Pokemon...Government?

So far I think we can establish multiple things.

1. The Pokémon League is a regulatory agency, more alike to a corporation than a government. It is responsible for guidelines/rules related only to Pokémon training. It can be presumed that the Champion has certain influence within the League when it comes to administration and rule making. In most of the games and anime, the Champion is a heavily featured plot character who has access to numerous resources and powers (Stone, Wallace, Lance). Wether the organisation has any power beyond Pokémon battling is unknown, and we'll probably never find out.

2. Each town (or nearly every town) has a mayor. Wether or not these communal governing figures answer to someone higher up is unknown. It's safe to say however that each city and town does have a leader of some sort.

3. Gym Leaders don't have any special influence in the community. While they may be well known and respected, there's really nothing to show that they have anything apart from renown and social influence.

4. The Pokémon regions are part of a larger country, as Rowan says. We also know however that other, real world countries are featured in the Pokémon universe. This is obvious with the Hollywood anime episode and Lt. Surge.

5. Wars do take place in the universe, this is also known for sure from Lt. Surge. Nintendo had the opportunity to retcon/change his character in FR/LG but they didn't, so it's safe to say that this much is correct.

From these points, we can determine that the world indeed has a government, and Nintendo has intended for it to have one. Just because it isn't heavily featured in the anime/games, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. From what is revealed in the games, however, it's painfully obvious there are administrative figureheads in the universe.

By the way, referring to the Manga isn't a great idea since it's not canon.
 
Oh...D=

Mrchewy said:
By the way, referring to the Manga isn't a great idea since it's not canon.
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That's quite a slap in the face to the entire Pokemon Special (Adventures) manga-fan community is it not? And that branch of the Pokemon fandom is getting large due to Viz' eventual release on of the manga around June.
First of all if we're going to base everything off the games and anime then we're disregarding the manga evidence. I mean who says that the anime and games are the only ones that are "canon".
Remember the Creator Satoshi Taiji remark that "This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey." On Pokemon Special (Adventures)
Due to the lack of consistency on Pokemon Government we have to take into account every available evidence from all parts of the Pokemon Franchise (Anime, Manga, and Video Games)
What is the definition of "canon" in the Pokemon Franchise anyways with the proliferation of many merchandise eh? Are we going to go to Nintendo and say "Stop the presses on PokeSpe 'cuz it's not canon" =O Please read it before dismissing it as not canon. ^_^

I do apologize if this hurts anyones feelings but I am just defending the right of canon of PokeSpe alongside other parts of the Pokemon franchise. I still love the games (I'm still waiting for Platinum...and you get a house O_o) and anime (Particularly the specials and movies especially the music...but after my sisters watched "The Rise of Darkrai" many times I can't help but laugh at the fact that Satoshi or Ash cannot multiply 10x10 XD) ^_^
 
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I don't really think the creators took time to make any government... or any higher power for the Pokemon World.
I say this because it's a TV show and Game.
They wouldn't put much thought into everything for it..
Just the most important parts.. *The Pokemon and Characters*
They wouldn't worry about how things are ran since I'm sure they expect little kids to watch it...
 
Netto Azure said:
Well they probably should have expected that the "little kids" will grow up and still be fans due to competitive battling and therefore look for increased maturity. =P
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While that is true..
It's pretty obvious they didn't think about that..
Cause if they did I think it would be easier to answer how the Pokemon World is ran...
 
I suppose it does..
But I still say they have no govern.
Simply because I don't think they put that much thought into it...
But I do see what your getting at. ^^
 
In not any way am I dismissing the quality (or popularity) of PokeSpe. What I'm saying is that, while it may be what Satoshi sees as the closest thing to what he imagined, it doesn't necessarily mean it's canon. Pokémon Special isn't published by Nintendo or any of it's affiliates, while the games and anime are (both published by The Pokémon Company). It's not part of the Pokémon franchise - rather, it's a manga published by an independent company that obtained licensing rights.

The Pokémon world isn't a fully cohesive, consistent thing, and what we believe it entails is entirely up to us. Officially speaking, however, the manga isn't really canon. There's no need to get so defensive, I'm just putting out some hard facts here.
 
If there is a goverment, at least we know that there is some corruption e.g The Mayor of Trovitopolis.
 
Sowee...=P

Mrchewy said:
In not any way am I dismissing the quality (or popularity) of PokeSpe. What I'm saying is that, while it may be what Satoshi sees as the closest thing to what he imagined, it doesn't necessarily mean it's canon. Pokémon Special isn't published by Nintendo or any of it's affiliates, while the games and anime are (both published by The Pokémon Company). It's not part of the Pokémon franchise - rather, it's a manga published by an independent company that obtained licensing rights.

The Pokémon world isn't a fully cohesive, consistent thing, and what we believe it entails is entirely up to us. Officially speaking, however, the manga isn't really canon. There's no need to get so defensive, I'm just putting out some hard facts here.
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Well I do agree that the definition of "canon" is up to the Fandom, but the fact that the mangas are an accepted part of the Pokemon Fandom means that we shouldn't dismiss it. (since tacking in the word "non-canon" will draw people away from it)

And since we are talking about Pokemon Government I'm just putting forward the facts of the Governmental Structure in the Parallel Universe of PokeSpe since it still IS Pokemon.

I again apologize for this...I know that we should not fight since we are both fans of this niche. ^_^
 
There's nothing wrong with healthy argument ^.^ . I know how PokeSpe is weighted over the anime and games by thousands of people. I really should try it myself.
 
i say not a good one they let little 10 years old leave the house and run around with little monsters that could kill u
 
Your welcome, I actually like doing this. (Which is probably why I got that emblem for typing in walls of texts XD) But the facts are that compared to the Anime and Games, the manga's (for example the Slap-Stick Pocket Monsters) only have small recognition in the fandom as a whole. Since this is a Pokemon Forum PokeSpe, is quite known around these parts.

Ok, Government.....Um...I guess that's pretty much it, I've listed the reasons on my first post in this thread and some observations on the others. =/ Most of the recent replies have been only a re-iteration of what we've said.
 
I never really cared, since it is a game. But if I am to dwell on it, I suppose it would be the league's for each region.
 
lol.. there has to be laws regarding pokemon abuse (direct abuse and abuse for your own doings). i wonder what kind of crimes would take place in a world of pokemon.
 
kingofjokers said:
i say not a good one they let little 10 years old leave the house and run around with little monsters that could kill u
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You know thats probably a good thing. Well its better for the human race any way you send out all the kids into this world and only the strong will return. Only the stupid ones will get eaten kinda like the spartan way of thinking and well I say no more.(thats the old ones by the way)
But I dont realy know lol... I think the city states idea would be a good one and hollywood could just be a differnt place completly. It just shares the name and other simalarites with the one we know


(im not allowed to post urls yet but serch denis leary christmas and you get it its pure funny and it relates to what im saying...)
 
Yup that the Mayor of Trovitopolis.
 
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