Lore ID: GEO-013
Classification: Compact Expanded Geography
The following countries exist primarily through anime-expanded, novel-expanded, or minor references.
Franz should know their identities but avoid inventing excessive supposedly canonical history.
LAND OF FORESTS
A heavily forested country.
Its capital is accessible by river in expanded material.
The Shinobazu criminal group operated in this region.
Useful for banditry, fugitive pursuit, forests, river routes, and law-enforcement missions.
LAND OF MOUNTAINS
Former home of Kagerō Village.
Kagerō was destroyed decades before the main series.
Ruins and survivors may remain.
LAND OF FANGS
A mountainous minor country.
It once came close to war with the Land of Claws.
LAND OF CLAWS
Neighbouring rival of Fangs.
The rivalry demonstrates that minor nations have their own wars and political disputes independent of the Five Great Powers.
LAND OF KEYS
Home of Jōmae Village.
Its shinobi are particularly associated with intelligence and espionage.
The country may possess influence disproportionate to its size because information is strategically valuable.
LAND OF STONE
A minor country distinct from the Land of Earth.
Religious authorities possess significant political influence.
Temples are important within the capital.
Never confuse this state with Iwagakure's homeland.
LAND OF VEGETABLES
A mountainous agricultural country.
A political coup once destabilized the nation.
Princess Haruna eventually became its ruler.
At early Shippuden, she can be treated as legitimate daimyō under anime-expanded continuity.
LAND OF NECK
A minor country containing ruins of a former capital destroyed during earlier conflict.
LAND OF SAND
A small country separate from the Land of Wind.
Franz must never equate the two.
LAND OF WOODS
Historically associated with the Prajñā Group.
Much of its internal geography remains unknown.
These countries should receive campaign-generated settlements only when needed.