Elemental Nation: Difference between revisions

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This is when the process of defining nations in fantasy settings is to have each group be under the domain of one kind of magic. The main appeal to this is, naturally, the easy convenience of being able to define who is from what nation, since they'll have the appropriate elemental affinity to go with it, and the trappings of the culture itself will be clearly delineated by that element as well. This is often paired with tropes like [[Single Palette Town]] in order to get the full effect. On the downside, this can sometimes result in a [[Planet of Hats]] situation on a small scale, since all members of a specific nation must, by definition, fit into the general archetypes of their nation's element.

 

Compare [[Elemental Plane]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Naruto]]'' has the Land of Wind, The Land of Earth, The Land of Water, The Land of Lightning and the primary setting, the Land of Fire. There are also a bunch of way smaller countries with names like the Land of Grass, the Land of Waves and the Land of [[Inherently Funny Words|Vegetables]]. Subverted in that many of the most powerful ninja don't use jutsu that match their nation. The Land of Fire 'is' known for their Fire Monks and the fire-using Uchiha clan, but the First Hokage was famous for using ''[[Green Thumb|trees]]'', and his brother was skilled at [[Making a Splash|water techniques]]. In fact, the vast majority of ninja from the Land of Fire don't use fire, and likewise with Land of Wind ninja. This trope has so far held true with Earth, Lightning and Mist though, but then only a very few ninja from each of those countries have been shown.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

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[[Category:Elements of Nature]]

[[Category:Elemental Nation]]

[[Category:Fictional Culture and Nation Tropes]]