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'''Polandball''' or '''Countryballs''' is a public domain geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme created in the year 2009 on the site Krautchan.

{{Stub}}{{Countryballs}}<blockquote>This Meme has it's [https://www.polandballwiki.com own wiki], go check it out!</blockquote>'''Polandball''' or '''Countryballs''' is a public domain geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme created in the year 2009 on the site Krautchan.

== History ==

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The beginnings of the actual meme began a month later, on [[Krautchan]], a German-language imageboard website.

The first Polandball comics are attributed to a British user of Krautchan's English-speaking /int/ imageboard, dubbed "FALCO", who in September 2009 created the meme using Microsoft Paint to troll another user dubbed "Wojak", who is known for his drawings of a bald man that is nicknamed "Feels Guy". Wojak, a ~~[[Polandball|~~Polish]] -~~[[UKball|~~British]] frequenter of /int/, was speaking of his poor employee contributions and nationalism for his former country in a rambling style. Eventually, he began talking about how superior Polish women are to women from other countries. FALCO created the first Polandball comics to satirize this, along with several others later, and they became the most foundational stereotypes attributed to Polandball. This caught the interest of many users of the board, who then began spreading and imitating FALCO's comics across the internet. Russians espoused it the most, themselves creating their own stereotypes of drunken enjoyment and obsession with making fun of Poland. These stereotypes were placed into the character Russiaball. In a similar fashion, many other stereotypes began forming for the various other characters of Polandball.

The first Polandball comics are attributed to a British user of Krautchan's English-speaking /int/ imageboard, dubbed "FALCO", who in September 2009 created the meme using [[MS Paint|Microsoft Paint]] to [[Trolling|troll]] another user dubbed "[[Wojak]]", who is known for his drawings of a bald man that is nicknamed "[[Feels Guy]]". Wojak, a Polish -British frequenter of /int/, was speaking of his poor employee contributions and nationalism for his former country in a rambling style. Eventually, he began talking about how superior Polish women are to women from other countries. FALCO created the first Polandball comics to satirize this, along with several others later, and they became the most foundational stereotypes attributed to Polandball. This caught the interest of many users of the board, who then began spreading and imitating FALCO's comics across the internet. Russians espoused it the most, themselves creating their own stereotypes of drunken enjoyment and obsession with making fun of Poland. These stereotypes were placed into the character Russiaball. In a similar fashion, many other stereotypes began forming for the various other characters of Polandball.

== Later History ==

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=== Reddit ===

Another large Polandball community is headquartered on Reddit. On Reddit is a "subreddit" named eponymously after Polandball. It currently has 690.001 subscribers around the world, mostly from America and Europe. It is known for its strict rules for how comics and comments are posted and shared. Many regard the subreddit as a source for high-quality comics, while others criticize it for its heavy moderation or its tendency toward a more complex style of art. Controversial rules include the banning and temporary banning of certain jokes and a heavy comment policy that bans the use of any meme (including subtle meme references and even having a meme title for a comic).

[[File:00640983.jpg|thumb|Example of a Polandball comic featuring Rage Comic characters. ([[Trollface]] and [[Herp Derp]].)]]

Another large Polandball community is headquartered on Reddit. On Reddit is a "subreddit" named eponymously after Polandball. It currently has ~~590,596~~ subscribers around the world, mostly from America and Europe. It is known for its strict rules for how comics and comments are posted and shared. Many regard the subreddit as a source for high-quality comics, while others criticize it for its heavy moderation or its tendency toward a more complex style of art. Controversial rules include the banning and temporary banning of certain jokes and a heavy comment policy that bans the use of any meme (including subtle meme references and even having a meme title for a comic).[[File:Polandball.png|thumb|Polandball, the Main Character, notice the fact that the flag is upside-down.]]

[[File:Polandball.png|thumb|Polandball, the Main Character, notice the fact that the flag is upside-down.]]

==Spin-offs==

*'''Planetballs''' - Astronomy

*'''Companyballs''' - Companies

*'''Polcompballs''' - Ideologies

*'''~~Companyballs~~''' - ~~Companies~~

*'''Philosophyballs''' - Philosophies

*'''Planetballs''' - Planets, Stars, Moons, etc.

*'''Caveballs''' - Civilasations

*'''LGBallT''' - LGBTQ identities

*'''Chromeballs''' - Computer Software

*'''VideoGameballs''' - Video Games

*'''Bioballs''' - Biology

*'''Chemballs''' - Chemistry

=== Other varients ===

*'''Countryhumans''' - Human Version

*'''Polandarrow''' - Arrow version

==Communities==

*[https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Wiki Polandball Wiki] - (Main) Miraheze Wiki

*[https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Wiki Polandball Wiki] - (Dubious Main) Miraheze Wiki

**[https://fanon.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Fanon_Wiki Polandball Fanon Wiki] (Fanon content)

* Polandball Wiki - Fandom version of the first wiki (deleted)

**Ball Wiki - attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)

*Ball Wiki - attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)

** The Neo Topicalballs Wiki - Second attempt (deleted)

**The Country Wiki - Third attempt (deleted)

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**New PBall Wiki - 6th attempt and 2nd attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)

**Planetballs Fanon Wiki/Planetballs Anarchy Wiki - 7th attempt (deleted)

***[https://topicalballs.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Topicalballs] - SkyWiki Wiki

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/ r/polandball] - (Main) Reddit subreddit

*[https://topicalballs.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Topicalballs] - SkyWiki Wiki

* [https://polcompball.net/wiki/Main_Page Polcompball Wiki] - Miraheze wiki about Polcompballs

**[https://polcompballanarchy.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Polcompball Anarchy Wiki] - Like above but with Fictional Ideologies and some broader ideologies

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According to an in-depth interview conducted from May to June 2015 in Moscow (mainly), St. Petersburg, Novocherkassk, NoginskThe main comics containing the image of Russia were: Countryballs (91%) and «Khetaliya» (50%), 76% of respondents found these comics funny, 16% — not impressed and 8% — did not like.

== References ==

[[Category:Characters]]

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-'''Polandball''' or '''Countryballs''' is a public domain geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme created in the year 2009 on the site Krautchan.
+{{Stub}}{{Countryballs}}<blockquote>This Meme has it's [https://www.polandballwiki.com own wiki], go check it out!</blockquote>'''Polandball''' or '''Countryballs''' is a public domain geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme created in the year 2009 on the site Krautchan.
 == History ==
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 The beginnings of the actual meme began a month later, on [[Krautchan]], a German-language imageboard website.
-The first Polandball comics are attributed to a British user of Krautchan's English-speaking /int/ imageboard, dubbed "FALCO", who in September 2009 created the meme using Microsoft Paint to troll another user dubbed "Wojak", who is known for his drawings of a bald man that is nicknamed "Feels Guy". Wojak, a [[Polandball|Polish]] -[[UKball|British]] frequenter of /int/, was speaking of his poor employee contributions and nationalism for his former country in a rambling style. Eventually, he began talking about how superior Polish women are to women from other countries. FALCO created the first Polandball comics to satirize this, along with several others later, and they became the most foundational stereotypes attributed to Polandball. This caught the interest of many users of the board, who then began spreading and imitating FALCO's comics across the internet. Russians espoused it the most, themselves creating their own stereotypes of drunken enjoyment and obsession with making fun of Poland. These stereotypes were placed into the character Russiaball. In a similar fashion, many other stereotypes began forming for the various other characters of Polandball.
+The first Polandball comics are attributed to a British user of Krautchan's English-speaking /int/ imageboard, dubbed "FALCO", who in September 2009 created the meme using [[MS Paint|Microsoft Paint]] to [[Trolling|troll]] another user dubbed "[[Wojak]]", who is known for his drawings of a bald man that is nicknamed "[[Feels Guy]]". Wojak, a Polish -British frequenter of /int/, was speaking of his poor employee contributions and nationalism for his former country in a rambling style. Eventually, he began talking about how superior Polish women are to women from other countries. FALCO created the first Polandball comics to satirize this, along with several others later, and they became the most foundational stereotypes attributed to Polandball. This caught the interest of many users of the board, who then began spreading and imitating FALCO's comics across the internet. Russians espoused it the most, themselves creating their own stereotypes of drunken enjoyment and obsession with making fun of Poland. These stereotypes were placed into the character Russiaball. In a similar fashion, many other stereotypes began forming for the various other characters of Polandball.
 == Later History ==
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 === Reddit ===
+Another large Polandball community is headquartered on Reddit. On Reddit is a "subreddit" named eponymously after Polandball. It currently has 690.001 subscribers around the world, mostly from America and Europe. It is known for its strict rules for how comics and comments are posted and shared. Many regard the subreddit as a source for high-quality comics, while others criticize it for its heavy moderation or its tendency toward a more complex style of art. Controversial rules include the banning and temporary banning of certain jokes and a heavy comment policy that bans the use of any meme (including subtle meme references and even having a meme title for a comic).
+[[File:00640983.jpg|thumb|Example of a Polandball comic featuring Rage Comic characters. ([[Trollface]] and [[Herp Derp]].)]]
-Another large Polandball community is headquartered on Reddit. On Reddit is a "subreddit" named eponymously after Polandball. It currently has 590,596 subscribers around the world, mostly from America and Europe. It is known for its strict rules for how comics and comments are posted and shared. Many regard the subreddit as a source for high-quality comics, while others criticize it for its heavy moderation or its tendency toward a more complex style of art. Controversial rules include the banning and temporary banning of certain jokes and a heavy comment policy that bans the use of any meme (including subtle meme references and even having a meme title for a comic).[[File:Polandball.png|thumb|Polandball, the Main Character, notice the fact that the flag is upside-down.]]
+[[File:Polandball.png|thumb|Polandball, the Main Character, notice the fact that the flag is upside-down.]]
 ==Spin-offs==
+*'''Planetballs''' - Astronomy
+*'''Companyballs''' - Companies
 *'''Polcompballs''' - Ideologies
-*'''Companyballs''' - Companies
+*'''Philosophyballs''' - Philosophies
-*'''Planetballs''' - Planets, Stars, Moons, etc.
-*'''Caveballs''' - Civilasations
 *'''LGBallT''' - LGBTQ identities
+*'''Chromeballs''' - Computer Software
+*'''VideoGameballs''' - Video Games
+*'''Bioballs''' - Biology
+*'''Chemballs''' - Chemistry
 === Other varients ===
 *'''Countryhumans''' - Human Version
+*'''Polandarrow''' - Arrow version
 ==Communities==
-*[https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Wiki Polandball Wiki] - (Main) Miraheze Wiki
+*[https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Wiki Polandball Wiki] - (Dubious Main) Miraheze Wiki
 **[https://fanon.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Fanon_Wiki Polandball Fanon Wiki] (Fanon content)
 * Polandball Wiki - Fandom version of the first wiki (deleted)
-**Ball Wiki - attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)
+*Ball Wiki - attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)
 ** The Neo Topicalballs Wiki - Second attempt (deleted)
 **The Country Wiki - Third attempt (deleted)
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 **New PBall Wiki - 6th attempt and 2nd attempt to bring back Polandball on Fandom (deleted)
 **Planetballs Fanon Wiki/Planetballs Anarchy Wiki - 7th attempt (deleted)
+***[https://topicalballs.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Topicalballs] - SkyWiki Wiki
 *[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/ r/polandball] - (Main) Reddit subreddit
-*[https://topicalballs.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Topicalballs] - SkyWiki Wiki
 * [https://polcompball.net/wiki/Main_Page Polcompball Wiki] - Miraheze wiki about Polcompballs
 **[https://polcompballanarchy.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Polcompball Anarchy Wiki] - Like above but with Fictional Ideologies and some broader ideologies
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 According to an in-depth interview conducted from May to June 2015 in Moscow (mainly), St. Petersburg, Novocherkassk, NoginskThe main comics containing the image of Russia were: Countryballs (91%) and «Khetaliya» (50%), 76% of respondents found these comics funny, 16% — not impressed and 8% — did not like.
+== References ==
 [[Category:Characters]]
 <references />