Georgia

### Unofficial Nickname(s)

Empire State of the South, Goober State, Yankee-land of the South, Cracker State, Buzzard State, Pine State

Georgia (*ジョージア, Jōjia*) or Gavin Georgia Howard (*ギャビン ジョージア州 ハワード, Gyabin Jōjia-shū hawādo*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the State of Georgia. He's often referred to as **Geo** as a nickname.

## Appearance

Georgia has short dark brown hair, light blue eyes and tan skin. He has a scar on the left side of his stomach from the Battle of Chickamauga, a scar on his right hip from the Capture of Savannah, a scar on his neck from the Battle of Resaca, a scar on his left hip that from the Battle of Dallas and a scar on his chest that from Sherman's March to Sea. He has a birthmark on his inner thigh that represents the Canoochee River, a mole on his shoulder representing St. Catherine's Island and a birthmark on his collarbone that represents Stone Mountain. Geo wears a cream colored sweatshirt, white shorts and light yellow sneakers. He's also seen wearing a short-sleeved white shirt with beige shorts and white slip-ons. He can be seen with a gun by his side as Georgia has high military activity.

## Personality and Interests

Georgia is a hospitable man and loves people coming over. However, he can be hot-headed, overly emotional sometimes and highly competitive. He can be energetic and fun to be around, he's also extremely hard-working and loves to take risks. Georgia's also very proud of his state. It's known that it's hard to convince Geo of something if he's already set his mind to it. According to South Carolina "it's a trait he got from Florida''. However, he's easy to chat with and can be charismatic.

Geo loves to do outdoor activities, some of his favorites are hiking the Appalachian Trail, rock climbing, tennis, baseball and hunting. Geo is known for being "strangely obsessed with peaches like Florida is with his oranges'' according to North Carolina. Geo claims that Brunswick stew originated in his state and that his Brunswick stew is better than Virginia's or North Carolina's. His favorite foods are cornbread, peaches and pecans. He likes fried chicken, but prefers pork. He also loves barbecuing as it's a favorite pastime in Georgia.

## Relationships

### South Carolina (Luke C. Campbell)

South and Geo have a friendly relationship with each other and a 'friendly' rivalry with each other. They usually argue over anything like who was the true 'peach state' in which they argued for days. However, South still loves Geo and their relationships remained stable and unbroken during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and the Reconstruction.

### North Carolina (Ian C. Price)

Unlike his relationship with South, Georgia and North don't argue. North can get annoyed with South and Geo's arguing so North doesn't really go to parties or other activities with both of them. He's fond of his older brother and loves to rock climb or hike together.

### Florida (August F. Gonzalez)

The two are close friends despite Florida being rather wild. They usually fish or wakeboard together with other states such as Louisiana.

### Alabama (Jay A. Lee)

Georgia and Alabama have a good relationship. Geo thinks Bama can be too aggressive sometimes and doesn't like he gets yelled at for hunting in her 'backyard'. Geo has an urge to slap Bama every time she yells at someone. Geo likes to call Alabama "Allie" as she hates that name.

### America (Alfred F. Jones)

They have a somewhat good relationship. Since Geo is one of the more military active states, America comes over a lot which can annoy Geo sometimes. America avoids the topic of the Civil War as Georgia likes to argue about it.

### England (Arthur Kirkland)

Georgia appreciates England for taking him in as his colony, even if England forgot him most of the time. They have a distant relationship, but they're on good speaking terms.

### Spain (Antonio Fernandez Carriedo)

Geo rarely talks to Spain and doesn't really like him because he tried to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1742.

## Trivia

* Georgia's state flower is the Rosa Laevigata or Cherokee Rose.
* Georgia's birthday corresponds with the day Georgia was ratified into the Union.
* Georgia is the fourth state that was admitted into the Union.
* Other nicknames for Georgia are George, Gav and Georgie.