This city, this great utopia, was made by our ancestors long ago to keep humans safe from the growing terror that was, dubbed by later generations, "The Great Pokemon Revolt". Basically any wild (and some barely trained) Pokemon rebelled against humans.
Attacking humans in small groups was common and if a large enough group was angered a whole city would be in ruins. Mind you, all of this information was passed mouth to mouth and is in most parts, vague. During this time humans were more concerned with living then recording daily events. But you can pretty much understand that it was a fairly bad time to be living.
To counter this, a group of strong trainers had come up with the plan of walled cities that were defended by loyal Pokemon. This was picked up immediately and said trainers were given the task to hold off the swarms of attacking Pokemon.
Over a period of twenty years, five major cities were built with ten smaller ones in between. All 15 cities were connected by walled in roads and underground passage ways.
By this time the human population had suffered greatly and three of the smaller towns weren't even in use when the human population settled in the walled cities. It took over a century before any of the three towns were used.
Of course, any and all tamed Pokemon were used to protect the cities and eggs soon became a very rare item. So rare in fact that many people had their Pokemon taken away simply because they had too many and the officers ignored any relationship that they may have had before. Soon even this became an issue when the younger generation had no Pokemon to train with.
That's when the Pokemon Academy was started. Rules where put down on the remaining Pokemon and eggs and teams were assembled to go outside the walled cities to find wild eggs. After five years the Academy was put into full swing.
There, the rules were placed down not only on the Academy but also on all of the people in all of the cities. These rules have stood for over five hundred years and are still in use today.
Rule 1: Any and all five year olds are to attend the Academy until they are 15 years of age.
Rule 2: A child at the age of 2 is to receive their first Pokemon/egg to train and care for. Parents can decide on a Pokemon for them and can pay for a more uncommon Pokemon.
Rule 3: If the child is an orphan, they are still able to receive a Pokemon but have no say over what Pokemon they will receive.
Rule 4: After the age of 6, child and Pokemon will be judged on level of trust, how powerful said Pokemon is, if said Pokemon listens to said child and if possible, how evolved said Pokemon is.
Rule 5: Judging can be at random times but there will always be a six month waiting period before the next judging is held.
Rule 6: Based on judging, acts recognized by the city and other trials, it is possible for anyone to gain another Pokemon. The rarity of the Pokemon received is based on how many 'points' the person has gathered.
Rule 7: It is possible to buy a Pokemon with money but even common Pokemon are expensive.
Rule 8: Any acts of cruelty by a human to a Pokemon will result in a total removal of all Pokemon from the human's care and said human will attend prison time. Any acts of cruelty done by a Pokemon will result in said Pokemon being removed from their trainer and put into a rehab center; if said Pokemon does not improve the Pokemon will be destroyed.
Rule 9: After a person turns 15, they will be given choices to choose as a career path. The choices are based upon scores received while attending the Academy.
Rule 10: It is forbidden to leave the city if you are under ten years old or do not have a strong and able Pokemon with you.
These are the ten basic rules any small child knows by heart and is the guidelines on how we live our lives. Money is actually a small motivator, it's trying to get as many Pokemon as you can get that is the real one. This does lead to some problems but their usually fixable.
Besides, the head nuts want highly trained Pokemon over how many one has. What good is a Pokemon when it can't even defend itself? It might seem cruel to say that but that's how things are done here.
You might be wondering who I am and how do I know all this. I don't blame you; I would be wondering the same thing too.
To answer that, my name is Dysis Zoya. I'm currently 14 years old and attend the Pokemon Academy. I live in Felian City which is the largest of the 15 cities (and where the Academy is located) and I live in the dorms of the Academy with my two Pokemon. I know all of this because here, that is the most basic knowledge one can learn.