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Pokemon Government?

Chiru

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    This is me thinking about stuff too much again, just so you know.

    Has anyone ever wondered what type of government the Pokemon world has, or what sort of laws? We've seen officer Jenny and the occasional town mayor or something, but we've never heard anything about a president or king or emporer or anything. So, how do you think their world is run? For some reason, I used to think the gym leaders had some sort of political power. It doesn't seem realistic, but it's be pretty cool X3.

    Yeah. Discuss.
     
    It's probably a democracy, there's probably a president
     
    I also think there is a president.

    But, I also think there is a mayor in every major city as well.

    But what I find strange is that the military force is only located in Vermillion, assuming Lt.Serge is part of it.
     
    I would suspect that the government in the world of Pok?mon would be close to the kind you expect to find in and around Japan as much of the geography in the games are based on geography in and around Japan.
     
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    You know problaby is a president but if has a king will be very interesting!
     
    phunboy said:
    I would suspect that the government in the world of Pok?mon would be close to the kind you expect to find in and around Japan as much of the geography in the games are based on geography in and around Japan.
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    Yup, you noticed it. The world of Pokemon is basically the map of Japan, but it's flipped around a bit, to look different.

    nick-xx said:
    You know problaby is a president but if has a king will be very interesting!
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    That'll be very interesting. There might be people chanting, "ALL HAIL KING BLAHBLAH!" in the game O_0.
     
    There are all countries in the pokemon world: Beauty and the Beach's Japanese title is "Holiday at Acapulco", there are references to Las Vegas in the episode with Melvin the Magician; a reference to Paris in The School of Hard Knocks, infinite Japanese references and celebration of Japanese festivals (Boys' Day, for instance. Give me time and I can get the image of Brock in samurai armor and the traditional koi (koikingu in this case) flag), etc. Damien from Charmander, the Stray Pokemon was British; and there are many other people with European, Asian, Slavic, Indian, Hispanic, etc. accents who have cameo appearances throughout the show. Also let me take a page from John's book and invoke the Global Police here; a multinational (albeit incompetent) force created to destroy Team Rocket.

    Amusing that I use all references from the first season; it's the one I remember the best.

    As far as government; the land is in relative peace, so I would suspect a federalistic, democratic government.
     
    For me, i think they'd have like, a Prime Minister or a Furher. I can just imagine Officer Jenny saying something like "The Prime Minister ordered us to..." or "The Furher wants us to..." i dont know, thats just me. but you guys are probably right in the whole president thing...
     
    Don't forget Meowth lived in Hollywood for some time. There was a city mayor in one episode, and there were elections, so I'm assuming it's a democracy. However, the Pokemon World is divided into regions instead of countries. Lt.Surge is retired, I guess, and I don't think there is any military force because there are Pokemon trainers now.
     
    league governing

    This might be a bit off-topic, but I belive that individual leagues like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, etc. are each governed by their own voter-elected board of directors, usually consisting of several trustees, a secretary (appointed in some leagues), treasurer, vice president (appointed in some leagues), and a president. Many rules governing trainers, or gyms within a league are set by the league's Board of Directors.

    -ottermi619-
    Does it sound like a local school district's Board of Education?
     
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    I better just give my two cents on my beliefs with the Pok骯n world government.

    In the Pok骯n anime timeline, the government that exists is called the World Alliance. The World Alliance is run by a President, much like our country is (not a Bush, however). As for military, there is POCE (pronounced like "Pok馱), or the Peacekeeper Organization of Commanding Elites. POCE specializes in using armies of high-tech robots to protect the planet. Look for both or references of both in my Pok骯n fanfics.
     
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    In the Pok?mon anime timeline, the government that exists is called the World Federation. The World Federation is run by a President, much like our country is (not a Bush, however).
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    I once believed that it was a galactic empire similar to Star Wars, run by a tyrant who came to power by deception in the Old Republic.
     
    Erm... Leagues anyone? The Pokemon Leagues where the champions rule. If seen in a trainer's view, they're the strongest trainers of the region. But if seen from other ways ..
    "The Pokemon League governs all the trainers of the region"
    .. can be applied to the people too. Since most crime and wars are done with the help of Pokemon, the League is all the people needs for government.

    Lets believe the Pokemon world is completely in peace, except for a few random world domination plans by random evil teams that suck.
     
    Supreme Edgeboy Max said:
    Erm... Leagues anyone? The Pokemon Leagues where the champions rule. If seen in a trainer's view, they're the strongest trainers of the region. But if seen from other ways ..
    "The Pokemon League governs all the trainers of the region"
    .. can be applied to the people too. Since most crime and wars are done with the help of Pokemon, the League is all the people needs for government.

    Lets believe the Pokemon world is completely in peace, except for a few random world domination plans by random evil teams that suck.
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    Hmm, but to me, it sounds screwed up for the E4 to govern the whole country.

    I think it's not a good idea to give both too much physical power and political power to a small group of people.
     
    See there, that's where the last part of my post come in.

    Me said:
    Lets believe the Pokemon world is completely in peace, except for a few random world domination plans by random evil teams that suck.
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    Since there isn't anything too much going on, the E4 League .. ELITES .. can handle all that power. And besides, they're not going to actually go corrupt you know. 'Cause if they did, the millions of Pokemon trainers all around the world would simply rebel and put up new and less dictatorish people for the E4.
     
    I agree, but not in the same way. I do think that the League governs the country, but I don't believe that the League consists of only Elite Four members. They must be in control of all the Pok?mon oriented stuff, but the Elite Four must have a boss, who is evidently the President/King/Prime Minister/ Anything else that I can't think of.

    Anyone read Pok?mon MASTER by Acey?

    DS
     
    League Champions anyone? The right amount of maturity and sense inside them is enough.
    Lance, Wallace, Steven.
     
    Supreme Edgeboy Max said:
    League Champions anyone? The right amount of maturity and sense inside them is enough.
    Lance, Wallace, Steven.
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    Lance and Wallace seems to be able as a leader.
    But I have problems with Steven because:

    a) Steven seems to enjoy collecting stones more.

    b) He seems to be exploring all the time.
     
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