It's So Hard To Get Old Without A Cause

Apex: His forename is a virtue name, so favored by the Puritans and Pilgrims; the first English to successfully settle in the Northeast, specifically Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies. An apex is the highest point, the summit of the hill the city was to be on.

S: Middle names were initially more common in the South than the North, so for much of his life, Apex didn't feel inclined to adopt one. When middle names eventually became common place, he simply opted for a single letter, in this case S (such as President Truman's middle name only being the letter S).

Lincoln: A name from Latin placename, specifically to denote a Roman colony by a lake. Apex was born not by a lake, but the coast of Massachusetts Bay. Beyond that, it's an obvious nod to one of the United States most beloved presidents: Abraham Lincoln.

Apex represents the Northeastern and Northwestern United States, including the State of Alaska, as opposed to the admin's OC's which represent the Geographical South. This is a result of the fact that throughout history, customs, ideologies, etc. have fallen upon sectional lines, prompting a British Correspondant on the eve of the Civil War to remark the North and South "have nothing in common but a similar language and meager political union."

Though America is known as a melting pot, this isn't quite true for the North; of Apex's 26 states, the population is 79% white, and no minority is more than 7% of his population. Therefore, the incarnate himself is also white with European features.

This ethnicity, though more common in the South, was partially created out of a sense of nation building, and so for this reason it's used for Apex as well.

Biologically, Apex's body is male. The incarnates aren't humans and are instead a separate sort of being, and so some human constructs--such as gender identity--turn a bit redundant; further, he is the embodiment of millions of people. Therefore, Apex himself identifies as agender. He typically goes by male pronouns, but would accept singular they--he has no real preference between the two.

Though roughly a 2 on the Kinsey Scale (predominately heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual), Apex very rarely feels sexual attraction and tends to lack interest in sexual activities. He has had encounters in the past, and once in a blue moon may feel the urge, but he generally doesn't concern himself with such things. That said, he could feel romantic attraction to someone of any gender.

May 4, 1776 is the date Rhode Island declared independence from Great Britain, the first Northern state to do so. His official birthday corresponds with Independence Day; the Fourth of July.

John Cabot explored parts of New England in 1497, making him up to 517, and in 1614 when the region was called such; counting from this, he'd be 400. The Puritans reached Massachusetts in 1620 due to Cabot's reports, and Plymouth is referred to as America's Hometown; counting from this, he'd be 394. That said, the English had a short-lived settlement in present-day Maine; Popham Colony, founded 1607. Using this date, his age would be 407. There was another attempt at colonization at Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, in 1602. However, this was also abandoned. His age from here would be 412.

From Columbus' voyage in 1492, he would be 522. However, the eastern coast of the United States seems to be shown on the Cantino planisphere, a Portuguese map from 1502, which would make him 512.

As a nation, he would be 238 from the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

His physical appearance places him in his early 20s, roughly 22. He tends to count his age from John Cabot.