Iowa

Iowa (*アイオワ, Aiowa*) or Genevieve "Ginny" Julian Meyer (*ジュヌヴィエーヴ・ジュリアン・マイヤー, Junuvu~iēbu Jurian maiyā*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. She represents the State of Iowa.

## Appearance

Iowa has long light brown hair, dark green eyes and light skin. She has a birthmark on her right side that represents the Maquoketa Caves, three birthmarks on her left shoulder blade that represents the Iowa Great Lakes and a birthmark on her lower chest that represents the Des Moines River. She's usually seen wearing a white shirt with a bluish-grey vest, a blue skirt and brown boots. She's also seen wearing an off the shoulders, green, blue and white striped shirt with a dark blue jacket, dark green leggings and black high-tops.

## Personality and Interests

Iowa's a sweet and affectionate young girl. She's quite social and loves to talk to people. She's also very talkative and cheerful. Like most of the Midwest, she's a plain and modest person. Iowa loves to watch the weather and will go outside, even if there's a tornado. Iowa doesn't really appreciate getting into any spotlight and avoids any drama. Iowa's comfortable with the life she has now, but does wish for a more exciting one. She's rather patient and cares for people, she's also quite optimistic. Iowa loves to stay at home, reading a book with a fire in her fireplace. She's also known for being a great storyteller.

Iowa's a big fan of corn, having a small corn farm, going to corn mazes and eating corn on the cob more than any other state. Iowa loves going to state fairs and even goes to other states to be in their state fairs. She's a pretty good volleyball player and plays with Nebraska a lot. She doesn't drink alcohol a lot, but does on occasion. Her favorite foods are Snickers salad, pork tenderloin sandwich, steak de Burgo, sweet corn, Scotcharoos, puppy chow and taco pizza. She loves Blue Bunny ice cream whenever it's a hot day. She has two eastern goldfinches she named Bonnie and Corn.

## Relationships

### Nebraska (Roxie C. Nelson)

Nebraska and Iowa get along well. Like Kansas, Iowa comes over unannounced to drag Nellie out of her farm. She loves telling Nellie stories as they drive to corn mazes or state fairs. Iowa usually doesn't mind doing all the talking, but sometimes, she pushes Nellie to say something. Sometimes, Iowa comes over so she can help Nellie.

### Kansas (Con R. Schmidt)

Iowa usually comes over to help Kansas with his animals or farming. Iowa is still sorry for not being there during Bleeding Kansas and still tries to help Kansas anytime she can.

### Missouri (Cam L. Scott)

Iowa and Missouri don't have a really good relationship. They still fight about who won the Honey War. Missy once asked to go on an adventure with her. Iowa accepted, thinking they could build their relationship or at least resolve the arguments. After that, Iowa has learned to never go on an adventure with her. Despite this, Iowa wants to repair their relationship. However, Missouri doesn't seem keen on repairing it.

### America (Alfred F. Jones)

America and Iowa hang out sometimes as America's usually busy or completely forgets that Iowa's there. Iowa doesn't do as much talking with America as she doesn't feel like it. Usually, they hang out after Iowa's done hanging out with Nellie.

## Trivia

* Iowa's birthday corresponds with the day Iowa became a state.
* Iowa's the twenty-ninth state admitted into the Union.
* Other nicknames for Iowa are Genesis, Gene, Gin, Julie and Jules.
* The Eastern Goldfinch is Iowa's state animal.
* Her birds is named after Blue Bunny ice cream brand and corn.