Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-14909251-20140901234501

On this whole question, I definitely beleive the Huntsmen and Huntresses are a sort of supranational military force not beholden to any government. Sort of like the Jedi Council, their role is not to take part in government or military affairs generally, but they often take on that role. Reason to see them as a separate group is the diverse representation in schools. At Beacon we have confirmation of there being students from Atlas and Mistral. Haven is in Mistral, but if we assume Sun's team are all attending Haven then it means they accept students from Vacuo as that is Sun's home kingdom. There is no way that would happen if these institutions were subordinate to a national authority. Now, that does not mean national loyalties will not come into play as that would be aburd, nor does it mean governments will not try to control them as that would be absurd. However, I do believe they are at least meant to be an independent body charged with defending humanity, rather than serving as the military forces of their respective kingdoms.