Most royal families on these seas were a rather peculiar bunch.
The separation of the sea made every island an independent entity, which resulted in exceptionally stable royal succession.
Some islands' royal houses had even endured for centuries or millennia without changing from ancient times to the present, breeding a strange sort of confidence.
They believed the country had always belonged to them. Even if they left for some reason, that did not mean they had relinquished ownership of the country.
The World Government also maintained an ambiguous attitude toward these royal families. Even if their nations lost their status as member states or declined for other reasons, the World Government would still shelter certain nobles separately.
After all, for kings like these, a country being poor did not mean they themselves were poor. Royal families would usually squeeze their citizens dry one last time before leaving with all that ill-gotten wealth.
Even after losing their kingdoms, they still possessed vast amounts of cash and treasure. The World Government did not mind keeping a few useless fools around, since they could still be squeezed for gold.
People accustomed to luxurious lives would not change just because they suffered hardship, and World Government officials could also make a fortune in the process.
But once all their value had been squeezed out, they would be discarded like garbage.
These royal families also possessed certain hidden values. At times, they could be used to better enslave and control a country, because as long as they could reclaim the throne, they simply did not care about anything else.
It did not matter how miserably the people below them lived, so long as it did not affect their power.
"Then, Brother, what should we do?"
A man looked toward the person beside him, a man