.:APH MALTA OC:.

2/9/2016 I just updating a random few things and fixed the skirt of the picture to make it look a bit more pinkish.

1/2/2016 I rewrite some info and updated about everything haha 

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I'd love to add that if you want to cirque her you are absolute welcome just give me facts and please be fair. I'd love to hear what you think of my character and how I incorporated the country into her. <3

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Country/City/State Information-

National Name: 

English Name: republic of Malta (or Malta) 

Age: 4500

Capital City: Valletta

Biggest City: Birkirkara

Leader: Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (2014)

Flag: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…

two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the George Cross, edged in red; according to legend, the colors are taken from the red and white checkered banner of Count Roger of Sicily who removed a bi-colored corner and granted it to Malta in 1091; an uncontested explanation is that the colors are those of the Knights of Saint John who ruled Malta from 1530 to 1798; in 1942, King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded the George Cross to the islanders for their exceptional bravery and gallantry in World War II; since independence in 1964, the George Cross bordered in red has appeared directly on the white field

Coat of arms: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…

Ethnic Groups: Maltese 95,3%; British 1,6%; other 3,1%

Language(s) spoken: Maltese and English are official but Italian is spoken by 66% of the population 

Population: 412,655 

Religion: Roman Catholic 94%; other 6%

Government: republic

Climate: 

Malta's climate is typical of the Mediterranean and is strongly influenced by the sea. The Maltese Islands have a pleasantly sunny climate with a daily average of around 12 hours sunshine in summer going down to 5 to 6 hours in mid-winter.

Summers are hot, dry and very sunny. Day-time temperatures in summer are often mitigated by cooling sea breezes. 

Spring and autumn are cooler, except when the occasional Scirocco wind from Africa brings unseasonally high temperatures and humidity. 

Winters are mild, with the occasional short cold spells brought about by the north and north-easterly winds from central Europe.

Food: 

Maltese cuisine is the result of a long relationship between the Islanders and the many civilisations who occupied the Maltese Islands over the centuries. This marriage of tastes has given Malta an eclectic mix of Mediterranean cooking. Although the restaurant scene is a mix of speciality restaurants, there are many eateries that offer or specialise in local fare, serving their own versions of specialities.

Traditional Maltese food is rustic and based on the seasons. Look out for Lampuki Pie (fish pie), Rabbit Stew, Bragioli (beef olives), Kapunata, (Maltese version of ratatouille), and widow's soup, which includes a small round of Gbejniet (sheep or goat's cheese). On most food shop counters, you'll see Bigilla, a thick pate of broad beans with garlic. The snacks that must be tried are ‘hobz biz-zejt' (round of bread dipped in olive oil, rubbed with ripe tomatoes and filled with a mix of tuna, onion, garlic, tomatoes and capers) andpastizzi (flaky pastry parcel filled with ricotta or mushy peas).

Human Information-

Name: Melita Elizabetta Lunzjata Tonna

Melita- 

means Affording Honey or sweet honey which replies to the islands famous honey 

it's the Greek/Latin form of the name Malta

It's also the national personification's name for Malta, Melita. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melita…

Elizabetta-

Maltese version of Elisabeth the name of the British queen and represents British influence 

Lunzjata-

Maltese name but also beautiful valley in Gozo

Tonna-

Maltese surname that means chubby because she's a bit chubby 

A Maltese Catholic tradition where the parents chose the first name but the godparents chose the middle names.  That's why she has two middle names. 

Nickname(s): N/A

Human age appearance: 26

Gender: female

Based on national personification of Malta, Melita. 

I also think this could be counted to be good reasoning: www.timesofmalta.com/articles/…

Birthday: 21st of September (when Malta gained independence from Britain) 

Language(s) spoken: Maltese, English, Italian, a little bit of French 

Bad Habit(s): lazy, sleeps in, always late, terrible driver, puts the blame on others, too loud, doesn't have a sense of personal space, relies to much on others

Like(s): crocheting, food, her honey, strawberries, traditional dishes, festivals, swimming, the church/her faith, luzzu Boats, animals

Dislike(s): work, exercise, her hair, France, Aragon,  

Hobbies: lace work, Crocheting, baking and cooking, gardening, naps, 

Fear(s): 

Equipment/Weapons: she doesn't like any weapons really, she's more of a medic in the group. This came from hospitallar Knights, he taught her mediocre while he was centered on the islands and she kept that throughly both world wars. Even getting the title "nurse of the Mediterranean" in ww1.

Culture Favorites: all of it but food is important 

Personality: 

| calm | Honest | kind | lazy/lax | heavy sleeper | loud | traditional | close-minded | short-tempered | RELIGIOUS | lax | fragile | courageous | optimistic | trusts people easily | holds grudges like no ones business | confident | friendly | animal-lover | passive aggressive | clumsy | overly confident | rash | 

Melita by appearance is a kind and lax women. She shows kindness and tried to help but only if it doesn't go to far out of her way. She hates activities like walking or running and for the same reason and has acquired quite the chubby figure thanks to that. However she knows how to hid her chub well as she's had the problem from her mid teens. But she doesn't particularly hate her chub she knows she's still beauty and accepts it. 

Ironic to her lazy self, when it doesn't include walking or running she she is very skilled with her hands and is about the only accept ion when it comes to working. As long as it's not hard labor, the small crafts and delicacies she excels at! Cooking, sewing, and bobbin lace are three excellent examples. She can also crochet, knit as well as paint!! 

When first meeting the Maltese she appears kind and lax, but that opinion might change when she speaks. Malta doesn't particularly have an inside voice and her voice can be quite booming at times. Especially she laughs hard and not trying to be cute is she is loud. And as she's aware of this she doesn't make an attempt to fix it as her neighbors are all quite noisy as well. It's mostly due to she doesn't particularly care if her laugh is ugly as she expects to be judged anyway. She also has been mixed up by talking and haven't an argument with one of her citizens because of this.

Obvious by the rosary around her neck, Malta is very religious causing her to be more conservative and closed-minded by political means. Some examples are:  it is impossible for a married couple living in Malta to obtain a divorce (It is said that the Philippines is the only other country where divorce is not allowed.); abortion is illegal; there are over 300 churches spread around the islands; there is no law that allows gay couples to get married... On the brights side however she does value the traditional family means and community in society and never misses her Sunday church. She is very strong willed when it comes to her faith and is unwavering. However this does not mean she's a homophobe I doubt she'd put in the effort to care what sexuality you are.

Malta is very short tempered, however if your a tourist she'll be very slow to show this. her temper is at its worse when driving. Despite being a terrible driver herself she blames everything on the other party and yells at the other people driving. Also when angry she is more brutally honest than usual, pointing out ways you're terrible even if completely different then the topic they were focusing on. Like it could about their terrible driving and she'll insult their face and call them ugly.

A hidden feature about her is that she's very passive aggressive and holds grudges for the longest and dumbest amount of time. She'll act interested or like nothing's wrong but will be cursing you and your family on the inside. However she won't spend time scheming how she hates you she'll probably only remember her grudge if she sees you, she's to lazy for schemes.

Another one of her bad habits is that she tens to rely on others to fix or help with her problems, she's not a very independent person. Also being an extravert she needs people and interaction to survive. However she won't admit to this because she's overly confident in herself. 

Fears: heights, modernization, fire, 

Extras: 

Appearance-

Height: 159 (5'2.6ft)

Weight: 137 but a lot of her fat goes to her stomach and butt

Body type: 

Small joints, small and delicate hands and feet 

Her bones are pretty thin 

Chubby with no visible muscle 

Greek goddess type of figure kind off

 She's very pudgy and proud??? She's not ashamed of her body but does admit at times that she needs to work out more

Hair: 

Her hair has small, frizzy, oily curls that are quite common in Malta sta.sh/21cz2oesjxaf?edit=1 it's very long and reaches a few inches below her belly button. The top section of her hair is pulled back by a clip with three Maltese centuries (the national flower) on it. Her hair is layered and often strands will stick out from the rest. She has a small curl coming out of the clip which represents the Italian and Sicilian influence on the islands, being the first settlers were from Sicily. 

Her hair is so oily that it floats when in the water think of it kinda as a duck feathers.

The color of her hair is a very dark brown with a few dark chocolate brown undertones. 

The small oily curls are a very Mediterranean look and while usually not as long as Melita's  is a realistic hairstyle for someone from the region. 

I'd also like to add that because she's pretty lazy she doesn't always take the best care of her hair but hates putting her hair in chlorine pools or anything of the sort. She complains about her hair and taking care of it but loves how it looks. She usually pulls half of her hair into the three flower clip or into a bun with a lace covering. 

Eyes: her eyes appear larger due to their extreamly dark brown color that are a rounded downturned shape like famous vintage actress Mary Astor: www.pinterest.com/aecm51/mary-…

They also give Malta a youthful appearance yet making her elegant to show how old she is. 

Her eyes are black because of this description of Maltese women:

"The Maltese women are little, and have beautiful hands and feet. They have fine black eyes, though they sometimes appear to squint, owing to their always looking out of the same eye; half of the face being covered with a sort of veil made of silk called Faldetta..." -William Henry Bartlett

Eyebrows: they're thicker, long and arched also messy as she's to lazy to trim them but occasionally she will pluck them. They are like this for a few reasons, most importantly is British rule. 

Skin: she's a very tan olive skinned color like: sta.sh/0jr4uutazhn

Accent: Maltese??? 

Anything on your body that represents your country?:

The birthmarks represents Comino and cominito 

•Strawberry red skirt for national color and strawberry festival in Imgarr

•3 flowers represent the "three cities" Vittoriosa, Senglea and Cospicua

•Flower is national flower the Maltese Century.

•Curl for Sicilian and Italian influence 

•Rosemary to represent most people being Catholic in Malta, it was spruced up slightly just because she loves her jewelry. 

•Ring reps the famous Maltese honey bee

•Birthmarks reps islands Comino and Cominito

•the stone bracelet reps the megalithic temples 

•colorful bracelets reps craft cities but mostly Ta' Qali

•a common accessory of hers is a lace sun-umbrella the lace is made of Maltese lace and she's very proud of it.

•wears lace underwear to represent Maltese lace as well however it's not sexy or anything more like grandma panties 

Outfit: 

Shirt: a light blue striped shirt too buttons are unbuttoned and has 3/4 sleeves the sleeves are folded up and kept up but two buttons on each arm. 

Skirt: it's a strawberry!!! (It has pinkish hues) red that is also made from a light material. The bottom 7/8th of the skirt is separated by a ruffle in the skirt.

Scar(s): she has many scars the one on her left arm is from the great seize of Malta. The scars you don't see are spread out on her body that represent the bombings from ww2. On her scalp there is a large scar that is slightly visible behind her right ear (also hit her right ear so she is half-deaf) from a building cisalpine on her and on her back is a large burn from the bombingS as well. 

There's also a large burn mark on her back she has burns in a few places form the bombs

Accessories: 

Maltese women LOVE their jewelry so she has a lot and she wears a lot almost always. It's stated in multiple history poems about Maltese women to have them even some of the poorer Maltese women. 

Relationships-

Ancestor: the first people we from Sicily on the island and were very religious so idk what they would be called other than a shady figure in her memory. 

Family: 

Her mother was a mysterious women that was involved in some part of a cul that was practiced on the island. Or so she thinks, she has no relocation of her mother or father and this is all from some people who she knew on the islands. 

Sicily is her half-sibling being that the original people on the island and even now have history of their linage starting from Sicily. 

Grandpa Rome wasn't particularly blood family but a father figure to her despite just using her for a good trading location. 

Friends:

Rivals:

Enemies: not any in particular but she would harbor grudges against the Italy brothers and Germany for the bombing in ww2 in particular

She Alamo might hold a small grudge on France

Pet: while not owning any pets she tends to be a kind of snow-white character and take care of a lot of different birds and cats. She'll often have bird feeders and be very friendly with them. She is even more affectionate of cats and loves them, and they love her back. She feeds the cats and gives them attention. 

But even outside of cats and birds she loves all animals and is the type of person to feel bad about killing a fly.

Potential Love Interest: she did have a flirty relationship with hospitallar Knights but that was when she was in her hormonal teen days. They both admit to having a crush on each other as well. But now a days there's no love interest 

Foreign Relationships: a checklist forgive me, idk how to explain them 

Northern Italy: 

Southern Italy: 

Sicily: 

Australia: 

Britain: 

France: 

History: 

Prehistory

5200 B.C.

Arrival of man on Malta

 3200 B.C.

Building of megalithic temples

2000 B.C.

 Invasion of Bronze Age peoples

 800 B.C.

 Phoenician colonisation

 Early Inhabitants

900 B.C.

 The start of the Iron Age

 480 B.C.

Carthaginian domination

 Roman Times

 218 B.C.

Roman domination after the Punic Wars

60

St. Paul shipwrecked on Malta

 395

Byzantine domination of Malta

 Under The Arabs

 870

 Arabs occupy Malta

 Normans Rule & The Middle Ages 

1090

Normans occupation

 1194

 Swabian occupation

 1266

Angevins occupation

1283

Aragonese occupation

1350

Establishment of a Maltese nobility

1397

Establishment of the Universita

 1485 

Death of Peter Caxaro

Knights of St. John

 1530

Order of the Knights of St John arrive in Malta 

1561

Inquisition established

1565

 The Great Siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks

 1566

 The Founding of Valletta

French Occupation 

 1798

Napoleon Bonaparte takes Malta from the Knights

 1799

 Britain takes Malta

 1800

 The French surrender

1802

 Peace of Amiens

British Period

 1814

 Malta becomes a British Crown Colony

 1914-1918

 First World War

 1919

 Sette Giugno riots against British rule

 1921

Amery-Milner constitution grants self-government

1930-1939

Turbulent period of intermittent self-government

 1939-1945

 Second World War

 1947

 Restoration of self-government

 Modern Malta

 1964

 Independence within the British Commonwealth

 1974

Malta becomes a Republic

1979

Last British services leave Malta

2004

Malta membership of the European Union

2008

 Malta joins the Eurozone

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