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- Whitebeard was a notable pirate some 48 years ago when he joined Rocks, Kaido joined 44 years ago

- Both started their solo journey around the same time following the fall of the Rocks crew. They rose together to become Yonko

- Kaido fell just two years after Whitebeard

I don't understand why he would be associated with Shanks' generation when the latter was not even born yet when Kaido's name as a pirate was well known. The Beast Pirates were already occupying Wano 28 years ago while Shanks was an 11 year old kid on Roger's ship.

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Balance of power is all about making sure each faction understands that attacking another one would leave them, even in the case of victory, too weakened to be worth the gamble thus forcing everyone into maintaining a delicate status quo while more subtly building their forces.

The first time we are introduced to the balance of power in One Piece, the context was the danger a meeting between Whitebeard and Shanks could have on the equilibrium.

We know from the Marineford War that the Whitebeard Pirates alone ultimately were no match for the Navy and Warlords even with the help of the Impel Down escapees, the treason or lack of cooperation from several Warlords and the general chaos brought by the Blackbeard pirates.

Let's imagine a scenario involving all the great powers as they were at the very start of the series:

- Sengoku is an active Marine as the Fleet Admiral

- The Admirals are Aokiji, Kizaru and Akainu

- The Pacifistas don't exist

- The Shichibukai are Mihawk, Crocodile, Doflamingo, Kuma, Moria, Hancock and Jinbei

- The Whitebeard pirates include Ace, Thatch and Teach

- The Beast Pirates do not have X Drake, Hawkins, Apoo and smiles DFs users

- Cipher Pol, the Holy Knights, Gorosei and Imu are not involved.

In an all out war where each individual stays strictly loyal to their faction, how many Yonko crews would it take to win or is the Navy + Shichibukai alliance winning regardless? How difficult would it be?

As in, if you were suddenly teleported to a random street (with no obvious iconic landmarks) in a foreign country, which one would take you the longest to realize that this isn't your home country.

It would have to be one with the same majority language as yours, no significant differences in accent, the same writing system, similar ethnic composition, comparable infrastructure development, no obvious differences in urban planning, close enough climates etc...

My home country of Senegal shares Wolof with Gambia and, to a lesser extent, Mauritania but it is a minority language in both of those states and much less likely to be heard randomly on the streets. Widespread use of English instead of French in writing would also make for an obvious difference. Would probably still give it to Gambia.

I imagine Canada and the US make a good candidate for the closest pair?