And because of Hetalia, I couldn’t help but to very nearly burst out laughing when learning about the Spanish being really pissed when Napoleon tried to take over Portugal. In this time period of Napoleon’s reign, he had set up a blockade between Great Britain and the rest of Europe. Portugal didn’t want to assist in the blockade-ing, so Napoleon decided to do an invasion. To do this, he had to go through Spain, of which had been taken over by France. However, the Spanish didn’t want to deal with a bunch of French soldiers storming through their country. Their nationalistic feelings became enflamed, and they started using guerrilla fighting tactics to rebel agains the French, ambushing soldiers then running off into the woods.

And so, I can’t help imagining Spain hanging out with all the other countries that had been conquered by Napoleon, then all of a sudden proclaiming “I’M TOO PASSIONATE FOR THIS SHIT!” and walking out the room. The next time France reports back to Napoleon on how things are going, he says, “’How’s it going in Portugal?’ Are you kidding me?! You know how we conquered Spain? Yeah, well, now he keeps jumping out of random bushes, punching me in the face while screaming something about being le nation de passion, then running off again! THINGS ARE NOT GOING OKAY!”