Getsugakure

Getsugakure (月隠れの里, Getsugakure no Sato; Japanese for Village Hidden under the Moon) is a hidden village in the Land of the Moon. It is shown that it is not on the Crescent Moon Island, as that is merely the seat of the royal family, and is in fact owned exclusively by that family. The village is instead located on the Crescent Moon Coast, an area of land comprising most of the Land of the Moon which includes a stretch of coast shaped like a crescent moon, and several peninsulas complete the image.The king is in fact merely an overlord in terms of official authority, and in wealth. While all members must pay allegiance to the king of the Land of the Moon, he extremely rarely intervenes in any significant way, and Getsugakure is left in charge, though he has the right to appoint any of a number of candidates, pre-approved by the ninja of the village, to the post should a prior leader be removed for any reason. Getsugakure is ruled by two forces; a group typically consisting of four or five important ninja, which act as a Kage of the village, although not on the sam level and afforded no recognition as such by other countries, and so not given the title, who act as one being in terms of weight of authority, while the other force that governs Getsugakure is the daimyo. The only known clan of Getsugakure is the Sensōkajiya Clan, who were traditionally the guards and personal fighting force of the village's two leading bodies. It is implied that they kept this even after their clan head's execution. Following the appointment of a new leader, Getsugakure has made its peace with the executed man's son, Kojimaru Sensōkajiya, and he has assisted in the forging of a bond between them and Konohagakure.