Alaska
It was 1867.
"Litva, Litva! Come and play with me!"
But Lithuania merely stood there, gaping at Russia and the great wooden thing he had slung across his back. "W- what in the world is that, gospodin?"
"Eto salázki!" Russia chirped, grinning from ear to ear.
Lithuania was not sure how to respond to that.
"It's a kind of sled..."
"I... see."
Russia set the sled down at Lithuania's feet. For all its bulk apparent- it did not sink but an inch. Rather, its runners sat on the surface of the snow like a mosquito on the surface of a pond.
"Is it not wonderful, Litvachka?" Russia laughed, clapping his mittened hands with much muffled excitement. "America gave this to me."
"As a gift?" Lithuania asked disbelievingly.
"As payment for Alyaska!"
Lithuania stared at him. "You sold Alyaska."
"Da!"
"...for a toboggan."
"That is correct!" Russia grinned, having not even the slightest trace of regret.
A/N: Actually, he sold Alaska for the equivalent of 2 cents an acre. Gratuitous use of Russian is gratuitous. But I speak Russian, so I have an excuse. Gospodin is an antiquated term meaning 'sir' or 'your lordship'. It has recently come back into use meaning 'sir'.