

Their cuisine is also Japanese-inspired as are many of the characters’ names who live there. The Kyoshi warriors wear Japanese armor and paint their faces in designs reminiscence of Kabuki, classical Japanese dance drama. Regions like Kyoshi Island, however, resemble feudal Japan. Ba Sing Se, surrounded by high walls, may also resemble Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire which also saw large numbers of refugees during times of war. FOR SALE Every print is painstakingly made to perfection by our. The emperor and people’s garb appears to be of the Qing dynasty with various Korean influences as well. AVATAR: THE LAST Airbender - World Map, Gift, Wall art, Poster, Gifts, Print - 3.00. The capital city, Ba Sing Se, resembles Beijing and the royal palace therein is based on the Forbidden City. The Avatar world is designed to create a stable, enduring environment for homo sapiens to inhabit. In particular, the kingdom takes inspiration from the Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties, the last imperial dynasties before the Republic of China. The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender is the product of a Godlike post-singularity intelligence who, having reshaped the Earth into the form we see on the show, descended into the bodies of the lion-turtles.

Most generally, the setting may be considered “Eurasia.” The Earth Kingdom is probably the most complex and historically elaborate of any of the Avatar settings, containing cities inspired by everything from later Chinese dynastic periods to Shogun Japan to the Roman Empire.
