Okay, I just want to ask the mods if they could come up with a brief history for their villages. Doesn't have to be too detailed or extensive, just enough to establish what's happened. For example:
After Kiri was established, Zanza Hayashi was chosen to be the First Mizukage. Determined to make The Hidden Mist Village the strongest of all shinobi villages, he instituted a brutal academy graduation that required students to fight to the death, so that only the strongest would survive. Because of this, Kiri became known as the Blood Mist Village to outsiders. This practice was continued under the Second Mizukage, Shura Maki, who made a point of isolating the village even further from outsiders, believing that they could only rely on themselves.
It wasn't until the Third Mizukage, Kaito Hirohata, that these unforgiving practices were abolished. Kaito attempted to make Kiri a more peaceful place, and to smooth over the village's image with other nations. Though partially successful, there are many amongst Kiri and the Land of Water who still believe that the village should return to its vicious ways, and most outsiders have not forgotten their history. After the Third Mizukage died while defending the village against the Eight-Tailed Bijuu, his successor was chosen, Asami Yuki. As the Fourth Mizukage, she continues to lead the village by his example.
So just...like one or two paragraphs. You can be more detailed if you want, but I want to flesh out the world's history a little more than just 'the nations are isolated and on the brink of war'.