"Community Service" [IC][M]

*Credits to Spriter's Resource for GSC tiles
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A short history lesson. The Hoennian Civil War had just ended between the then-present democracy of Hoenn, the Magma Environmentalist Party, and the Aqua Rebellion. Maxie stood proud and powerful at the top after quickly sweeping his opposition with his resurrection of Groudon, a once mythical being of great ability. He formed a dictatorship in Hoenn and began the "Drought Campaign," a program to expand the landmass of Hoenn via various methods and another, more secretive campaign involving foreign relations. Maxie befriended and slowly gained the trust of several countries, as well as wrapping them up in his grasp financially through the use of exports and soldiers for their own affairs, and examined the land for "threatening groups." He was looking for groups that proved to have a lot of power in each respective region that might interfere politically or weaken the government and stamp them out as to make sure they don't get in his way. Thus arguably, Maxie persuaded his allies to begin what came to be the Allegiance Wars, a series of campaigns to destroy "domestic enemies" such as the Rocket Mafia, Go-Rock Squad, Galatic Cultists, the Cipher Syndicate, and whatever remained of Maxie's own personal enemy, the "Aqua Terrorists." Even countries who weren't involved with Maxie found themselves wrapped up in the wars because many of the groups inhabiting the regions that felt threatened by Maxie began to rise up and take violent action as to not be wiped out. Soon, it became very clear which countries were successful in the wars and who fell into chaos: the ones who did and didn't have Maxie as an ally. Maxie himself became very popular amongst his numerous allies and very prosperous in his wartime economy. Better yet, his soldiers were famed to be the best in the world; very little of the death tolls margins including his forces.​

Hoenn's greatest ally, Unova, also found itself helping out other countries thanks to Maxie's persuasion to do so. Due to some well-worded treaties with the more ravaged countries, Unova found itself absorbing regions into states. The "United States of Unova" now includes the original Unova, Fiore, Almia, Kanto, and the Sevii Isles. For the most part, the Allegiance Wars are mostly over, with the only countries having notable problems being Sinnoh and Orre. However, Johto is now notoriously known for being the only country who "didn't get involved" with the wars. This is because of the Rocket Mafia was its only problem, and it was effectively ruined in Kanto by Unova forces. The mafia found itself extremely weakened with the loss of its leader, Giovanni. Its branch in Johto disbanded for a short while before resurfacing only recently in the past year. Alas, Johto, like all other of its neighbors, has been severely touched by the effects of the wars and the slow passing of time.

Let's speed it up a bit. Present day, two years after Kanto's absorption into the USU. Johto is, and always had been, a small country bathed in tradition. Nestled in-between tall, rocky mountains and a sea burdened with whirlpools lies a land of wetlands and fertile soil. Inhabited before recorded history, the region is home to unique customs and breeds of Pokémon; as well as the ever famous Apricorn, a deceptively useful fruit used for making nutritious drinks to Pokéballs. The country is home to legends such as ninjas, kimono girls and their dances, and more popularly the legends of the protectors of the sky and sea, Lugia and Ho-oh. It is also very famous for being stuck on their traditions, rejecting new advances in technologies that are commonplace in other places and refusing to be a voice in world affairs that don't include them personally.

However, the war has seeped into the stubborn land regardless, for better or worse. First off, Johto was cut off from its famous neighbor Kanto due to a closed border policy installed by Kanto's new Unovian government. From this, the Indigo Plateau was disestablished, destroying the Pokémon League in both Kanto and Johto temporarily. Johto, in response, rebuilt its league by fully inhabiting another one of the Whirl Islands, formerly named Blue Point Isle, and renaming it Indigo Isle. The town Kasado Point was formed and an accompanying stadium build over water, Whirl Stadium, was built next to it. Another effect of this was the destruction of the Magnet Train in Kanto, causing Goldenrod to make the train exclusive to Johto. The train now spreads across the region and has become a part of the everyday life. Also, during the war, the Rocket Mafia had blown up Mt. Silver partially to prove a point, and the disaster cut off the civilized route to Blackthorn City and forced an evacuation and ravaged Silver Town, the past site for the Johto-specific league conference. Only recently has the town been cleared up again to be somewhat livable. It is also worthy to note that the Rocket Mafia has been slightly appearing now and again, working mainly underground. This reappearance has alerted the Magma Party, who have been very involved with the region as of late. Maxie has made it so that Hoenn is the only region they receive and export to, and has successfully persuaded the establishment of a Hoennian Embassy in Goldenrod for "sustainment of peace reasons."

Several individual changes are different from the Johto we know in the games, and you should look at the description of the town/landmark personally for more information.
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