Why are some English nouns referred by "she" but never by "he"? [duplicate]

Since English does not have grammatical genders any more, as German still has them, using "she" for inanimate objects is a form of personification (Wikipedia).

Traditionally some nouns are personified more often than others; geographic concepts ("Britain"), emotions ("Jealousy"), and vehicles ("the Lusitania") are among the things more often personified as "she". Personification is a prominent rhetorical device that should only be used when a writer is prepared to draw some attention to his language, because it is not the neutral way to refer to inanimate objects (which is "it").

[Edited:] The reason why some nouns are personified more often than others is probably tradition, in addition to a feeling that they share more characteristics with persons. A ship is an elegant thing that is lovingly cared for by its captain; a country is what has brought forth its people like a mother; an emotion is an important thing that we sometimes curse but could not live without, and it can have the power to make us do both bad and good things.

In many non English languages, nouns often have "gender". Words ending in a are often "female" and words ending in "e" or "o" are often "male". This varies by languages. (Similarly, in Spanish, you have la and el, in German you Der and Die.)

English does not have gender-based nouns, but some of the feminity gets translated as a show of affection for something. A "Mother" is the epitome of affection. So when someone says something about the "Mother" land, it's a sign of love for their country.

Theoretically, you can call the Internet whatever you want, but "he" is incorrect.