If every Balkan country was a house in Game of Thrones, what would be its motto?

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Glittering-Poet-2657@reddit

I like how almost no one answered the actual question and instead just started deciding which country is most like which house.

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Erozbey@reddit

Turkey, which has conquered it all, lost it all to rebellions, and longs to return to its former glory, would undoubtedly be the House Targaryen.

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Respectfully i cant connect Turkey with any form of glory or any ideal that even hypocritically seems like honour. Turkey's only "quality" is genocide historically. Doing Ethnic cleansing everywhere you go removes respect from your images it does add it. Again i am speaking historically. I dont have any issues against Turkey. I would really love if someone could point me to anything that that country has offered to this planet. I have search through so many historical books and talked to so many Turkish people yet the only thing they had to say is their food which none of their examples were turkish... honestly i am truly wondering at this point is there anything else than genocide that Turkey has to offer to this planet?

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chrstianelson@reddit

Then Romania is Winterfell.

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Tasty_Leading_3221@reddit

Yes, yes!

Winter is coming!

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ZinbaluPrime@reddit

And Bulgaria will be the Lanisters. Betraying bastards that seek only gold and their own personal gain.

And drinking and brothels.

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sylasnord@reddit

That sounds a lot like Serbians lmao

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Ashckroft@reddit

He skipped history classes

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OkCheesecake5894@reddit

We are the coldest one so I guess it's fitting we'd get "Winter is coming"

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chrstianelson@reddit

Also the largest one.

And Winterfell's semi-autonomy relates well to Wallachia being a vassal rather than fully conquered I think, that is if we're going by the Ottoman analogy as proposed.

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urbanOutlaw04@reddit

Nah Riverlands in much more fitting. Always invaded by foreigners.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Turkey would be Essos not a house and not targaryans😂😂

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

Targaryans are conquerors from Essos, so that fits Turkey tbh

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

They were from Essos 1000s of years ago ,Turkey would fit the actual part of Essos

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taloschat@reddit

Turks were from essos(east asia) 1000+ years ago then settled cenral asia ans settled anatolia in 1070s-1300s.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Turks are dotrhaki people froma actual essos

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tabulasomnia@reddit

trying a bit hard to distance yourself from turks, aren't you

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

What do you mean?

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tabulasomnia@reddit

a family that came from far lands and settled in your continent, conquered all the lands but lost its former glory -> "can't be turks"

horse people -> "must be turks!"

\^this is you

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

“George R.R. Martin has stated the Dothraki are an amalgamation of Huns, Mongols, Alans, Turks, and Native American tribes (Sioux/Cheyenne).”

The author of the book also says but you wann be targaryen😂

This is you😂

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tabulasomnia@reddit

look up "death of the author" some time

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

What??😂

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Prudent_Station_3912@reddit

ananim amina fit etsin oe. oryantal fantazini skiim senin

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

No intiendo

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Erozbey@reddit

Essos is Asia. It is home to many nations and tribes. The Targaryens were originally from here. They conquered Westeros. Their ties to Essos weakened over time, but they never forgot it. The Turks are true Targaryens.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

they are not ,they are dothraki or people from actual essos not Targaryans

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Erozbey@reddit

The Dothraki are actually Mongols.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Turkic and Mongols share the same origins

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Erozbey@reddit

This is a common myth. Even if it were true, the Turks are the most distant from their Asian roots among the Turkic peoples. But you know what? Let’s just say the Turks aren’t Targaryens. I’m curious to know who you think the Targaryens are.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

None really fits but I would say Croatians

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Independent_Ad9839@reddit

For what reason tho?

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

The primary is ofcourse landscape ,the mos iconical scenes of Danaerys were filmed there,the struggle to remain autonomous ,value their bloodline

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Onzii00@reddit

Turkey also is similar to the Targs with the whole cousin marriage history.

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Ok-Exchange2711@reddit

Conquerors who came from the East to unite petty kingdoms under one banner — Turkey aligns with the Targs on that quite a lot

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labubufxgg0t@reddit

But it won’t fit in their orientalist fantasy 😬😬 They will say Turkey is ghiscari or whatever cuz it fits their narrative more

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WorkerPlayful4192@reddit

For me Turkey is Dorn.

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Kralqeikozkaptan@reddit

dorn didnt conquer all of westeros

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callmeblastoid@reddit

Invaded from a different continent as well

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ArkHystory99@reddit

Croatia would be House Nymeros Martell.

In the same way that the Targaryens never managed to conquer Dorne (they only managed to integrate it into the kingdom through marriage), the Ottomans never managed to conquer Croatia.

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Beautiful-Dish-6275@reddit

Idk much about gotr, but croatia would be something related to money.

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Glittering-Poet-2657@reddit

Here’s a fun fact for you, one of the major settings in the show is a city called Kings Landing, and the scenes that take place there are filmed in Dubrovnik.

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

House Lannister? They're very rich

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iVar4sale@reddit

No way, we never pay our debts

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

Hahaha then house Rayne fits more😂

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Affectionate_Mud1091@reddit

Don't know but Bulgaria is most definetly Blackfyres. "We bore the sword" and tried to take something that we thought was ours and failed 5 times.

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Sensitive-Basis-6885@reddit

Greece is the reverse Lannister
We never pay our debts

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AffenandieMacht8@reddit

😂

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Proof-Ad62@reddit

Well it's not like the European powers haven't been trying their best to keep Greece in debt ever since it was founded as a country. Even the first governments were given huuuge loans after the Ottoman Empire collapsed.

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

That means house Rayne

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Specialist_Juice879@reddit

Lmao

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Andre_ev@reddit

Montenegro like fishing let’s be those that do not sow, how it named?

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EntertainerMajor627@reddit

Montenegrinis do not sow, because when they wake up they need to sit down and rest from all the hard work they did.

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apparat07@reddit

Kosovo????

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

actually, I'm sorry about that. I just didn't notice

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apparat07@reddit

Well they're not recognized by all countries anyways so they're used to it. 😄

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wiglafofpinwick@reddit

Greece = Tyrell. The Reach is the fertile, wealthy, and culturally sophisticated place in Westeros, it's home to the Citadel and the continent's ancient history from here creates crazy soft-power. Also a bit gay.

Turkey = Targaryen. Came from the east as the foreigners to the land, conquered all. Slowly assimilated and lost their resemblance to their ancestors. Their fall created a power vacuum.

Romania = Stark. Relatively massive lands in the north, with Carpathian Mountains. Also I don't know much about them lol.

Bosnia = Tully. A central region defined by its rivers, lacking highly defensible natural borders, and consequently serving as the tragic, perpetual battleground for the larger surrounding powers.

Croatia = Greyjoy. Large Dalmatian coast. Formidable naval powers like Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik and also coastal piracy operations (the Uskoks).

Albania = Martell. A different ethnic background (Rhoynar) than the rest of Westeros, similar to Albanians with a distinct ethnolinguistic isolate in the region (neither Slavic nor Hellenic).

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Albanians different ethnic background??cool story bro

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wiglafofpinwick@reddit

Dude read it again, Albanians are not Rhoynar right? I thought it's similar in a sense that their linguistic origins being unique in the region.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

No dude Rhynurs are from Essos ,linguisically slavic and greek are also unique to themeselves ,if someone has to be from Essos are some Slavs and Pontic/Anatolian Greeks

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wiglafofpinwick@reddit

Rhoynars are not from Essos, they are Westerosi origin with Andals and the First Men.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

No they are from Essos ,this applies perfectly to Greece as many other stated because they also established a grand civilisation unlike Albania

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wiglafofpinwick@reddit

Oh I thought wrong then. Thank you!

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Punkmo16@reddit

Turkey - Targaryen

Greece - Martell

Slovenia - Arryn

Croatia - Greyjoy

Montenegro - Lannister

Romania - Stark

Albania - Baratheon

Serbia - Tyrell

Bosnia - Riverlands

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WorkerPlayful4192@reddit

What about Bulgaria?

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Cefalopodul@reddit

House Velaryon

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ZinbaluPrime@reddit

The central Balkans does not exist. Or simply we're so boring nobody cares about us.

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Punkmo16@reddit

There is no great house left in the Westeros.

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LibertyChecked28@reddit

Gone, reduced to atoms

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OkBag8209@reddit

turkey is starks

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Cefalopodul@reddit

"Corruption is coming"

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ayayayamaria@reddit

Barely anyone has understood the question. It's "what would be your words if you country was a GoT house?", not "which GoT house would your country be?"

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amazingamy19@reddit

Yeah, people genuinely answering what they want lol

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Early-Show2886@reddit

Ada Kaleh = ''Ottoman Atlantis of the Danube''

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Cold_Inflation_839@reddit

I wonder what would be the gypsies then.. 🤔

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puppydogeEyes@reddit

Albania = House of Stark, hardy, honest and always the frontier against invasions (Skenderbeg) but hot tempered

Greece = Lannisters, glory & superiority complex but broke af and untrustworthy

Turkey = Targaryens, foreign invaders in the past and now are kind of just… there

Serbia = white walkers

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Maximus_Dominus@reddit

Yes, the country known for its organized crime is the epitome of honest…

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Ujemegaz@reddit

After the 90s. Before communism Albania was known for Cannon law, Besa and such. Times change.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Can’t criminals be also honest??
Bacciamo le mani😅😅😂😂

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puppydogeEyes@reddit

Like every other Balkan country…? Pot and kettle?

Besides, we literally have besa.

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

This is the wildest thing i ever read. 😂

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fosixbarbar@reddit

İstanbul would be kings landing

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FigRich2268@reddit

Maybe house Arryn?

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

Where are you from?

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FigRich2268@reddit

Slovenia

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Pipimer@reddit

Mainland Greece would be Dorne and The islands the Free cities

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amazingamy19@reddit

Why are people saying we are Lannisters.

We are textbook Baratheons 😭

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Lvl100Centrist@reddit

Turkey: Targaryens, though it sounds funny.

Greece: House Lannister. Rich history, arrogant, feelings of cultural superiority and viewing other culture as inferior. Also more handsome

North Macedonia: Hill tribes beyond the Vale.

Serbia: Maybe house Baratheon? Loud, proud and see themselves as wronged by everyone

Romania: House Stark probably? Forests, cold (for balkan standards) and gloomy

Albania: Greyjoys. Not because of the sea but because they are clan based, distinct and weird in their own way. Nobody else really likes them

Slovenia: House Arryn. Hurr durr we are not really balkan

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RomuloMalkon68@reddit

Serbia definitely fits Baratheon. Considering they first started rebeling against Turks and were the one of their biggest enemies when the rebellion started. They also formed Yugoslavia with other kingdoms and they were the leading country, just like Baratheons were for decades after the rebellion.

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RevolutionaryFeed259@reddit

Greece and paying off the debts? Come on now :D

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Lvl100Centrist@reddit

I mean we have been paying our "loans" since 1827. We still do. If you look at European history, Greece seems like a good country to lend money to

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Antique_Birthday6380@reddit

Nobody else really likes them

Isn’t this the same for all other Balkan countries, including Greece?

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Prudent_Station_3912@reddit

greek and handsome l? lol

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Lvl100Centrist@reddit

you are just jealous

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

That was funny actually😂😂

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WorkerPlayful4192@reddit

What about Bulgaria?

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Next_League6403@reddit

Turkey ''We Do Not Sow''

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iheartloud420@reddit

Serbia baratheon, croatia lannister, montenegro or bosnia would be the Vale, albania martell, bulgaria is tyrell, turks targs as theyre foreign invaders and greece would fit for greyjoys because of the sea but they dont fit culturally, montenegro could be greyjoys too

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iheartloud420@reddit

Actually greece can be martell because theyre dark skinned and gay

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Pipimer@reddit

Yea or the free cities

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iheartloud420@reddit

Oh yeah forgot about those completely, def most greek ones

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Pipimer@reddit

Some islands like Rhodes is almost Bravos, Santorini and Mykonos can be the Summer Isles and so on

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YourNormaMinecrafter@reddit

It is our fantasy to be rich so... If it was based on terrain I'd say the vale would fit us more.

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iheartloud420@reddit

Idk i picked that because youre culturally more different than the rest but i think greece is better fit for martell as i said in another comment

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YourNormaMinecrafter@reddit

From what I've seen all balkan countries have 80%-85% the same culture... so lets all agree we live in flea bottom 🗿

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Adept-One-4632@reddit

Romania would be The North. Not just because of geographic reasons but because we feel different from the other balkan nations.

We are latin speakers, others are mostly slavic

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Huxx007@reddit

What about Portugal?

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RomuloMalkon68@reddit

Portugal valeryan

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

Dorne

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

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lucienlazar@reddit

Valid for all: Your stolen car is probably here.

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kaiser_vfe@reddit

After going through so many wars, being so glorious and reaching what many nations couldn't - I believe Bulgaria would "Fire and blood". Either way in the end we got f-ed, yet we remain as one of the greats in history.

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papadubizorz840@reddit

Chill. Not only Bulgaria fought many wars and came out victorious.

You should have been fucked even more considering the fact you were on Nazi side in second world war. And on the German side in the first world war.

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kaiser_vfe@reddit

Well thing is that most Balkan countries had happy end, while Bulgaria didn't. I would add Serbia to that but still

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This_Lion5856@reddit

If anything, no one really had a happy end. Every country in the Balkans is fucked in various different ways

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iheartloud420@reddit

Yeah only bulgaria went through many wars lol

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WorkerPlayful4192@reddit

Bulgaria is Riverlands.

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MyPlantsDieSometimes@reddit

Naa man, iron islands. We be going raiding every summer until the herb emperor got to us.

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crnecarape@reddit

Nope, Riverlands (backstabbers 😂)

No hard feelings, it's just for fun

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WorkerPlayful4192@reddit

😂

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mosa_kota@reddit

🇭🇷 Croatia — “We’ll Invoice You.” 🇷🇸 Serbia — “Historically Ours.” 🇧🇦 Bosnia — “Complicated Since Forever.” 🇲🇪 Montenegro — “Tomorrow, Maybe.” 🇸🇮 Slovenia — “We’re Not Balkan.” 🇲🇰 North Macedonia — “Please Update Your Maps.” 🇦🇱 Albania — “The Mercedes Remembers.” 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — “One More Emigrant.” 🇷🇴 Romania — “Your Wallet Is Safe… Probably.” 🇬🇷 Greece — “Send Another Bailout.” 🇹🇷 Turkey — “Formerly Everyone’s Problem.” 🇽🇰 Kosovo — “Recognize This.” 🇭🇺 Hungary — “Brussels Sends Ravens.” 🇲🇩 Moldova — “Still Has Wine.” 🇨🇾 Cyprus — “Buffer Zone Eternal.”

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Sensitive-Emu1@reddit

Bosnia — “Complicated Since Forever.”

North Macedonia — “Please Update Your Maps.”

Turkey — “Formerly Everyone’s Problem.”

Greece — “Send Another Bailout.”

these 4 doesn't sound like a motto. Rest is great, and you are the only person who understands the task.

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Mountain-Yard-928@reddit

Best answer by far

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Prudent_Station_3912@reddit

only comment actual answering op s question. al the others trying to match houses to countries :facepalm:

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

"Recognise this" is diabolical 😂🥀

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mm19761976@reddit

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Lord-Francis-Bacon@reddit

Turkey obv Targaryen

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MinimumArt8781@reddit

Well... there's no doubt Romania would be the North. Lol

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CarobOk8979@reddit

The first to stand against the Russian wildlings. Also the wolf is a symbol we have inherited from the Dacians

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MinimumArt8781@reddit

Arguably the second to stand, my guess is the Ukrainians are the wildlings lol (no offense and all the love for them, heroes!)

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CarobOk8979@reddit

My bad, Russians are the White Walkers

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WagwanMoist@reddit

Perfect. Similar to the White Walkers they don't care about casualties. Just raise more poor soldiers/undead and send them to the meat grinder.

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MinimumArt8781@reddit

White walkers on scooters and Chinese golf carts

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MinimumArt8781@reddit

Exactly

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Best-Pollution7110@reddit

Too much truth here

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WinterSnake16@reddit

Romania - The North

Turkey - Targaryens

Greece - Dorne

Bulgaria - Reach

Serbia - Lannisters Westerlands

Croatia - Baratheons Stormlands

Bosnia - Riverlands

Albania - Grejoys

Slovenia - Vale

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Hidrogen_Cosic@reddit

Serbia is House Baratheon, conquered half of the balkans quckly, then lost it all quckly, twice.

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

sounds more like The Greyjoys

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Hidrogen_Cosic@reddit

Greyjoys have the sea, the baratheon mainline was also highjacked by lanisters posing as baratheons, just like serbian giverment was hijacked ny montenegrins, bosniaks, and croats posung as serbs

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Iamjustashade@reddit

Romania is the North. Bordering with the free people (Ukraine) and what’s after? Yep.. white walkers

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Worth_Concentrate472@reddit

🤣🤣

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Best-Pollution7110@reddit

Kosovo = Bran Stark, Bran the broken, Three-Eyed Raven, becomes the King

Dragons = America, melted the Iron Throne

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Signal_Intention6774@reddit

Greece would Valyria cause they are the true inheirtors of Romes legacy in the Modern world. Turkey would the Greens of House Targaryen pretending to be Rome and actually holding alot of territory but losing it to infighting.

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

😂😂😂

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PluralCohomology@reddit

The coat of arms of House Celtigar looks like the Croatian one, but with crabs. They don't have any canonical motto though.

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

elite ball knowledge

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ATAKURT1453@reddit

turkey = dothraki from essos

because we aren't a balkan nation.our representation must be something other than houses

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Best-Pollution7110@reddit

No, the dothraki are the Roma. Turkey is Essos though

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

The Turkish are conquerors from the east, sounds pretty much Targaryen

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ATAKURT1453@reddit

targaryen = roman empire

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FallopianInvestor@reddit

No bro Turks are Aboriginals aq

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Content-Departure-77@reddit

Serbia? Iron Islands.

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

What islands? We are literally land locked.

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Content-Departure-77@reddit

Not by geography but by mentality.

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

I wish. They are actually more democratic.

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Content-Departure-77@reddit

Iron Islands? Definitely. But they are small, sidelined, stubborn and unimportant and all that while daydreaming about their importance and significance in big world.

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

You literally described almost the entire Balkan.

I would go with Baratheon, considering we’re we are. They have the reputation of being warmongers, got fucked by the Lannisters, lost several wars and i have a Robert type of uncle in the family slava.

Plus we are definitely not the most sidelined country in real life, both in relations and in similarities with others.

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Redditor-K@reddit

Why do they call it the seven kingdoms when excluding the Crownlands you have 8 kingdoms for 8 families.

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Fun-Wealth6537@reddit (OP)

Because the Targaryens don't rule Dorne

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AlPacino21x_@reddit

Romania - The north
Turkey - Crownlands
Bosnia - Riverlands
Serbia - Westerlands (Lannister)
Albania - Iron islands
Bulgaria - Stormlands
Greece - Dorne
N. Macedonia - Vale
Reach - Croatia

Portugal - some Esos tribe

Slovenia is in Manga fiction

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