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'''[[Prussia]]''' (''Preußen'' in German), named after the duchy and former ''[[The Teutonic Knights|Ordenstaat]]'' but born of the margravate and electorate of Brandenburg (coincidentally by merging with said ''Ordenstaat,'' by then secularized), became the dominant state in Germany (having more than half of Germany's land area and population) by the time it was unified (by Prussia, incidentally) in 1871. From 1701 until the end of [[World War One]] in 1918, it was known as "The Kingdom of Prussia", and post [[World War One]], "The Free State of Prussia". Because "republic" [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|sounded too French]]. After [[World War II]] Prussia simply
ceased to exist after being [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|ethnic cleansed]] by an [[Glorious Mother Russia|oddly similar sounding state]] <ref> technically not, that state was called USSR</ref> as part of its [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. Any one you meet today of Prussian decent is either an immigrant or a descendant of an [[The Exile|exile]].
For Hollywood though, Prussia, or rather, the Prussian stereotype, lives on into [[The Present Day]] as an alternative to [[Oktoberfest]] (which, incidentally, is [[The Sixteen Lands of Deutschland|Bavarian]]). The Prussians/Germans are depicted as all having bullet-shaped heads, crew cuts, ''Pickelhaube'' helmets, [[Badass Mustache|impressive mustaches]], [[High Class Glass|monocles]], [[Dueling Scar|duelling scars]], "corpse discipline" (the kind of discipline that would make a corpse jump up and stand to attention), [[Just a Stupid Accent|"und veys hof makink hyu tok"]]. Not to mention [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]].
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See [[Prussian Kings]] for more info regarding [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Prussia's kings]]. [[Inspired By|Compare and contrast]] [[Imperial Germany]]. Also related to [[Fatherland]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kind of inverted in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', as the [[Moe Anthropomorphism|character]] of Prussia is [[Hot Blooded|loud, rude and undisciplined]]. [[Blood Knight|But he kicks ass in fights]] ([[Ted Baxter|some]][[Butt Monkey|times]]) and according to [[Word of God]] he is ''completely'' devoted to his mentor and one of his bosses, [[Magnificent Bastard|Friedrich II]]. He has a [[Nice Hat]].
** The comic also points out that the Prussian state is descended from [[The Teutonic Knights]] (remember ''[[Age of Empires II (Video Game)|Age of Kings]]'' and ''[[Europa Universalis]]''?). They were like [[The Knights Templar]], except that they owned all the Baltic states and periodically tried to destroy Poland.
*** [[Step Three: Profit|In other words]]: Step 1: [[The Teutonic Knights|Teutonic Knights]] - Step 2: AWESOME - Step 3: <s>Profit!</s> Prussia!
*** Alternately: [http://pyrrhiccomedy.livejournal.com/39420.html 1) Take no shit. 2) Fuck shit up (for Jesus?) 3) ??? 4) Profit]
* The Galactic Empire in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'' is basically Prussia [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]!
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