I swear this thread wasn't supposed to be about this. I just wanted to joke about how much Kalos changed in five years. But then I started thinking and it all spiraled out of control.

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There is a single solitary implication that there is a governing force in the world of Pokemon and that's the International Police, the organization Looker comes from. They seem to be a covert operation, but with enough pull that every police force in every region cooperates unquestioningly.

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If all 50 states in the USA were their own countries, an organization like the FBI wouldn't get anything done, given that on concept the idea of a deployed super police that requires local authorities to transition into working for said international super cops instead of being... well, cops.

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The Pokemon world has civic workers, a police force, free universal pet healthcare, and a thriving worldwide sporting event that the economy seems to hinge on. It also has rampant unregulated gambling and an organized crime problem so ubiquitous that every major region has at least one mafia.

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There are no capitals in Pokemon. There are big cities, but those cities are seemingly more or less run by whatever tech conglomerate that took root, but only in the biggest populated areas of any given region. Silph for Kanto, Devon for Hoen, ect. Is... is Pokemon a anarcho-capitalist society?

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