>>4043380So, how to deal with India?
I think barring some exceptionally long-lived States with distinct cultures like the Mughals and the Tamil triplets, I think most of India can be understood in terms of culturally-distinct regions ruled by various revolving dynastic powers
In practice, this means that historical India will have nation-tans on a kinda ad hoc basis: they will exist if we want them to exist and if we can justify their existence as nation-tan-able. I think the rest can stand to be invisible and unacknowledged until content needs to be made of them, like the US and German States and sub-Chinas
So, after 100 days, my VERY rough conclusion is this:
These I think are essential: there should at the very least be individual nation-tan corresponding to:
Sri Lanka
Pakistan (German unification-style)
Tamilakam
Delhi
(West) Bengal
Bangladesh (former East Pakistan)
Nepal
Mumbai
Those are the visible ones which would have engage in international interactions, thus have representation in Hetalia media. This list is barring India having a unification entity like Germany and Pakistan in lieu of a representative State (I'd go with Delhi and/or Bengal)
The invisible ones that exist but are generally not acknowledged are, INTER ALIA:
Sindh
Punjab
Punjab (born in post-1948 Pakistan)
the Maratha State
Gujarat
Konkan
Assam
Sikkim
Kashmir
Deccan States (Maratha, Carnatic, etc.)
Telangana
Orisha
Malabar
Travancore
Et Cetera
Additionally, there are the great medieval States reduced to large modern cities, such as Kannauj, Jaunpur, Varanasi, and others.
Again, I must STRESS: this is not mentioning what to do with the significant, culturally-distinct historical States that lived in the region SW of Iran and SE of Tibet and/or China that we call India, e.g., Chola, Gupta, and ohmyGod Vijayanagara
So yeah, besides the 7 essentials above, you should consult a historian, because there is simply much too much India to simply be just the one nation-tan
