The Land of Infertile Soil (荒土の国, Kōdo no Kuni) is a small country located on a peninsula between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water. It is also just directly south of the small island nation known as the Land of Waves. Unlike most of the countries in the continent the Land of Infertile Soil, occasionally translated as the Wasteland Country, is not under the control of a regional Daimyō. Instead this country is run directly from its capital city Kyoukokugakure (峡谷隠れの里, Kyoukokugakure no Sato; Literally meaning "Village Hidden in the Canyon"), which doubles as minor hidden village. While this country and its corresponding capital remained out of the international spotlight until the administration of the Second Kōdokage, who also served as the leader for the entire country, the Land of