There is the interesting phrase «Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, i.e. the place of one's birth, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies».
Also I saw the words about North American nations - “… the people, who were born from the most powerful individuals: peasants, sailors, who came off from the umbilical cords of home bosoms - from mother-lands of the Old World…” (“The Russian Eros” by G. Gachev)
Almost all of the European personifications are female
There is the interesting phrase «Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, i.e. the place of one's birth, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies».
Also I saw the words about North American nations - “… the people, who were born from the most powerful individuals: peasants, sailors, who came off from the umbilical cords of home bosoms - from mother-lands of the Old World…” (“The Russian Eros” by G. Gachev)