The most notable difference is title of their leader. For the smaller villages, their leader is called a Village Head, while in the larger villagers, they are known as a Kage. Kage are Village Heads of one of the Five Great Nations' Hidden Villages. Other than that, it's a question of resources. Larger Hidden Villages are supported and hosted by much richer countries, allowing greater infrastructure and revenue in the short and long terms. When the villages were formed the Five Great Nations were the largest countries with thus, the most amount of mercenary shinobi. So the larger villages enjoy much larger numbers of shinobi. As a result, similar to big corporations, they can earn much more money, much faster than the smaller countries and villages. This causes a class system where the lar