Land of Iron (X)

The Land of Iron (土地の鉄の; Tetsu no Kuni) is an icy snow-covered snow-covered country led by the Tetsushogun. In an effort to distance itself from the shinobi, due to the Land of Iron being positioned closest to the shinobi nations, it is a politically neutral domain, and never involved itself in the shinobi wars. With the exception of the era during the Second Great Samurai War, the Land of Iron has consistently possessed an incredibly strong military which is readily accepted to be the most powerful among the nine samurai nations. The Land of Iron's capital is located among three mountains called the Three Wolves (三狼, Sanrō).

The Land of Iron was the first samurai nation founded, which occurred nearly a two centuries before the birth of the ninja way, following the death of the Rikudō Sennin, and is the only samurai nation to interact with the shinobi governments.