Talk:Influences on the Avatar series/@comment-201.27.139.109-20110927123139/@comment-4600943-20111113181348

culturally, the fire nation is very chinese ~ I suppose could say that the genocide of the air nomads mirrors the PRCs actions in Tibet but the fire nation gives off much more of a World War 2 Japan vibe to me. Rapid industrialization/modernization compared to the rest of Asia at the time, Military propaganda - for example, the Greater East-Asian co-prosperity sphere and the indoctrination of Japanese citizens in the belief of the Emperor as divine and Japanese people as invincible, massive military buildup, the list goes on. Fire Nations desire to take over all of the Avatar world and make it all part of a greater Fire Nation is very similar to WW2 Japans desire to take over Asia and colonize it, like they attempted to do with China, Korea,etc