Your region is divided in two sides. One of them is modern and is mostly cities, has a pokemon league and eight gyms. The other one is more rural and conservative, has towns and natural environments, it has trial-like quests in order to improve yourself as a trainer. You are from a city in the modern side and you start your journey collecting gym badges and battling along the way a group of people from the conservative side, that claim that the civilization is evil. As you progress in the story, you discover that the representatives of your side are planning to invade the other side, to impose their beliefs, destroying natural enviroments and the traditiona of your region. You battle agains them alongside the conservatives, you lose and are exiled to the rural side. There you learn about all the lore and the history of your region, that used to be in war in the past, and the importance to preserve the traditions, and finding a balance between modern and rural life. The modern organization is going to attack the rural area, so, in order to gain the trust of the people in that side of the region and possibly, awake the legendary pokemon, to protect the rural area, you must complete the trials and obtain the symbols of each rural town. You become the champion, bringing reunification to the region.