Talk:Pokémon War Theory/@comment-3185460-20131107102939

This raises an even darker possibility:

Pokémon were used in the military and now they are the most popular pastime. Almost every child trains at least one of them. That requires a lot of infrastructure.

How can the Pokémon Center offer those free services you see in the games and anime for all the trainers? They give you food, lodging, medical attention, they care for and feed your surplus fighters, etc. They must be getting some donations from the civilians, but services like these cost a lot. I dare say it's impossible without help from the state.

Could it be, that this friendly competition is the nation's new military readiness programme? Is the (seemingly unimportant) government funding the Pokémon League, so they have combat-ready troops when they start conscripting for the next war?