Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-3568954-20180914003134/@comment-3568954-20180914010333

Hawkeye2701 wrote: Interesting theory, though I think more likely that, since Orochimaru is an international criminal, any sort of political sway he had, especially over the land of sound is null and void and it's just that he still has strategic value to the Five Nations alliance.

He might have had control of the country at one point, but that literally doesn't stop five other, bigger, more influential countries from forcing their will in the situation, especially since Orochimaru was already a criminal from Konohagakure and invaded the country to begin with. the 5 great nations- as well as other nations formed a united front a UNITED NATIONS if you will but that doesn't mean they can just go to any nation and make a proclamation and declare their own will. there is a thing called international law which prevent the UN in the real world from doing just that. so while they could put weight on the land of sound it would still require armed conflict to remove any authority from orochimaru if he still had authority over the land of Sounds daimyo, the reason i do not think the 5 great nations did anything of the sort is because it goes against the new Era's goal of world peace. acting in any manner against another nation just because they are giving sanctuary to orochimaru would go against said world peace.

and the reason i believe orochimaru still controls the land of sound is because orochimaru is smart, he never did anything without putting an intense amount of thought into it, when he conquered the land of sound he most likely took steps to ensure he had control over the the Daimyo such as placing a curse mark on him. thats what i would do if i was Orochimaru. i would ensure my rule by placing any type of seal or mark that could allow me to instantly quell any acts of rebellion against me

controlling the sound would have aided orochimaru in his main goal. it would give him the resources to achieve his goals. thats the real reason he wanted to be hokage, so that he could use the leafs resources as his piggy bank to fund his research. since the land of sound was a smaller nation he could conquer it easier and use his knowledge to expand its wealth. he could feed the daimyo's greed and keep him in line just by making him wealthier and wouldn't ever need to use force.

one of the first things i would do if i was orochimaru would have been to place a curse mark on the daimyo than rebuild its army. placing a mark on each new soldier that would allow me to control them