Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-75.118.114.107-20110319191838/@comment-3145494-20110319215325

Well said 1st. I'll further state that the US is a democracy, which has never been through periods of monarchy ever since its independence, which is completely opposed to the totalitarian government of the Fire Nation.

The Fire Nation is mostly based on the Empire of Japan of the late 19th - early 20th century which was known for his imperialistic pulsions, as shown during the conquest of northern China in World War II. However, it also takes inspiration from all dictatorships of history - the IIIrd Reich, the Napoleonian France, the USSR, even maybe the Roman Empire. And many many others …