Canada (カナダ Kanada?) is a shy and quiet character with a best friend named Kumajiro, a white bear small enough for him to hold. Although Canada is his master, Kumajiro never remembers Canada's name, as do any of the other countries/nations. He is also commonly mistaken for his brother, America. He is friends with Cuba, who is not immune to confusing him with America. Despite this, once Cuba realises his mistake he does his best to make it up to Canada, even though he ends up repeating the mistake later. Canada was raised by both France and England at different periods in his childhood, which results in him having long hair similar to that of France. When Canada appears for World Meetings, he is so unobtrusive that the other countries don't realize he is there, leading to comic situations when the nations realise the omission. In Russia's case, he once did not even notice Canada on a chair and sat upon him. When in pain, he usually whimpers an exclamation involving the word "Maple" (Examples: "Maple-Hockey!" and "Maple leaf!"). His human name is Matthew Williams. __________