User:That Argentinian on da' corner/Countryballs
Polandball, alternatively known in general as countryballs, is an internet meme that consists of user-created cartoon comics, artworks, and communities. It satirizes countries and their political relations, personified as balls (excluding a few countries) with simple eyes and their flag as their skin (sometimes their clothing), interacting with each other mostly in poorly-written English (Unless it is an English speaking nation), and exhibiting personalities derived from national and international opinions and stereotypes of them. The subculture and comics can be referred to alternatively as Polandball (even if Poland does not appear in the comic itself) or countryballs. [1]
The meme has officially developed differently than many other internet memes in that it has a strong community of followers across many websites, but is not always completely known or understood outside of its communities. Regardless, Polandball has become a staple of many websites to depict international events. It has drawn the attention of scholars, front pages of websites and newspapers, game developers, politicians and ministries, and even celebrities, amongst other people.
Concepts[edit]
In Polandball, the characters are countries personified in a ball with a life of their own and who do everyday human things, however, it also contains some concepts that must be explained if you are a new follower, below:
Anschluss[edit]
This concept consists of a ball getting so angry that it turns into a rectangle with small eyes and becomes a cannibal and eats other balls, the most common example is Reichtangle who eats Polandball. However, other countries can also make an anschluss, for example, USAball transforms into a mixed shape between a rectangle and a blob, following the stereotype that Americans eat a lot of junk/fast food, particularly McDonald's.
Börk[edit]
It is a meaningless word that sounds like a Swedish word, Swedenball commonly repeats this word, however the other balls have börk.
Börk list[edit]
Written by: Swedenball
Albaniaball Kosovo Kosovo Antarcticaball Noot noot / Cold cold / Ice ice Argentinaball Che che / Malvinas Malvinas Armeniaball Hay hay / Kill Azerbai Kill Azerbai / Jan jan / Tashi tushi / Qélé Qélé Australiaball Mate mate / Oi oi / Vegemite vegemite Austriaball Wörgl wörgl / Freud Freud / Get to da choppa, Get to da choppa!!! / Impfauftrag Impfauftrag Azerbaijanball Həri həri / Kəbab kəbab Bahamasball Waka waka Bangladeshball Flood flood Belarusball Bulba bulba Belgiumball Waffle waffle / Fries fries Bhutanball Druk druk / Ohm ohm Boliviaball Mar mar Bosnia and Herzegovinaball Ba ba / Ćevapi Ćevapi / Bolan Bolan / Burek Burek Botswanaball Beep boop Brazilball Hue hue / Samba samba / Football football Bruneiball Money money / Peryadap perdayap Bulgariaball Yogurt yogurt / Düner düner Burundiball Rundi rundi Cambodiaball Wat wat / Khmer khmer Canadaball TRUE NORTH! / Timber timber / Bois bois / Eh eh / Sorry Sorry Cape Verdeball Cabo cabo Central African Republicball Vroom vroom Chadball Haram haram / Sahel sahel / Sup bitches Chileball Wea wea / Weon weon / Qliao qliao Chinaball Aiya aiya / Neige neige Colombiaball Coffee coffee / Shakira shakira Costa Ricaball Tico tico Croatiaball Kaj kaj / Rakija rakija / ic ic Cubaball Castro castro Cyprusball Olive olive Czechiaball Pivko pivko Denmarkball Øl øl Dominicaball Honk honk Democratic Republic of Congoball Mbwane mbwane Ecuadorball Bananas bananas Egyptball Misr misr / Kofta kofta / Pyramid pyramid El Salvadorball Pupusa, Pupusa / Guanaco, Guanaco Estoniaball Möh möh / Nordic nordic Ethiopiaball KITFO KITFO/GIB GIB FOOD (and somtimes) House House/solomon solomon Faroe Islandsball Bðrk bðrk Fijiball Bula bula / Water water Finlandball Perkele perkele / Sauna Sauna Franceball Hon hon / Boûin boûin / Baguette baguette French Guyanaball Mêr mêr French Polynesiaball Bora bora Georgiaball Wine wine / Tbles tbles / Kartvel kartvel / Khachapuri khachapuri / Stalin Stalin
Germanyball Wörk wörk / Pay Debt Pay Debt
Ghanaball Ghana ghana / Cocoa cocoa / Coffin coffin Greeceball Κωνσταντινούπολη Κωνσταντινούπολη / No Debt No Debt Greenlandball Aap aap / Börqq börqq Guatemalaball Maya maya Gypsyball Sarma sarma / Fer fer Haitiball Mango mango/ Siklòn Siklòn Hong Kongball Aiya aiya / Wai wai Hungaryball Magyar magyar / Pàprìka pàprìka / Rubik rubik Icelandball Björk björk/ Net net / Russia russia Indiaball Dadhak dadhak / Tunak tunak Indonesiaball Satay satay / Baso-baso / Telolet-telolet / Roti-roti Iranball Ayatollah ayatollah / Imam imam Irelandball Ól ól / Liberate norn iron Iraqball Watan watan ISISball ALLAHU AKBAR / Jihad jihad Islamballs Durka durka / Kebab kebab Israelcube Oy-vey Oy-vey Italyball Pizza pizza / Spaghetti Spaghetti Ivory Coastball Côte Côte Jamaicaball Reggae reggae / Rasta rasta / Ganja ganja Japanball Desu desu / Sushi sushi / Moe moe / Kawaii kawaii / Hentai hentai / Anime anime Kazakhbrick Jagshemash jagshemash / Potassium potassium/ Sputnik Sputnik Kenyaball Masai Masai / Run run / Marathon Marathon Kiribatiball Drown drown/ Blub Blub Kurdistanball Gosht gosht / Kurd Kurd / Independence independence Kyrgyzstanball Manas manas/ Kyrgyz Kyrgyz Latviaball Potato potato Lebanonball Yalla yalla Liberlandball Free Free / Liber liber / Relevant relevant Liechtensteinball Lie lie Lithuaniaball Vytis Vytis / Baltic Baltic Macedoniaball FYROM fyrom / ROM rom Malaysiaball Lepak lepak Madagascarball Move it Move it Maldivesball Sink sink / Coconut coconut Maltaball Deus deus Mauritaniaball Slaves slaves / Smile smile Mexicoball Taco Taco / Tequila Tequila / Ay Ay / Wey Wey Mongoliaball Mongol mongol Moroccoball Maghrib maghrib Myanmarball No börk (but if had a börk then it'll be Kill Rohingyas for no reason Kill Rohingyas for no reason) NepalRawr RAWR RAWR / Gurkha gurkha / Himalayas himalayas Netherlandsball Tulp tulp New Caledoniaball Kanak Kanak New Zealandball Kia-ora kia-ora / Rugby rugby / Sheep Sheep / Kiwi Kiwi Nicaraguaball Nica Nica Nigeriaball Scam scam North Koreaball Bajil bajil / Nuke nuke/ Juche juche Norwayball Børk børk / Bergen borgen Omanball Man man Pakistanball Pak pak Palauball Jellyfish jellyfish / Blub blub Palestineball Nakba nakba Panamaball Canal canal Paraguayball Indiós indiós / Guaraní guaraní / Tereré tereré Peruball Inca inca / Pe' pe' Philippinesball Duterte duterte / Balut balut / Taho taho Polandball Flaczki flaczki / Kurwa kurwa Portugalball Ão ão / Hue hue / Cristiano Cristiano Romaniaball Mici mici / Mămăligă mămăligă / Transylvania Transylvania / Vampire vampire Russiaball Putin Putin / Suka blyat / Vodka vodka Samiball Jòik jòik San Marinoball Libertas libertas Saudi Arabiaball Allah allah / Haram haram / Mecca mecca / Oil oil Sealandball Relevant relevant / Micro micro Serbiaball Бре бре (Bre bre) / Remove kebab remove kebab Seychellesball Sey sey Slovakiaball Slovak Slovak / Halušky halušky / Chara Chara Sloveniaball Trst Trst / Melania Melania Tringapore Iya iya / Lah lah / Triangle triangle / Trade Trade South Africaball Click click / Racist racist / Waka waka eh eh South Koreaball Kh kh / Kimchi kimchi / Ppalli Ppalli South Sudanball Oyee oyee Spainball Siesta siesta / Olè olè / Tío Tío Sri Lankaball Sri sri / Tea Tea Svalbardball Seeds seeds Swedenball (Origin of Börks) Börk börk Switzerlandball Bäzli bäzli / Mountain mountain / Gold Gold / Chocolate Chocolate / Neutral Neutral Syriaball Assad Assad Tajikistanball Somoni somoni / Tajik Tajik Thailandball Same same / 555 555 / Sanuk Sanuk / Khap khap Tibetball Lama lama / Ohm ohm / Thangka Thangka / Potala Potala Turkeyball Kebab kebab / Türk türk / Fez Fez Tuvaluball .tv .tv / Domain domain Turkmenistanball Ruhnama ruhnama / Turkmenbashi turkmenbashi / Turk turk UAEball Oil oil / Skyscraper skyscraper / Roblox remover roblox remover Ugandaball De-wae de-wae/ Idi Amin Idi Amin / Dead meme dead meme / Knuckles Knuckles UKball Pork pork / Wot wot / Tea tea / Colony Colony Ukraineball Слава Україні / Putin huilo Putin huilo / Crimea crimea / Dunayu dunayu / Salo Salo / EXPERIMENT GLOWING 1000 DEGREE KNIFE / CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE! / SLAVA UKRAYINI, HEROYAM SLAVA! / Nainanainunanainananunanuna Nainanainunanainananunanuna / Chernobyl Chernobyl Uruguayball Mate mate USAball: Hey Hey / Burger burger / Hot dog hot dog / Football football or Soccer soccer / Freedom freedom / Oil oil Uyghurball Kebab kebab / Turk turk / Desert desert Uzbekistanball Lazgi lazgi Vanuatuball Vatu vatu Vaticanball Deus vult Deus vult! / Pope pope / Amen amen Venezuelaball Chávez chávez / Chamo Chamo (before 2006) Vietnamball Nam nam / Bat dau tu nay / Nguyễn nguyễn Yemenball Bomb bomb Zambiaball Escalator escalator Zimbabweball Inflate inflate
Emus[edit]
Acording to Polandball Wiki, Emus are a secret way to destroy Australia. In the Polandball comics, Emus sometimes make appearances as a subject of the Emu War or upon the mention of dangerous animals. They don't kill anyone and are very peaceful animals BUT they are very hostile to Australiaball. [cause they are only in Australia and they fought him in the emu war] Emus are Aussie's worst nightmare. For the actual information of the bird, visit the main article.
Eyepatches[edit]
The eyepatch is a unique feature of some countryballs' decors. Many countryballs with special insignias on their flags use them. They are based off of real eyepatches. In Polandball, eyepatches are used when an important insignia on a countryball's flag interferes with where the eyes on a countryball should typically go. The eyepatch permits the insignia to go overtop of the eye.
Serbiaball wearing his distinctive eyepatch.
The lines around his ball shape indicate that it is an eyepatch. One of the most common and well-known eyepatches for countryballs is that of Serbiaball. In some Polandball communities, it is obligatory that Serbia has one. It is not obligatory in all of Polandball, however, for any countryball that could use an eyepatch to use one.
Using an emblem in a countryball's canton or the center of a flag as an eyepatch is uncommon and not typically recommended by communities. Eyepatches are most common for flags that contain their emblems in the hoist of the flag.
However, this is pretty not used so much and is mainly used for Serbiaball, Austria-Hungaryball (double eyepatch), Spainball, Portugalball Sloveniaball, Slovakiaball, and Skopjeball.
Kawaii[edit]
Kawaii（from Japanese 可愛かわい - cute）is a feature in some Polandball works. It is especially prominent in the Facebook Polandball Community. Other than this, it is featured as a stereotype of Japanball.
Kurwa[edit]
Kurwa (IPA: /'kur.va/) is an exclamation done by Polandball when he gets mad or is worried. Polandball often use it when Germanyball and Russiaball try anschlussing him, as he's scared.
Stereotypes!!!!![edit]
Stereotypes are a critical component of any Polandball comic. They are the attributes each country possesses for comedic effect. These stereotypes can range from subtle to blunt, meta to deadpan, and completely non-offensive to "holy-shit-2-edgy-4-me" offensive.