Land Island, Land of Noodles, Land of Tea, Nanakusa Island

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Land Island

An independent island off the coast of the Land of Tea. There is nothing particularly interesting about the small island nation save for its insistence on remaining independent, rather than allying itself with Tea or Water.

Land of Noodles

A land known for creating the most premium noodles commercially available in the world. Its biggest export are those noodles. It has no military power nor shinobi power to speak of.

Honan

Honan is the largest city in the Land of Noodles. It is not the capital city, though it is sometimes confused for it. Instead, Honan is the primary city in which noodles are manufactured and exported to the rest of the ninja world. As expected, it's also the city with the largest concentration of noodle stands.


Royang

Royang is the capital city of the Land of Noodles, and where most travelers will find themselves first, given how much easier it is to reach the island via travel seal than by boat. As compared to Honan, the city is much more calm and tranquil, focused on beautiful sights and careful architecture, rather than production of noodles. The palace of the Daimyo of Noodles can be found in the center of the city, but visitors are very limited within it. Much like Honan, noodle shops can still be found on every corner.


Land of Tea

A small country composed of two separate islands. It exports mostly tea, and is entirely civilian. The ruler of the country is determined by a race held every four years. The family who hired the winning contestant rules. Recently, the two families have taken to hiring shinobi to compete for them. Officially there are no shinobi in the country, but the competing families have been known to adopt nukenin in the hope of getting long-term winners for free. Other nukenin are often hired in secret to 'interfere' with the other family's champion. Unofficially.

Yoru no Machi

Yoru no Machi is the capital city of the Land of Tea, where the Daimyo of the Land of Tea lives. It should be noted that while he honors the race and allows whichever family wins the race to handle the practical ruling of the country, he serves as the tie-breaker and rule-enforcer. If he determines a family has cheated in the race, he may revoke their win and hand it to the other family. So far, this has yet to happen.

Degarashi Port

Degarashi Port is Tea's most recognizable port city, where most supplies arrive for the Land of Tea. It is also the starting and finishing point for the quad-annual race held to determine Tea leadership.

Chigurisu

Chigurisu is the primary town in which the two rival families live, and is far livelier and rich looking than Yoru no Machi. Many foreign shinobi confuse Chigurisu for the capital city of Tea, and usually the ruling family doesn't bother to correct them. Chigurisu is technically the economic capital of Tea, but it has little in the way to offer foreigners or tourists.

Eien no Toshi

An oasis designed for travelers--primarily racers--to refresh themselves and rest as necessary before continuing through the second half of the swimming portion of the race.

Harutsumu

Harutsumu is the primary trade city next to Degarashi Port. Anyone looking to visit Tea for anything other than their quadannual races should look to Harutsumu for entertainment and shops. Harutsumu is also the best place to offer the wide variety of high quality teas that the country takes its name from, although various specialized selections can also be found anywhere in the country.

Ketsueki-jo

Ketsueki-jo is a minor town of inns and fruit, but its primary purpose is as a checkpoint during the quadannual race to determine Tea's leadership. Many onlookers who don't want to wait for Morodoki Shrine choose Ketsueki-jo to stay in and wait for their favorite racer to appear.

Morodoki Shrine

A shrine to a minor religion previously embraced by the Land of Tea. Currently, Morodoki Shrine is most notable as being the halfway point in the quadannual race held to determine the ruling family of Tea. It's thought if a racer reaches this point first, they are sure to win the rest of the race.


Nanakusa Island

An island rich in expensive and rare medicinal islands. Due to a technicality in treaties between Fire, Lightning, and Water, the island is considered neutral territory and therefore its own country, despite the fact that no one lives on the small island.