Nations Information (Earth)

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Society
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The Earth Kingdom is the largest country in the world in both population figures and land area.
Thus, it is an ethnically diverse country, with wide variance in customs between different provinces and tribes.
The capital of the Earth Kingom is Ba Sing Se, and its the city were the diference of cultures and status are most noticeable.
The Earth Kingdom is know by their values of order, stability and freedom, as well as pride and strengh.

Personality
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***NOTE: THIS ARE SIMPLY SOME GUIDELINES, ITS NOT "WRITTEN ON STONE"***
Earth
“Earth is the element of substance”

Methodically and inexorably earths march towards their goals.
They exhibit a great deal of common sense and practicality along the way.

Earth realistically approach daily life thinking about what needs to be done and the best way to do it.
They are always looking at what use you can make of things.
Earths don’t always get on with other Earths (rank-happy, and pleased to pull it), but do get on with Waters, Woods and Fires.
Metals and Airs can drive them up the wall.

Positive Characteristics:
Peaceful, Methodical, Stable, Patient, Enduring, Supportive, Practical, Objective, Logical
Negative Characteristics:
Smothering, Confining, Anxious, Pessimistic, Slow, Rigid, Stubborn, VERY Conservative


Appearance
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Head-Hair: black or brown hair, worn either short or long
Male Facial Hair: Highly variable, but usually styled and trimmed; often clean-shaven
Eyes: green, hazel, brown, or grey
Skin: usually quite brown, nobles much paler.
Clothes: All shades of green, with many yellows, duns, browns, beiges and greys thrown in.
Other colours can and do happen.
Styles vary by region and rank, usually the higher the rank is, the more yellows and greens you may seen.

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Earth Kingdom Culture

From the enforced culture of Ba Sing Se to the initially isolationist inhabitants of Kyoshi Island, the culture of the Earth Kingdom is far less defined than those of the other nations. This is due to its immense size.

Earth Kingdom architecture varies by province. Like the other nations, it is based on its elemental color, in this case, green. The majority of the buildings are made of stone, wood, and plaster; Most buildings have sloping roofs covered with dark gray or green tiles; yellow tiles denote wealth, and are used by aristocrats in Ba Sing Se. The Earth Kingdom insignia is often put on important buildings and fortresses as a symbol of the government.

The population of the Earth Kingdom is among small villages, larger towns, and the capital city of Ba Sing Se, which contains a significant portion of its citizens. Tiny villages of ten or so inhabitants dot the landscape; larger towns, such as Chin and Gaoling, are found more infrequently.

The people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong and adhere to a philosophy of peaceful coexistence and cooperation with the other nations of the world. Earthbenders use their abilities for defense and industry and have fiercely defended their cities against attacks by the Fire Nation.


Important Locations:
* Ba Sing Se
* Chin Village
* Gaoling
* Great Divide
* Kyoshi Island
* Lake Laogai
* Omashu
* Serpent's Pass
* Si Wong Desert
* Wulong Forest (Home to the Jungle Tribe of Woodbenders)

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Earth is Stable:
Earth is extremely enduring, it is hard to discourage an Earth citizen if they are already on a course, and even harder to force them into any action they are not already inclined toward.

Dont change roles the same way you change shoes.
If your aplication says you are a soldier, be a soldier.
Of course you can change your characters career choice, but if you want to be a Dai Li, your character will need to be accepted as one and so, you cant simply morph into a Dai Li, because you feel the whim.

Earth is Structured:
Earthbenders tend to adhere to current structures. If they have to choose between a tradition and a new path they will take the tradition unless given no other option.
You must respect your superiors: The roles of government and leadership are set in stone for earth (unless there is an extreem pressure to act against them).
Unless you are a rogue its most likelly you have to answer to someone.
If you dont, dont feel surprised when sufering some in-character punishment. =P

Earth is proud:
Earth is a very proud element, it is exreemly self aware and has difficulty imagining a world which does not revolve around it. Earth also tends to enjoy letting everyone know how great they are.

Some earth lore to be proud of:

Kyoshi lived by more than 200 years (longer than any other avatar).
Ba Sing Sae stood more than 100 years aagainst to the war.
Conquerers would prefer to face the avatar than to fight Ba Sing Sae.
If there was no Earth, metal would never exist....
Earth ROCKS!!!

Earth is present:
Earth is very seldom wishy-washy about anything even if they don't have all the facts. If they're going to do or say anything they will do it with absolute conviction and hardly any consideration of the feelings of others.

This does not mean they lack empathy, simply that they are extremely blunt. Most earths would consider it an insult to others if they were to dilute their actions or obscure the truth.

Kyoshi:
The Kyoshi Warriors live on a surrority environment.
The Kyoshi Warriors are a group of warriors that spend most of time together and basicly they know all each other.

Therefore, when creating your characters story, and if you want to be a Kyoshi Warrior, remember that there may be other players that are also Kyoshi warriors, and therefore, their stories may allready afect the story of the all group.

I advice you to ask the players the current state of the Kyoshi warriors story, so you have a better idea of how your char will enter in the current story.

Kyoshi Warriors are women (female avi at least.... we never know what is on the other side of the screen).

Kyoshi Warriors don't bend:
Its true the Kyoshi Warriors were created at the image of the greatest source of bending.
However their traditions show the inexistance and the not-need of bending.
Notice that the Kyoshi's fighting style is much closer to the waterbending phylosophy than to earthbending.

Your character may be a bender, however you'll have to make your application very good and explaining how your character combines her bending with the common Kyoshi practices.

Dai Li:
The Dai Li are an organization based on respect.
If you plan to be the loner Dai Li that follow no rules... well, forget it.
Even if you char is a loner, in the case he doesnt follow the organization rules he'll lose his title.
That doesnt mean you character cannot be a bad soldier/agent and being insubordinate, but you must expect some consequences.
Note: You can easly extend this guideline to the earth kingdom army
The Dai Li are earthbenders
Its true that there are lots of non-benders on the Earth Kingdom.
Its true that the Earth Kingdom Army has non-bender soldiers, and you can acheive those ranks by being a non-bender.
But if you are a Dai Li, then you are an earth bender.