Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-4010415-20160922124904

Let's see. What all has been said about Atlas/Mantle?

Ruby, in Welcome to Beacon: "And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time is only one turn."

WoR: Huntsmen: "Beacon Academy was founded in Vale, Haven founded in Mistral, Shade founded in Vacuo, and Atlas founded in the now-defunct Kingdom of Mantle."

Weiss, in It's Brawl in the Family: "I know you travel a lot, but so much of Beacon is different from Atlas! (discretely whispers) Vale, too. The government and school are completely separate! Can you believe it!?"

Weiss, in Never Miss a Beat: "Well, seeing as their Kingdom, academy and armed forces are all merged as one, I think we can expect strict, militant fighters with advanced technology and carefully rehearsed strategies."

And stuff in WoR: Huntsmen about how Atlas Academy tries to encourage graduates to join the military as Specialists.

Considering that Weiss said their Kingdom, academy, and armed forces are all merged as one, that suggests there is still a Kingdom left. And considering that Flynt is from Atlas and said that his father had a Dust shop there, I'd say there are people who actually still live there and have normal civilian jobs such as shopkeeper, rather than soldiers.