#shallow political props like wapol and i made the argument that while i do think that that isnt the case sometimes

[ms-all-sunday]

water 7 geopolitics.

water 7 is an independent citystate of the world government despite having a working contract with the world government they don't have to enforce their law because they're not under the world government

it's complicated, the laws are independent and the world government doesn't enforce their law 99% of the time because of the fact galley la could just stop making boats for them and that would be extremely bad

galley la is able to use the boat relationship as leverage politically to the detriment of the world government (this is why they got away with enies lobby no consequences style) as long as they keep making boats for them/in aid of the civil war on pirates.

water 7's political strategy protects their own independence while playing both sides in regards to the civil war on pirates, which you could argue is actively harming other nations independence of the world government (like wano)

#modposts #i LOVE the politics of water 7 #its so interesting because theyre the first independent nation we see #that actually welcomes pirates #and the fucking. the fact they make boats for the world government and they use that as political leverage to do basically anything they #want. is hilarious. #water 7 is my favourite setting in one piece because of its politics and political history #w7 is less special now that we've seen other independent nations #- a loser would say that they still have the best political worldbuilding in all of one piece #the themes of workers rights within the relationship between galley la and the world government... yeah... #i was having a discussion with my friend about one pieces political commentary and talking about how one pieces villains can often be #shallow political props like wapol and i made the argument that while i do think that that isnt the case sometimes #the thing that makes one piece amazing political commentary is the worldbuilding and stuff like the political history and reality of water #meta #i have to tag this now because i accidentally did commentary in the tags oops. #op #one piece