Countryballs

Countryballs, also known as Polandball, is an Internet meme, predominantly used in online comics strips in which countries or political entities are personified as anthropomorphic balls with eyes, decorated with their national flags. Comics feature the characters in various scenarios, mostly poking fun at international relations and historical events. Other common features in Countryball strips include non-English countries speaking in broken English — with vocabularies of their national languages included, political incorrectness, and black comedy. Strips are generally created using Microsoft Paint or more advanced graphic art software, often made to intentionally look crudely drawn.

Countryballs continue to be popular on the Internet, with the Facebook community reaching over 215,000 members by July 2015, and the subreddit r/Polandball reaching over 700,000 by 2026.


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