Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161116163238/@comment-14909251-20161120225438

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: It has an official government, it's just that it's people give no shits about it and everyone does whatever they want.

That's why it is a nation, even though the only real Unity it truly has consistently is social equality. Honestly, I doubt the social equality bit as well. People take World of Remnant as meaning Vacuo doesn't have any bigotry against Faunus, but that seems rather implausible. More likely there is a greater sense of tolerance in the form of leaving people to their own devices. Some groups and people are more open to Faunus and others not, but there isn't some systemic discrimination or hostility towards them. Part of that would be the lack of a strong government capable of enforcing or perpetrating any kind of discriminatory practices.