Northern Water Tribe

## Location

Location of the Northern Water Tribe

Chhatrapati Anook

The Northern Water Tribe is a nation located all the way to the arctic. It is the northernmost nation within the Eastern Hemisphere.

## Government

The Northern Tribe is a hereditary monarchy with its monarch called Chhatrapatiby tradition, though the modern government has abandoned many of the tribal aspects that dominated the tribe for centuries. The Chhatrapati can be either male or female, and is commander-in-chief of the tribe's military and has almost autocratic authority over political affairs. However, he or she officially has no influence on judicial courts. The chief can order martial law and banish anyone as punishment for endangering the tribe. In regard of succession, absolute primogeniture is practiced in the Northern Water Tribe, unless the firstborn heir is disinherited. When the firstborn children of the chief are twins, both can jointly inherit the chiefdom.

Normally, the Chhatrapati made decisions based on advice given by a small council of the respected individuals in the tribe. It was this council that was responsible for making laws and organizing the tribe. Political rise was driven more by the right connections and descent than by performance. Because of these politics, marrying the Chhatrapati's daughter, the Tribal Princess, was considered to be a significant step in a person's political career. If the Chhatrapati only had a daughter as heir, she had no right to inherit the Chhatrapati title. The Northern Water Tribe was infamous for upholding extreme sexist views, such as creating a law that did not allow women to learn martial waterbending. Labor division was generally dependent on gender: men typically worked as hunters, fishermen, teachers, or warriors, and women usually served as homemakers, healers, or teachers.

The Hiearchy Succession of the Tribe is the oldest gets the throne, even if it's the brother, nephew or son of Chhatrapati.

## Military

### Army

#### Infantry

The Northern Water Tribe had a sophisticated and organized militia during the Hundred Year War, though no standing army. All adult male members of the Northern Water Tribe were fully-trained warriors, including both waterbenders and nonbenders. Master waterbenders who were involved in the military were referred to as "Water Warriors", and were known for being elite fighters as well as their ability to defend the ramparts of the capital city. In times of war, the men gathered, receiving the traditional war paint of both Water Tribes and their weapons. Both benders and nonbenders were equipped with melee weapons including clubs, spears, scimitars, and machetes. These weapons were traditionally made of bone; the machetes for example were laced with whale teeth on the dull side of the blade. There was no standard uniform, however, as the warriors either wore their casual clothing or fabric armor.

#### Equipment

The Northern Water Tribe made use of armories located on the warrior training grounds, which served as weapon storage and war planning rooms where orders were distributed. The armories also contained grindstone wheels, which were kept in motion by pressing down on a foot pad and used to sharpen spear tips and knives. Their waterbenders engendered and utilized a countless amount of iceberg spikes scattered across the ocean just outside the city as a first line of defense against Fire Nation ships. The spikes were capable of ripping through solid metal and sinking even the largest ships. The currents in the iceberg fields were known to be extremely dangerous, but were easily traversed by Water Tribe vessels. The iceberg spikes themselves were also used as cover for warriors to hide behind, enabling them to easily ambush any unwanted visitors.

## Residents

### Royal Family

 Ama | Empress
 Yue | Crown Princess
 Aron | 1st Prince

## Culture

The Norther Water Tribe is based off of the Inuit-Yupik culture of the northern circumpolar region of Earth and the Maratha Empire.