The Earth King agreed to cede large parts of the northwestern kingdom to the new sovereign country, resulting in lasting animosity among many Earth Kingdom citizens who regarded the United Republic as illegal occupation.

The symbol of the Earth Kingdom is a small square surrounded by a large circle (the extra square in this image is not always displayed). This symbol is, in fact, an ancient Chinese representation of the universe- a square earth encompassed by a round heaven- and ties directly into the aesthetic inspiration for the series: The culture of the ...

The symbol for earth and earthbending is a tall rough isosceles trapezoidal shape, the base of which is made up of the Bagua trigram "Kun", denoting "earth". Inside, at the top, is a spiral running counterclockwise.

Ba Sing Se is the capital of the Earth Kingdom. The Earth Kingdom is the largest and most diverse of the four nations, comprised of a massive continent in the eastern hemisphere and several islands.

The Avatar Symbols depict the earthbending form as the most rigid of all bending forms and of all the other symbols. This is in line with the element it represents – Earth. Earthbending originated in the Earth Kingdom with the first earthbenders ever being badgermoles.