hellzabeth

Oh right, Lapland isn't quite that simple, because it's... well the Sámi lived there originally but then the Finns came along and then the Russians and the Norwegians and then Sweden sort of... slipped himself in there too. (... sounds dirty) So now it's like... everybody's there, the Sámi, the Finns, the Russians, the Norwegians and the Swedes. (And the Kvens and the Tornedalians but they are pretty much Finns who just got stuck in Norway and Sweden respectively and have been hanging out there since then and are now legally their own peoples.) It's a huge mess anyway. But we do know it was originally Sámi-area ("Sápmi" as they call it, "Lapland" is actually a kind of derogatory name so you kinda shouldn't use it anymore unless you talk about the Lapland-provinces.) ANYWAY. Sorry for the essay. xD It's just a huge mess. It wouldn't be so bad if the Sámi had been given equal rights from the start but they weren't so it's sort of... a huge mess. (And I'm not even starting on how the Kvens and Tornedalians were treated too.) But we try to be nice to them now. orz Sámi-languages are official languages in all the Sápmi area now. Well, I'm not sure about the Russian part, I have no idea.

*deep breath* But you know, I'd just LOVE to see a Sápmi-tan in Hetalia. =3= I've seen an official sketch with Finland in Sámi-clothes but that just pisses me off and it probably would piss the Sámi off even more if they saw it and maybe some of them already have, idk, it's not like they don't use the internet too but I haven't seen any in the fandom yet.

Actually I do have this rough concept art for a Sápmi-tan... I just never finished it... and I couldn't decide which area dress to use for her.