"The fellow countrymen of the Konoha make up each part of my body… those of the village believe in me, and I believe in them… That's what it means to be Hokage!"
^^^^^ She did her role. Its always been about the people not the physical village itself.
But this is nothing new.
-Under Hiruzen's reign died the most shinobi<< 2 world wars happened
- Minato's reign the village got devestated also (Kyuubi attack did destroy the village) just not that much of it.
^^^^^ But notice that unlike those 2... Tsunade was betrayed by someone who claims to "protect" the village.
So my question is Did Minato and Hiruzen protect the village?
Disagree if you wish but the majority of the villagers perished and the village itself crushed so no she did not protect the village even with the amount she save those put together can't be considered as a great nation, if Nagato didn't revive them the leaf would no longer exist.
@Bold, false, The leaf would still exist , as long as those stone faces exist. And as long the Hokage existed. And not really majority of the villagers did not perish. THe evidence of pain killing the majority does not exist, however, what does exist is that Katsuyu was supposed to protect all those who were remaining.
"great" nation.. Konoha is not a nation.