Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20140405195216/@comment-1173941-20140406015406

This is an interesting topic.

I think something I would consider is looking at Hunter X Hunter, where "Hunters" are basically soldiers not specific to a single nation. They are basically independent entities, that work under the Liscence of a Huntsmen, which is supported by a sort of agreement by multiple nations. I would imagine they serve this Union, rather than a single nation alone. Of course, each Nation would have its own grooming, maybe to curry favor, and produce Huntsmen more loyal to them, than the other nations.

When it comes to policing, I think it's merely a matter of Huntsmen having the authority to intervene in an investigation on a whim. A Huntress happened to be around when Torchwick robbed a Dust shop, and so she intervened. We didn't see cops, because we didn't see them. Not because they weren't there (it takes time to get there, after all. Just like it took time for them to get to the scene in the last episode)

So far, I would compare the Hunstmen of RWBY to the Hunters of HxH, only with legitimate schooling. To me, the idea seems to work so far, as there is yet to be any evidence that Huntsmen belong to the nation they reside in. In fact, it sounds as though they are meant to "serve the world," as a whole, ei: The Union of Human Kingdoms.