>>57807422>https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Weaponry_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_worldThe fact that military tech exists
inb4 Gen1 weirdness, pic related and >>57809853 were instances from the XY anime implies there might be tensions ongoing (not only caused by criminal groups capable of world-ending scenarios). After all, all official regions so far are set in the western world. PokéRussia or PokéChina might be a thing, but we know nothing about it
Iron Curtain perhaps?.
My headcanon is that the utopian claim is simply propaganda, wanting you to believe things like
>>57808672. There are enough instances of the opposite being the case, making this world view kind of deceptive. Not to mention USUM having canon worst-case-scenarios in different timelines.
