Hmph, of course he would touch upon the 'family' issues. It was a safer topic than his being a country, but impossible to make humans understand how things worked between them. Their relations were far more... fluid. They had to be, coexisting with each other for centuries, longer even, conquering and warring.

"Alfred. He is obnoxious, loud, ignorant, clueless and immensely irritating. His brother is so much more pleasant to deal with. He's actually reasonable to deal with. But they're both... they both do what they think is right. Alfred just thinks that what is right for him is right for everyone else and damn anyone who thinks otherwise."