Burnt. There is nothing you can do about it. That land is about as dead as Athens was after the Spartans were through with them in the Peloponesian War (my historical basis for the ability of a determined nation to wreak havoc upon another nation).

I will come out now and congratulate Axrendale.

But also, with hard work, if we want to, it would not be impossible to recultivate the land. We are EARTHBENDING PEOPLE after all.

Don't get me wrong, it would take like eight turns and be a slow and ardous process, but using earthbending, we could rebuild colonies, and use badgermoles or other creatures to get undergound resources such as unrefined metal out of the area.

It is not completely useless, it has simply been burnt down. People have rebuilt scorched land in our world, doing it here is not impossible. Then again, there is a WAR going on.

PM me any advice you have on the tactical situation. At the moment, we actually can't do much, because the Fire Nation has just had it's turn - we have to wait for the other nations now. Will you be on tommorow? We'll definitely be able to do some damge then.

I will come out now and congratulate Axrendale.

But also, with hard work, if we want to, it would not be impossible to recultivate the land. We are EARTHBENDING PEOPLE after all.

Don't get me wrong, it would take like eight turns and be a slow and ardous process, but using earthbending, we could rebuild colonies, and use badgermoles or other creatures to get undergound resources such as unrefined metal out of the area.

It is not completely useless, it has simply been burnt down. People have rebuilt scorched land in our world, doing it here is not impossible. Then again, there is a WAR going on.

Sure, I'll be on tomorrow. So, can I join the FN? What position may I get?

I take many inspirations from the fights of World War II. The Americans were outclassed, outgunned, and outmanned, and fighting a war from two sides.

They still won.

True, but recultivating the land would require massive work from all of your earthbenders. you would probably have to sacrifice half your army for 8 turns. Are you really willing to do that?

We would not. Colonies, especially in such a position, would be eaiser than that if done the right and effecient way. We would not attempt to recultivate it all at once. Only small colonies where major resources are acquirable. Such could be done with smaller military regiments and civilian volunteers, and badgermoles could be used to mine and process the land back into a furtile condition with human assistance.

Reconstruction would be long, as I said, but I'm not talking about doing the whole place at once.

It's not just about the land itself - what about the forests? They'll have to be re-grown. What about the animals? New ones will need to be introduced. The rivers? Thousands of dead bodies were dumped in those rivers, many were diverted or dammed. An who will really want to live in a place like that, where the Fire nation has proven that it can so easilyreach out and take their lives...