A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda .
Some personifications in the Western world often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province . Examples of this type include Britannia , Germania , Hibernia , Hispania , Helvetia and Polonia .
Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne , the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma , a female deity who personified the city of Rome and his dominion over the territories of the Roman Empire . [1]
Examples of representations of the everyman or citizenry in addition to the nation itself are Deutscher Michel , John Bull and Uncle Sam . [2]
Canada was often personified as a young woman in 19th and early 20th century editorial cartoons, called simply "Canada", "Miss Canada", or sometimes "Mother Canada". [9]
Our mother Macedonia became now as a widow, lonely and deserted by her sons. She does not fly the banner of the victorious Macedonian army