happen.

### Sweden (Berwald Oxenstierna)

Despite living with him and Finland with Dela and Maryland on occasion, he doesn't like him nor likes him. He still holds a grudge against both him and the Netherlands for taking him away from his twin, but doesn't mind being around him.

### England (Arthur Kirkland)

Like most of the 13, South hates England. He can't stand being near England and leaves him alone for the most part. When they do come into contact, South tries his best to not flip out on the spot.

## Trivia

* New Jersey's state flower is the Violet.
* New Jersey's birthday corresponds with the day New Jersey became a state.
* New Jersey is the third state admitted into the Union.
* North and South used to be called West and East New Jersey respectively.
* Other nicknames for North are Nicky, Chim, Chip, Jer, Jerry, Jerbear and Newie.

* His rabbit's named after saltwater taffy and Bonnie Seeley, the person who introduced the rabbit to American Rabbit Breeders Association (or ARBA)