Talk:Equalists/@comment-96.246.43.145-20120329042632/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120329180849

It probably somewhat depends on the nation. In the Earth Kingdom, non-benders seem to out number benders by a rather large margin, mainly due to the massive population size. The water tribe and fire nation however seem to have a much larger number of benders for their population size, and as we know, all air nomads were benders with no exception.

Amon being earth kingdom would make the most sense, since the earth kingdom was the nation most involved in the war along with the fire nation, and also suffered the most and the longest. The air nomads were wiped out quickly and completely so it makes no sense for Amon or the equalists to have any real connection to them, and the water tribe (the northern one at least) really didn't suffer all that much during the war, at least not compared to the earth kingdom. So Amon and most of the equalists are likely earth nation non-benders whose culture has suffered the most due to benders.