Austria

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{{Nation
| name = Austria<br>オーストリア
| continent = EUROPE
| image = Austria.png
| country = [[File:AustriaFlag.png]] [[wikipedia:Austria|Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich)]]
| human = [[Human names#Austria|Roderich Edelstein]] (ローデリヒ・エーデルシュタイン, ''Rōderihi Eederushutain'')
| spellings =
| age =
| gender = Male
| birthday = October 26
| hair = Brown
| eyes = Violet
| height =

| volume = [[Volume 1]]
| strip = ''Chibitalia''
| game = [[Osōji Prussia]]
| dramacd = [[Hetalia Drama CD: Prologue]]
| anime = [[Episode 02]] (Young), [[Episode 06]] (Adult)

| japanese = [[Akira Sasanuma]], [[Aki Kanada]] (as a child), [[Axis Powers Hetalia: The CD|Otsu Kou]] (''Flower Of Iris'')
| english = [[Chuck Huber]]
}}
'''Austria''' (オーストリア,'' Osutoria'') is a supporting character in the series '''Hetalia: Axis Powers'''. In 2008, Himaruya gave out human names to some of the characters and he received the name, '''[[Human names#Austria|Roderich Edelstein]]''' (ローデリヒ・エーデルシュタイン, ''Rōderihi Eederushutain'').

==Attributes==
[[File:AustriaChibi.png|thumb|left|150px|A 'chibi' version of Austria.]]
===Appearance===
Austria has violet eyes and somewhat wavy brown hair, with a wild strand that represents [[wikipedia:Mariazell|Mariazell]]. He doesn't smile often and "doesn't need to". He wears glasses, a long navy blue coat with a white jabot, and black pants (colored tan in some earlier artwork). He also has a mole on his face, which acts as an erogenous zone for him. Under his clothes, he appears to wear a corset.

When he was younger (as seen in '''Chibitalia'''), he wore a deep fuchsia jacket and purple pants. In the anime version of the storyline, his jacket was changed to blue and his pants were changed to black, to match the clothing he wears as an adult.

===Personality and Interests===
He is described as a well-spoken, young master type, who was initially aloof until he was saddled with too many burdens. He gives higher priority to his hobbies rather than his work, and is more optimistic, easygoing, and quiet in comparison to [[Germany]] who is more serious and work-oriented. His interests are art, music (the piano in particular), and cake. In the first drama CD, it is revealed he is not an outdoors person and is afraid of marine animals (such as crabs and starfish). It's been remarked that he keeps his home tidy, but not very orderly, and his underwear was scattered about his house in rather random places. He's also rather knowledgeable about underwear in general, something both Prussia and Germany acknowledged. Despite being musically talented, he has no sense of direction and frequently gets lost; this is based on a joke Himaruya heard about an Austrian salesperson getting lost in his own storehouse. According to Austria, unlike Germany, he's not very good at taking the initiative when it comes to stating his opinion. He seems to be camera shy, or at least in regards to events which are broadcast worldwide and his embarrassment was strong enough that he may have begun to sing. When Germany was going to take a picture, he immediately hid his face. He also remarked his inability to "skillfully put together a pose" as Germany was. In response to his being upset about the broadcasting of the event, Germany remarked that he hadn't read the invitation properly.

Austria is apparently out of shape, walks rather slow, and has a very indoor lifestyle which has caused this, all of which he admits to, though Hungary said that he was different when he was younger. Austria warned others to take care to avoid such a thing happening to them.

==Relationships==
===Germany===
''Main Article: [[Germany]]''

Austria and Germany were allied in both World Wars, and lived together for a while during that time. He gives Germany advice in his confusion over Italy in the Valentines Day strips. They appear to be very close, although he annoys Germany at times with his behavior. Austria relies on Germany quite a bit in modern times and is said to immediately get a high fever if Germany so much as catches a small cold. Whenever something goes wrong, while he'll admit to being at fault, he blames Germany for everything citing things as always being his fault, much to Germany's confusion. Germany accompanies Austria to meetings. Because he relies on him, Austria often makes unreasonable requests of Germany, such as asking him to take the starting block position so that he could sit on his back and rest, possibly dramatizing his weariness in order to get his way.

===Hungary===
''Main article: [[Hungary]]''

The two still have a very close relationship, despite the dissolution of their alliance and marriage. The marriage was mostly a valuable war alliance, as the two promised that they would support each other in war. As children, he was often beaten up and defeated by her when it came to wars, but when they got older, she was forced into becoming his servant while they were both under the rule of [[Holy Roman Empire]].

Throughout the anime and manga, the two share many moments that suggest that they still have feelings for one another. For example, in the '''Buon San Valentino '''strips, Hungary is given a gift from an anonymous source, but when described the man has many of the same facial features that Austria has. She also seems to enjoy watching him play the piano. In addition, she swore revenge on Prussia when he "took Austria's happy face" and demanded Prussia to give Austria back the land he took away saying to "Give Austria's happiness back". When Germany was sent to forcibly annex Austria, Hungary tried to stop him, asking him "to please consider his feelings."

===Italy===
''Main Article: [[Italy]]''

Chibitalia spent a lot of time at Austria's house where he acted as a maid. Austria was one of the many people to believe Italy was a girl until one day his voice finally broke, with Austria thinking he "had a feeling this would happen for some reason."

===Prussia===
''Main Article: [[Prussia]]''

Prussia takes pleasure in annoying and humiliating him in whatever ways he can, and had fought against him in wars in the past, most notably seizing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia Silesia] for himself in the '''War Of Austrian Succession'''.

On numerous occasions when he finds himself alone and crying, Prussia will mention that he is happy alone unlike a certain "stupid aristocrat". In the '''Christmas Strips''', Prussia has to tell himself that he rather be alone than be with others ''"because clustering is for the weak. Yeah, like that stupid aristocr--". ''Prussia often talks about Austria in a negative tone. In the '''Maria Theresa''' arc of the anime, Prussia seems to be hell-bent on humiliating Austria, and shows, on multiple occasions throughout the episodes, a strong desire to see Austria beg for his mercy during the battles. He went so far as to hire a painter to paint Austria's face and defeat so that his failure would forever be a part of history.

In the present day while living with his brother, Prussia also freeloads off of Austria and has a habit of stalking him. Also, in Prussia's blog, it is implied that either Prussia and Austria are both living together in Germany's house, or that Austria associates with the brothers very often to sort out their messes.

===Switzerland===
''Main Article: [[Switzerland]]''

A former childhood friend of Austria's. In their youth, they were close, but Austria was weak and unable to fight as well as Switzerland expected him to, and had to be bailed out when he'd get beaten up in war.

They eventually grew apart, and Switzerland denies that the two of them ever used to be friends. Although he did, Switzerland still never forgot the times when they were.

==Appearances==
===Anime===
[[File:AustriaAnime.png|thumb|120px|Austria in the Anime.]]
Austria made a very brief appearance during the Chibitalia segment in [[Episode 02]] as one of four characters kicking Chibitalia in the air. In [[Episode 04]], he gained control over and made Chibitalia his servant. Later on, he became the parental figure for Chibitalia and some other young countries, scolding them when they did things wrong but also inviting Chibitalia in to listen to his piano skills.

In [[Episode 06]], we see an adult Austria for the first time.

==Trivia==
*The date given for his birthday, '''October 26th''', is also the date of Austria's national holiday. It celebrates Austria's [[wikipedia:Declaration of Neutrality|Declaration of Neutrality]], signed in 1955.
*Austria is the only character given an outright "birth year" (976) in his profile, though [[Korea]] originally had one as well (1919). The "birth year" corresponds with the year that the East Bavarian March (Babenburg Austria) was founded, which Austria grew from.
*June 8th, his and Hungary's wedding day, corresponds with the date of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Compromise_of_1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise].
*In a character note, it says he spent some time in a wheelchair.
*Also in a character note, it says he wears glasses not because he has bad eyesight, but because he thinks he would look plain without them.
* It seems that Austria's natural hair is straight as seen in flashbacks of him as a child, a drawing by Himaruya of a few countries eating breakfast, and a Chibitalia strip in which he combs his hair to achieve his wavy-esque hairstyle.

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