Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-4136655-20190112191426

RaijinRising wrote: AntisocialMedia wrote: Sinjoh wrote: I'd probably wager he's from Vacuo, since most of the SDC mines that utilize Faunus labor are located there. ...are they? That seems like something Vacuo wouldn't tolerate... There are mines all over the world wherever there's Dust, but most of them are probably in Mantle. Which is why there's such a wealth disparity between Mantle and Atlas. Mantle is the proletariat (lower-class workers of production) and Atlas is the bourgeoisie (upper-class owners of means of production) Okay from the WOR: Vacuo, "A jungle bursting with natural resources, geographical defenses, and the world's largest recorded deposit of Dust."

Starting with the line "Years of human conflict...", one of the images shown is this: The Schnee Dust Company's logos are clearly on these buildings. Vacuo at least has a better relationship to the Faunus, because of their survival rule, which may lead to a higher population of Faunus compared to other kingdoms.

Second, the WOR: Schnee Dust Company flat out states "[Mantle] found themselves on the forefront of technology, but realized they'd depleted nearly all of their natural resources to do so." Granted, the episode also implies Nicholas Schnee's first expedition was in Solitas, however the episode shows that it was nowhere near the city of Mantle: