I always thought of the ATLA as having everyone being a different nation
Earth Kingdom/China: Old, known for protective walls, huge cities, and having a rich supply of resources, known corrupt bureaucrats and sometimes a puppet Emperor, long hatred for island nation willing anything to harm people from there
Air Nation/Tibet: known For being one of the most spiritual, stayed in mostly high mountains stayed out of conflict of others and thought impossible to conquer because of mountain area
Water Nation/Inuit: mostly hunter/gather, stayed in areas of cold climates, close nit families that rarely saw outsiders, adapted to living in arctic region, relied heavily on the sea
Fire Nation/Japan: high importance to honor and family, came from small fragmented islands with many volcanos, technological advantage/dominance in area, known conquer of the area, heavy expansionist
If anything from what I got from the show was that the show was based loosely around ww2 and i say loosely because some parts made zero sense even when you take away any of the spiritual nonsense some of it doesn't make sense.
Earth Kingdom/China: Old, known for protective walls, huge cities, and having a rich supply of resources, known corrupt bureaucrats and sometimes a puppet Emperor, long hatred for island nation willing anything to harm people from there
Air Nation/Tibet: known For being one of the most spiritual, stayed in mostly high mountains stayed out of conflict of others and thought impossible to conquer because of mountain area
Water Nation/Inuit: mostly hunter/gather, stayed in areas of cold climates, close nit families that rarely saw outsiders, adapted to living in arctic region, relied heavily on the sea
Fire Nation/Japan: high importance to honor and family, came from small fragmented islands with many volcanos, technological advantage/dominance in area, known conquer of the area, heavy expansionist
If anything from what I got from the show was that the show was based loosely around ww2 and i say loosely because some parts made zero sense even when you take away any of the spiritual nonsense some of it doesn't make sense.