(Some Nations have memories. Others merely have dreams. America and Canada.)
It seems to be a general consensus among the Nations that they all have had parents at one point in time. Some Nations can still remember spending time with their mothers, while others can remember just the vaguest outline before being found by another, older Nation.
America and Canada, too, agree and while they listen to other Nations' tell their memories, neither can remember anything of their own mother. America remembers nothing before running away from Sweden and Finland. Canada remembers only the wilderness.
But they both dream.
America dreams of a woman with long, dark hair, who leans over him, kisses him, and tells him to keep on surviving and that his strength will save his people. Just before the dream ends, the woman turns into a rabbit, and he finds himself surrounded by animals.
Canada dreams of a similar woman, who tells him to do his best and to always persevere. She touches his cheek, runs a hand through his hair, and then, just before the end, a white bear materializes. This bear would be his protector, her gift to him.
It is an unspoken agreement between the two brothers to not tell the rest of the world these dreams. They have no way of knowing for sure if this ethereal woman is their mother or not, and they see no reason to let more of their bond be shared and taken by the rest of the world.
So they listen. They watch. They live.
And they dream.