Location from Avatar: The Last Airbender by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
A 1920s-inspired metropolis founded by Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko — where benders and nonbenders coexist in a sprawling, industrialized city rife with inequality and revolution.
Republic City is the Avatar world's experiment in modernity — and like all experiments, it has unexpected results. Founded after the Hundred Year War as a place where all four nations could live together, it evolved into a sprawling industrial metropolis with all the problems that entails: organized crime (the triads), class warfare (benders vs. nonbenders), political corruption, and revolutionary movements. Amon's Equalist revolution targeted benders' privilege. Unalaq's spirit invasion tore open a portal in the bay. Kuvira's giant mecha threatened to level it. The city keeps getting destroyed and rebuilt. Pro-bending is the national sport — a spectacle that turns elemental combat into entertainment. Satomobiles clog the streets, invented by Hiroshi Sato (whose daughter Asami eventually ran the company). The city is vibrant, chaotic, and constantly on the edge of the next crisis. It represents both the Avatar world's greatest achievement and its deepest tensions.
A vast harbor city with art deco skyscrapers, elevated railways, and crowded streets filled with satomobiles. The Pro-Bending Arena sits on the waterfront, its domed roof glowing at night. Airships drift overhead. Factories billow smoke in industrial districts while wealthy estates line the hills. The Avatar Aang Memorial statue stands on an island in the harbor. Neon signs in multiple scripts advertise everything from noodle shops to triad businesses.
Also known as: Republic City, United Republic capital