New York State

### Spoken Language(s)

English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, French, Russian, Italian, Yiddish, Hindi/Urdu, Arabic, Korean

### Bio Family

North Jersey (younger brother), South Jersey (younger brother), New York City (son), Trenton (nephew), Princeton (niece)

### Unofficial Nickname(s)

Big Apple, Excelsior State, Knickerbocker State, Gateway to the West

New York (*ニューヨーク, Nyūyōku*) or Brooklyn "Brooke" Albany York (*ブルックリン アルバニー ヨーク, Burukkurin arubanī yōku*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. She represents the State of New York. She's often referred to as Upstate or New York State to differentiate her from her son.

## Appearance

New York has short black hair that ends a little bit below her shoulders, ocean blue eyes and pale skin. She has a scar on her upper back from the Battle of Long Island, a scar on her chest from the Battle of Harlem Heights, a scar on her lower back from the Siege of Fort William Henry and a scar on her cheek that reaches to the top of her head from the Battle of Carillon. She has an ahoge that represents Long Island, glasses that represents the Hudson Valley, a birthmark on her upper back that represents Tug Hill and a birthmark and a mole on her right shoulder that represents Mount Marcy and the Lake Tear of the Clouds. Upstate usually wears a black dress shirt with a dark blue blazer, blue jeans, a navy blue tie and dark brown dress shoes. She's also seen wearing a dark blue, long-sleeved shirt with a black jacket, blue jeans and dark green high-tops. She's also seen wearing a white NYC hoodie with dark blue skinny jeans, grey and white high-tops and a red beanie when she's off work.

## Personality and Interests

New York State is more of a business type character with a rather rude attitude. Like her son, she has a softer side, but rarely shows it. She can be quite cold and irritable. She has a hard time expressing her emotions and can come off as emotionless. Despite her loud voice, she's rather laid-backed and a chill young woman. She loathes being confused for her son, something that happens so often that she doesn't bother to correct anyone anymore.

Upstate seems to have inherited more of Netherlands' business skills than Downstate. Though financially successful, she's often pinned down by work. New York State loves nature and takes any chance she gets to run back to her home far upstate. Upstate holds herself confidently and boasts to others about her success, even if she means well. New York State loves her privacy and personal space, having a tendency to push people away who get in her space.

She's very organized and loves to plan things before she goes out. She always appears to be in a hurry and talks very fast. She's a very hard-working young woman and usually doesn't get rest because of it. Upstate has a passion for the arts. She's also a very skilled writer, having published a few books and very skilled in the arts, especially painting. Her favorite genres are horror, mystery and sometimes, she reads poetry.

New York State doesn't visit NYC often and only does so to visit her son. Upstate doesn't like tourists and usually visits her son after tourist season. She loves when people mind their own business and usually get into fights with people who can't mind their own business. Upstate is a fan of sports and loves to watch them on TV or play them with her younger brothers.

## Relationships

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

Downstate's her son. They treat each other with respect, but they do get into fights every now and then. They do work with each other from time to time. NYC's personality can get on New York State's nerves and she can't stand when people mix them up. Though, she does love her son and wouldn't know what to do without him.

### North and South Jersey (Mike and Nicky J. Mitchell)

North is Upstate's younger brother and they bond well. They are both hard-working and share their love for the arts, though North is better at singing than her. York loves to talk to North as he just listens to her rant about anything. North tolerates New York State, but doesn't really like her.

Like NYC, York doesn't understand how North can tolerate such a person. She can tolerate South more than NYC, but she does yell at him for being too loud. Sometimes, New York just wishes she could throw a right hook at him, but is stopped by what North would think of her.

### Connecticut (Minty C. Murphy)

New York State finds Connie annoying with her constant worrying about everyone. She swears she's going to yell at Connie for calling her in the middle of her meetings. They've sorted things now, but it still irritates Upstate that she has calls twice a day from Connie. However, she won't say that it is a nice break from the business calls she constantly gets.

### Pennsylvania (Will H. Penn)

Upstate and Penny have a friendly rivalry, but have always been close. Upstate finds herself unable to spend lengthy amounts of time with him, but enjoys the calls she gets from him every now and then.

### Maine (Ever M. Pelletier)

New York State finds it a bit difficult to tolerate the New England states, aside from Maine. They don't talk much, but they do go on hikes whenever New York is free and they appreciate each other's company. Like North, New York State loves Maine's calm and quiet nature.

### America (Alfred F. Jones)

York is usually too busy to spend time with America, though America has sought advice from her before. America trusts Upstate to trade and negotiate with the other countries in place of him.

### Netherlands

She lived with the Netherlands under the name 'New Netherlands' with North, Connie North Del, Downstate and Mary on occsion. She caught more of the Netherlands' sharp business senses than NYC, having an easier time to trade and negotiate with others.

### England (Arthur Kirkland)

Upstate tolerates England, but never seemed to like him. She doesn't like that England captured her at the Battle of Fort Washington and had to stay with him constantly. To this day, she avoids England as much as possible.

## Trivia

* New York State's state flower is the Rose.
* New York State's birthday corresponds with the day New York became a state.
* Upstate is the eleventh state admitted into the Union.
* Upstate can speak a lot of different languages, but prefers to speak English and Dutch.
* Other nicknames for New York State are Brookie, Lin, Al, Ban, Bany, York and Yorkie.
* New York State's Dutch name is Renske and her name when she was with England was Alice.