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It's a Marxist allegory
The Player Character is the proletarian everyman, hailing from a small, nondescript town, who opposes the massive oppression of the bourgeois (Team Rocket/The Elite Four).
The country appears to be run by a crime syndicate who own most of the major companies.
The rule of law has collapsed to the extent that people can beat up other people and not get arrested.
You can capture a godlike being (Mew) which symbolizes the Marxist assertion that everything is material.
And the only stable place in the region is the Pokemon centers, which seem to be socialized medicine at its finest.
