World of Avatar: The Last Airbender

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The Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise takes place in a fantasy world inspired primarily by Asian and indigenous cultures. In the first animated series, it is made up of four nations based on the four classical elements: the Air Nomads, the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, and the Fire Nation. A fifth nation, the United Republic of Nations, is introduced in The Legend of Korra. The world experiences a devastating apocalypse before the events of Avatar: Seven Havens, destroying the nations and laying waste to the world, except stronghold cities called the Seven Havens. Series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko drew from historical Asian cultures to develop a tone and style for the franchise's world. China is the predominant influence of the fantasy world, though various East Asian, South Asian/Indian subcontinental, Southeast Asian and North American cultures were also incorporated. Many characters in the world of Avatar have the ability to "bend", or to psychokinetically...

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