Hello everyone! Welcome Hetalia Academy! Thank you for reading these, and I hope you enjoy your stay here. Please read this entire post, and if you have any questions feel free to ask an admin!

· Respect everyone. It doesn't matter if they are a guest, a member, an admin - ALWAYS respect everyone as you would respect yourself. You will hear this rule many times throughout these rules, it is very important.

· No god-moding, try to stick to controlling only your character.

· Profanity is allowed, just try to stay in-character.

· Please have proper grammar and punctuation in your roleplay posts. We all make mistakes, and that's totally fine, but PLEASE don't go around making roleplay posts like this: eNgLaNd sais, hay gurl hay how u dewwwin 2day u be finnnnneeeee ohoho."

· In the c-box and ooc chat, you can be as random as you would like - but keep in mind that you still have to be respectful.

· Don't go around bashing people's roleplaying style or choice of pairing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but always keep in mind that respect is key.

· Please refrain from posting one-line roleplay posts. The minimum post is at least paragraph (5-6 sentences). Always feel free (and try) to go over that.

· In-character drama is allowed to an extent (make sure to respect, as always), but please keep ooc drama away from this site.

· Try to be active, we know that everyone can't be online 24/7, but we want you to try be active here! The password is puffins. If you are inactive for over a week without notifying an admin you are taking a hiatus, we will send you a warning, and if you don't reply in 2 days you will be removed.

· You can have up to two characters.

· When making another character, make sure you make another account, as well.

· When making an account, sign up using the characters human name. For example, "Arthur Kirkland" for England and "Alfred F. Jones" for America.

· You don't have to make an account to reserve a character (although it is recommended), but you must have an account before you post your application.

·If you make an account but do not reserve your character, you have one week before your account will be deleted to either reserve your character or post your application.

·If you reserve a character, you have one week to finish your application. If the application is not finished in the one week, your character will go up again unless it is reserved again.

· You can still post your application if you aren't finished with it, just make sure you put [WIP] at the end so the admins know you aren't finished. When you finish, just take off the [WIP] for it to be accepted.

· If the character doesn't have an official human name, then you can create your own (make sure it makes sense, of course).

· OCs are allowed.

· If you harass someone, it will not be taken as a joke and you will be removed. There is never a good reason to disrespect someone.

· If you break a rule once, you will get a verbal warning. If you continuously break the rules here, then you will be removed.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask an admin!