Talk:Battle for Yu Dao/@comment-75.155.92.129-20121030060428/@comment-5153639-20121105193540

Yeah, it is absolutly true that it was unfair for the Earth Kingdom. But nevertheless, it would be even more cruel to force the colonies back into the Kingdom when they did not want it (neither the colonists with Ek nor FN heritage). This would have led to a new war, something nobody wanted.

Also, the Earth Kingdom struggled with its size a long time before the Great War. Note the Peasant Uprising in Ba Sing se or Chin's war. Populist revolutions, and war for power seemed to be pretty common in EK history.

However, i think the oldest civilization are either the Sun Warriors or the Air Nomads, not the Earth Kingdom, that was united a long time ago. Before its unification war, won by Ba Sing Se, the Earth Kingdom was divided into hundreds of kingdoms and tribes.