Kumogakure

Kumogakure (雲隠れの里, Kumogakure no Sato, English TV: Hidden Cloud Village, Literally meaning: Village Hidden by Clouds) is the hidden village of the Land of Lightning and was founded by the First Raikage. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Kumogakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Raikage, of which there have been five in its history. The village is located in a range of tall mountains, and is literally hidden in the clouds. The Raikage works in a large blue structure built into the tallest mountain.

Village Customs
The standard attire for Kumo shinobi consists of a long, grey top which gathers just at the waist to give a sash-like appearance, with a matching coloured bottom. Over this they wear white, one-strapped flak jackets and arm as well as shin-guards. Many Kumogakure ninja use Lightning Release techniques.

History
The most consistent when it comes to the identity of their nation, The Hidden Cloud hasn’t changed much since The First Raikage’s reign. However, they’ve always found themselves in positions where they must defend themselves or end up being dragged into wars unwillingly. In the case of the Third Shinobi War, Kumo would be struck by a stray Bijuu bomb that resulted in hundreds of deaths, luckily the attack lost power the longer it traveled. The current Raikage would declared war on Iwagakure once they deduced it came from there and sail forces to attack Iwagakure. Their campaign would be costly due to Konoha intercepting their fleet and pressuring them into calling in Gyuki, but once they managed to attack Iwa’s shore The Hidden Stone would be pressured. But then, the most unexpected happened, right on their own shore Isobu would be firing Bijuu bombs as Kiri sailed to storm their city. If it weren’t for Matatabi’s Jinchuriki making the ultimate sacrifice and pushing them back, Kumo would’ve lost more that day. Before they could retaliate the ceasefire was declared and left many feeling vengeful. Though Kumo never looked to start fights, an entire political party formed around the idea of getting back at Kirigakure and conspires taking action against them till this day. Though the acting political party condemns this group, many of Kumogakure’s youth is being swayed to join the party through a twisted sense of nationalism.