Land of Origins

The Land of Origins (序開きの国, Jobiraki no Kuni; literally, "Country of Origins") is a country to the far west of the Land of Earth. It is considered to be the first shinobi country, as it was the location of the village the was born in. It is also the country in which the lived prior to its sealing in the moon, making the land the ancestral home of the. After the hidden village system was adopted, the Land of Origins officially became a nation, turning the Sage's former hometown into its Hidden Village. Since it isn't one of the, it doesn't have a leader. Its leader is instead called Six Paths Sage (六道仙人, Rikudō Sennin) of which the original Sage was the first. The land was all but forgotten by the modern shinobi world until recent times, when the current Rikudō Sage made its presence known to the world.

Trivia

 * calls himself the Second of the Six Paths (二人目の六道, Futarime no Rikudō), and the Third of the Six Paths (三人目の六道, Sanninme no Rikudō). This is factually incorrect, as neither of these two could've been leaders of the Land of Origins, due to its obscurity. It is possible that Madara made this statement in ignorance of this land's existance.