>>49875112Not him nor am I saying Pokemon's world is a utopia, but,
>>kids don't go to school past age ten and instead travel around the country on foot to capture wild beasts and battle them against other kidsWhich stops being successful unless you stick around exclusively in your local area. Not every trainer is a prodigy like the protagonist, some have to dedicate most of their adolescence to be even remotely competent, and if they truly want to go pro, they have to commit for the rest of their lives. We see it plainly in the Eevee Trainer Sidequest in Alola that trainers that don't go big have to eventually realize it's not going to keep their lives stable and sustainable, and they're thus required to take up mundane work (offices, stores, etc.) that isn't already mastered by Pokemon in order to continue surviving.
>>law enforcement is so ineffective that those ten year olds are more effective at dealing with organized crime syndicates than the mostly absent governing authoritiesAgain, not every trainer is a prodigy like the player characters. Those two Zubat that the average grunt uses are more than enough to strongarm Youngster Billy and his single shitmon rodent. You do raise a valid point regarding the incompetency of whatever law enforcement exists though.
