Wei was founded much like Chu. Paramilitary resistance leaders that existed in the Han Dynasty moved for independence when the Han Dynasty no longer threatened to put them down. The people of Wei were more agricultural than the other small kingdoms, Wei being more fertile than them. The Protection Orders that were becoming standard in Kingdoms like Chu and Han made their way to Wei as well as the sense of solidarity that the smaller kingdoms had against their Larger neighbors, both other Sinicans and foreign peoples.