>>43572207Ranger here, truth be told there’s a lot that contributes to Orres poverty and crime. First and foremost Orre doesn’t have a lot of natural resources, it has some mining operations but it’s mostly tapped out which is why Mt.Battle got the facility for so cheap. Second is the wealth disparity in Orre, not a lot of middle class paying jobs aside from dockman jobs at Gateon Port, you’re either renting a hyper expensive Phenac city puebla or a pyrite town shithole. Also there’s political corruption out the ass, remember that Mayor EsCade/Evice scandal with Ciper. Also because of Orres lax tax laws it acts as a tax haven for those commuting tax fraud from other regions ie: how Realgam Tower came to be, and so quickly. For many a Peon position in cipher or snagem pays more than just about any other honest working job, and the pay is quite tantalizing to those who need money to make ends meet. And after the SS Libra incident shipping companies don’t even want to stop at Gateon port anymore, there was an estimated 12 million worth of cargo lost when XD-01/Corrupted Lugia stole the ship RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER. Hell us rangers are still following up on remnants of Cipher and Snagem 15 years later, with both Evice and Greevil behind bars.
