Due to the fact that most countries just pop into existence because they can, they technically aren't related to anyone, but they often form family bonds to those they are platonically close to. So it is actually common for 2 very close friends to call each other brother or sister because they feel so close that they should be siblings
Countries that are formed from another country will often refer to the older country as their parent or older sibling like with modern Japan would have called Imperial Japan her big sister, and Imperial Japan would have called feudal Japan their mother.
Sometimes the colonies of a particular empire will call other colonies of that same empire siblings, but will often not consider their colonizer to be their parent.
Sometimes when a country mentors or takes care of another country who is younger, the younger country will refer to the older one as a sort of parent or aunt or uncle, but these vary based on scenario and country.
Most states or provinces will refer to their country and/or capital as a parent if said country and/or capital is older than said state/province. Otherwise they will be more like siblings if they are close in age or even the state/provinces will be more like parents if there is a greater age difference in the range of centuries.
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