Republic City

Republic City is a location in Avatar: Legend of Korra. Republic City is a city surrounded by water and mountains, its concept is inspired by several real world past and present locations. This includes, Shanghai (circa 1920s), Hong Kong and Western cities like Manhattan and Chicago. It may or may not be be situated on an island or peninsula.

It is host to peoples from "all nations", though to what extent and their geographic distribution is unrevealed. It is suffering from crime and an anti-bender revolt.

Rumors and Speculation
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These storyline elements remain unconfirmed. Some of it could possibly be revealed at Comic-Con 2010.


 * Republic City could potentially be located on Kyoshi Island. This seems unlikely due to the small size of Kyoshi Island when compared with the picture above depicting the apparently large Republic City surrounded by huge mountains and large rivers.
 * However, it is also possible that only a small portion of Kyoshi Island has been seen thus far, not giving a true indication of its scale. Also when Kyoshi broke off the island large mountains can be seen in the background.
 * Another rumored location for the city is Whale Tail Island, a location yet to be explored by the original Avatar the Last Airbender series.
 * Also, the Southern Air Islands could hold Republic City
 * The series takes place 70 years after the original ATLA series, which made no mention of Republic City. Given the city's massive size and stature, it is unlikely that it would have remained unmentioned in the original series had it existed at the time. Thus it is likely that the city itself is less than 70 years old, and would thus be relatively new compared to most other major cities in the Avatar world.
 * It is possible that the city was in existence during the original series but was much smaller, only growing to its sprawling size after the end of the war.
 * If the city was in existence during the original series is it likely that it had a different name. And it is likely that it was part of another nation, as no fifth nation or independent city-state is mentioned in the original series.
 * It is possible that the city was developed after the end of the war by Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko as a way to heal the wounds of the lengthy conflict. People from many nations may have been encouraged to emigrate to Republic, to help with this reformation. This would explain why the city was never mentioned in The Last Airbender, why the city has such a diverse 'melting pot' of citizens, and why the city is driven by steampunk elements.
 * It may contain Airbenders because at the top it said "all nations", presumably meaning 'all four nations'.
 * There are rumors that the Water benders live in Ghetto- like Igloos