Ninja scroll number 21

Countries

Countries operate as separate political entities and are presumably all monarchies, ruled by landlords who stand equally in rank with the Hidden Villages' Kages. The Naruto world is similar to feudal Japan in many aspects; those countries maintain balance between themselves through nothing but power. Treaties are periodically signed, but they are generally not even worth the paper they are written on.

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Hi no Kuni (Land of Fire)
Name: Hi no Kuni, "Land of Fire"
Kakurezato: Konohagakure no Sato (Hidden Leaf Village)
Oriented towards the element of fire (typically has very bright and warm weather) and, while not the largest country, has the largest hidden village -- Konohagakure.
Several years ago, the Land of the Fire was attacked by an exceedingly powerful demon- the Kyūbi, or the Nine-Tails Demon Fox. This monster destroyed anything in its path and killed countless people. The monster was stopped by the leader of the leaf village, a very powerful ninja known as the Sandaime Hokage. He sacrificed his own life to seal the monster inside a newborn Kitsune, who has become the unwilling protector of Uzumaki Naruto, Yondaime Hokage's only son.

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Mizu no Kuni (Land of Water)
Name: Mizu no Kuni, "Land of Water"
Kakurezato: Kirihagakure no Sato (Hidden Mist Village)
Oriented towards the element of water. Its weather is typically cool and full of mist and lakes. Little is currently known about it and it leaves itself out of most political affairs, which is understandable considering that it is an island relatively remote from the continent containing the other four major countries. The Land of the Mist is the smallest out of the five great countries, which may be the reason why Kirigakure used to hold the gruesome graduation tests that it did -- employing natural selection in their favor. In their previous graduation exams, Ninja Academy students were paired off to fight to the death; the examination committee tried to pit best friends against each other as often as possible.
The Land of the Mist was once the victim of a coup d'état attempt by Momochi Zabuza

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Tsuchi no Kuni (Land of Earth)
Name: Tsuchi no Kuni, "Country of Earth"
Kakurezato: Iwagakure no Sato (Hidden Rock Village)
Nothing much is known about Tsuchi no Kuni currently. It is most probably oriented towards the element of earth, full of caves and mountains and barren land.

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Ame no Kuni (Land of Rain)
Name: Ame no Kuni, "Country of Rain"
Kakurezato: Amegakure no Sato (Hidden Rain Village)
Nothing is known about Ame no Kuni currently, except that it exists. It is probably geared towards the element of water much like the Mizu no Kuni, but whether it deviates from the inclination and in what way is unclear.

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Kusa no Kuni (Land of Grass)
Name: Kusa no Kuni, "Country of Grass"
Kakurezato: Kusagakure no Sato (Hidden Grass Village)
Nothing is known about the Kusa no Kuni currently except that there is a Kusagakure no Sato there.

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Taki no Kuni (Land of the Waterfall)
Name: Taki no Kuni, "Land of the Waterfall" Kakurezato: Takigakure no Sato (Hidden Waterfall Village)
Taki no Kuni, like the name implies, has a huge waterfall which, in fact, hides the entrance to the hidden ninja village of Takigakure. Not much is known about this land, except that this village does not have a Kage. Their only prized possession is the Hero Water, which gives the drinker enormous amounts of Chakra for a period of time, but will cause bodily harm or even death to him/her.

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Rai no Kuni (Land of Lightning)
Name: Rai no Kuni, "Country of Lightning"
Kakurezato: Kumogakure no Sato (Hidden Cloud Village)
Very little is currently known about Rai no Kuni. An emissary from Kumogakure once came to the Konohagakure under the premise of a diplomatic mission when, in truth, he was attempting to abduct Hyūga Hinata to obtain the secrets of the Byakugan.

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Kaze no Kuni (Land of Wind)
Name: Kaze no Kuni, "Country of Wind"
Kakurezato: Sunagakure no Sato (Hidden Sand Village)
Kaze no Kuni has been relatively uninvolved with politics until recent times, and even had a peace treaty signed with Hi no Kuni.

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Nami no Kuni (Land of Waves)
Name: Nami no Kumi, "Land of Waves"
Nami no Kuni does not have a hidden village. It is an isolated island but is fairly prosperous.

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Yuki no Kuni (Land of Snow)
Name: Yuki no Kuni, "Land of Snow"
Kakurezato: Yukigakure no Sato (Hidden Snow Village)
Yuki no Kuni has one ninja village, Yukigakure. Little information is known about this country at the time.

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Cha no Kuni (Land of Tea)
Name: Cha no Kuni, "Land of Tea"
Cha no Kuni is a country with no ninja village.

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Kawa no Kuni (Land of the River)
Name: Kawa no Kuni, "Land of the River"

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