Hades intended to ease relations with the World Government, then work against it from the shadows. He didn't mind letting it enter the arms market.
It was true that the World Government's strength would recover faster.
But even tens of billions of Beli a year would not be enough to satisfy an organization of its size.
Hades didn't want the World Government to regain its strength, but this was necessary to draw its attention away from the Kronos Kingdom.
The trouble Hades had caused the World Government by joining the Rocks Pirates had already drawn enough notice.
This could also be seen as an opportunity the World Government was giving the Kronos Kingdom.
The Kronos Kingdom couldn't openly oppose the World Government anyway. At most, it could support others with weapons and things like Den Den Mushi Signal Jammers, just as it supported the Rocks Pirates.
As far as the World Government was concerned, if it ignored the restrictions on Affiliated Nations, it could print tens of billions of Beli whenever it wanted.
That wouldn't hurt the World Government. It would hurt people across the world.
But the World Government didn't want the Beli to lose value too sharply, either. That would cause enormous unrest.
At the very least, the Beli's depreciation had to unfold over a long period, giving people time to adjust and keeping the damage to a minimum.
Money alone could not bring down the World Government.
The World Government might even use it as a threat to make Affiliated Nations increase their Heavenly Tribute.
After all, a fall in the Beli's value would eat into people's wealth and spark unrest.
In Hades's eyes, a single wave of unrest would cost the World Government tens of billions of Beli to put down.
Every department needed funding to