The Land of Grass was a small country located northwest of the Land of Fire.
Unlike the Land of Fields and the Land of Rivers that Mu Yue had visited before, the Land of Grass not only had its own Ninja Village, the Grass Ninja Village, but was also considered relatively strong among the smaller countries of the ninja world.
However, the Land of Grass's awkward location gave it no opportunity to put that modest strength to use.
The Land of Grass bordered four countries in total: two small countries and two great powers.
The two neighboring small countries were the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Rain. The Land of Waterfalls lay northeast of the Land of Grass, and its unique terrain left the Land of Grass with no way to expand in that direction. The Land of Rain was easier to target, with half of the Land of Grass's territory bordering it, but the Land of Rain was home to the strongest Ninja Village beneath the Five Great Ninja Villages. Its strength was too formidable to challenge.
The two neighboring great powers were the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire. There was even less to say about them. The Land of Grass simply could not afford to provoke them and could only shamelessly cling to them as a subordinate.
During the Second Ninja World War, Amegakure had already proven the strength of the Five Great Ninja Villages to the ninja world. Even if their top fighters could compete, small Ninja Villages would be crushed by the Five Great Ninja Villages in every other respect, ultimately leading to defeat.
As a small country, the Land of Grass survived by helping whoever won. Since Konoha had always been the winner, it became the Land of Grass's steadfast