Wind Country, desert Gobi.
Water Country, oceanic archipelago!
Earth Country, desolate rocky cliffs!
Lightning Country, highland mountains!
Such environments made it extremely difficult for them to acquire resources.
Land of Fire, rolling plains, spring-like all year round. Its exceptional terrain made Land of Fire the wealthiest country in the world, while also causing it to be constantly coveted by surrounding major powers.
Consequently, the daimyo of Land of Fire reached an agreement with the Hokage of Konoha Village: Konoha Village protected Land of Fire from the invasions of other major powers, and the daimyo's court in Land of Fire funded Konoha Village's financial expenditures, along with a vast number of ninja missions from Land of Fire.
To guard Land of Fire from being plundered by the other four countries, Konoha Village needed to deal with enemies coming from four directions every single time.
Among the four major countries, the ones most aggressive about invading Land of Fire were Wind Country, Earth Country, and Lightning Country.
The environments of these three countries forced them to wage war.
If the war was won, they would plunder sufficient resources from Land of Fire. If the war was lost, it would consume a batch of the population the country could no longer afford.
Attacking Land of Fire was a win-win proposition for them.
Especially Wind Country!
Even if defeated, Land of Fire had no interest in their land whatsoever, seeing as it was filled with yellow sand everywhere.
Land of Fire border!
A middle-aged man with brown hair, neat straight-cut sideburns, his head and right eye wrapped in bandages, a cross-shaped scar on his chin, and a gloomy expression leaned on a cane as he slowly walked out from among the crowd. He looked at the distant Kumogakure army camp, then walked back into