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A national personification is an Anthropomorphization of a Nation ; it can appear in both Editorial Cartoon s and Propaganda .

Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva / Athena , and often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman Province . Examples of this type include Britannia , Germania and Helvetia .


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