Hidden leaf village/konoha/konohagakure

Located in the land of Fire, Hidden Leaf Village (also called Konoha) is the largest and most powerful of all Hidden Shinobi Villages, despite the fact that the land of Fire isn't the largest country. But due to the hidden village's large population, its military presence is very powerful. The Leaf's most distinguishing characteristic is the mountain overlooking the village. It has the faces of every Hokage incarved in it. Tsunade's face is added sometime during the timeskip.

Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
13 years ago, the Hidden Leaf Village was attacked by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Kyubi). Causing much destruction and killing many of the village's shinobi. It was eventually defeated and sealed into the newborn child Uzumaki Naruto by the village's most powerful shinobi and leader, the 4th Hokage. The 4th Hokage died soon after the battle ended, because of the Ninjutsu he used. Sacrificing his own ife and fulfilling his duty as the village's Hokage.

Since that time, power has returned to the 3rd Hokage, who is later on killed by Orochimaru during the combined attack of both the conspiring Hidden Sand and Orochimaru's Hidden Sound. Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin takes on the role of the Figth Hokage at that point