>>50268942>Always assumed the starters are state funded mass bred for new trainers.Well yes, but there are wild ones too. They are Pokemon native to that region. The Oshawott dex entry in legends even explicitly says that it's native to Unova.
>This Pokemon from the Unova regionSo no, starters are not imported from other regions. We just don't encounter in the wild in-game because they're supposed to be special Pokemon.
