Babyfriend1 wrote:
For the URN it's a different story. It was simply a matter of the other council members agreeing with tenzin to make it democratic because they realized he was right all along.
Ever since I saw the "Legend of Korra" I have felt that the URN must have had a legislature of some kind way before getting a democratically elected leader, because it makes no sense if all of a sudden they have one out of no where because it's easier to modify an exiting concept (elections for members to that legislature) than creating it all at once from scratch basically. This could serve a template for the former Earth Kingdom to use in creating their own system, but oh well.
This was just one of the part of the world building in Korra that I felt were lacking and even some of the comics apparently lack (I haven't read any, just read about them on here). The United Republic of Nations has the word republic in it, yet the only for of government ever depicted was the United Republic Council and then the URN president. The UR Council which was basically like the Swiss Federal Council and the URN President is well a president! But, both of there are head(s) of state and the council wasn't a legislative body it was executive, just like how the Swiss do it which is a form of government I never expected to be depicted on screen by an animated series from the USA!
Anyways, the former Earth Kingdom could always form a confederacy or supranational organization like the European Union because the newly formed "states" well probably need each other, but would rather keep their newly found independence; some will be monarchies, Omachu for example, while others will be tribal councils like the Swap Tribe, and yet others might turn into republics themselves like the URN.