Portugal

Portugal is a country located in Western Europe who takes the form of a 27-year old man. He is a main character of Country Stories and some CS Presents entries.

## Appearance

Portugal is a tall man, in fact, the tallest member of the romance family. He has slightly tan skin and dark blue eyes; similar to his brothers, he has short, dark brown hair arranged in ringlets, albeit messier compared to the other 3. He wears a carnation earring on his right ear.

## Personality

Being the middle child of the romance family, Portugal is someone who spent a great part of his existence trying to stand out from his siblings, however, back then and even nowadays, he found that hard to achieve thanks to the extraordinary qualities they all had in comparison to him, this caused Portugal to live with a persisting inferiority complex, resentful of anyone and anything that he felt became better than anything he could do.

In recent history, however, Portugal has learned the art of 'not giving a damn', and has significantly modified his personality to showcase it; Portugal nowadays likes referring to himself as a 'rebel with no path', he is a relaxed and slightly lazy man with a very loose tongue, not afraid to speak out his mind or joke around with other people even if this is slightly hurtful, he embraces who he is and refuses to compare himself to anyone anymore.

Among the things that Portugal likes, the one that certainly stands out the most is the sea, even going as far as to claim it as 'his home' from time to time. He has a fascination with exploration, whether it is marine life or undiscovered islands, the thought of embarking on an adventure as the alone time he enjoys so much is usually the main motivation for Portugal to perform his day-to-day activities.

## Relationships

* Spain:
* United Kingdom: If we're talking about one of UK's absolute best pals, that would be Portugal, they have been friends for as long as they can remember and despite their changes of personality and ideology over time, they have always had each other's back.
* Italy: Portugal is the older brother of Italy, and even if he spends most of the time teasing him by making him take decisions, he is also the one who takes care of him the most, sometimes doing the impossible to prevent Italy from hearing or seeing something that could trigger him, likewise, Italy is the one who encourages Portugal the most when he feels bad. They both have a classic sibling relationship who sometimes fight, but deep down they love each other.
## Trivia

* Portugal's human name is Valente Silva Romano; his first name comes from the latin word *velens*, meaning "brave", picked by Portugal as a method of self-praise; his first last name is derived from the latin word *silva, meaning "forest" or "woodland",* picked due to it being the most common surname in the portuguese-speaking world. Finally, in similar fashion to Spain and Italy, he uses the last name 'Romano' to depict his descendance from the Roman Empire.
	+ Unlike Spain who has Romano as his first surname, Portugal has it as his second surname, this being a reference to the lusophone (portuguese-speaking) world using the father's surname last in names.
* Portugal's magic ability is called
* Portugal's favorite flowers are, notoriously and by a mile, carnations.
* His designated oshi mark is the blossom (🌼)