Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35086897-20180410025240/@comment-26018514-20180420031704

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ...

The reality is simple, really: Vacuo has a government, but people don't give a damn about that government, and the people don't listen to it, and neither is Vacuo's government strong enough to make them listen.

But, the people do respect Huntsmen enough to listen to them, likely due to Vacuo's "if you can survive, you're welcome" culture. Which would naturally extend to Shade Academy.

... All this means is, that people respect Huntsmen, and Shade Academy, enough to listen to them, and thus, Shade can help maintain at least some semblance of order. For the same reason, it is likely that if the government ever has to "settle some dispute" they would prefer to bring some Huntsman with them, because "they won't listen to us, but they'll listen to you".

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Except if that is true... why would Shade listen to the government? a politician of no-one who can't act on their own authority isn't exactly a government.