Further exploration of the Nations and their citizens concept from here.
(this is fanart, not Himaruya’s work)









Reportedly, Louis XIV’s last words were “Je m’en vais, mais l’État demeurera toujours” as an afterthought to his famous L’Etat, c’est moi. Himaruya modified this quote into “Though I may depart, you shall remain” for his France and Frenchmen strip (originally here, translation 1 and 2)