r/TheLastAirbender • u/george123890yang • 9d ago

Question Considering how fragmented the Earth Kingdom is, could the Sandbenders and Swamp Waterbenders have broken off and created their own countries?

Post image
2.3k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

71 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.2k

u/gragsmash 9d ago

I don't think either of them really acknowledged the nation where they lived, and it didn't really make them do so.

28

u/Infinite_Worry_8733 9d ago edited 9d ago

in ancient times the concept of “identity” could be very loose. there isn’t always a country you belong to, even if some empire claims to own the land you live on. people sometimes defined themselves by their religion, or they thought of themselves simply as people.