Afuganisu-tan, Merikens and the Tayaribani

I just stumbled across the most bizarre rendition of Central Asian history, sure to both titillate and horrify all CA enthusiasts. Witness ‘Afuganisu-tan’, a comic-book geopolitical primer for Japanese teens, on the plight of little ‘Afu’, an unfortunate girl, surrounded by neighbors with strong personalities, who ‘trips and falls a lot.’ All the regional players are similarly rendered as girls (except the Al-Nyeda, who are feral cats) via ‘moe anthropomorphism‘ (You learn something new every day!), as listed on Wikipedia:

Tajikis-tan (たじきすタン, Tajikisu-tan)

A salt-of-the-earth Edokko type, quick to argue and quick to make up. Has girlish tastes.

Turkmenis-tan (とるくめにすタン, Torukumenisu-tan)

A girl with a mysterious personality – one never knows her true thoughts.

Meriken (めりけん, represents the United States)

The richest person in the neighborhood. Good in a fight, and never doubts her own sense of justice.

After being bitten by the feral Nyeda cats, Meriken’s ‘fair skin is injured’ and gets extremely scary. But if such cutesy-ness is too much for you, check out Stalin vs. Hitler. Apparently, Stalin was a total badass.