u/Rich-Recognition-814

In the fanfics I'm working on, I was originally planning on making all Pokemon of equal intelligence and complexity to humans, and I may still due that, but I've also thought of maybe instead making only some Pokemon intelligent and others basically animals.

If I do the latter, there are 75 Evolutionary lines I would consider of human intelligence and complexity. Some I base off of evidence in the games and anime , while others for lack of a better term are based off vibes. This excludes legendary and mythical Pokemon:

Bulbasaur line

Charmander line

Squirtle line

Pikachu line

Nido line

Clefairy line

Jigglypuff line

Meowth line

Mankey line

Poliwag line

Abra line

Machop line

Drowzee line

Hitmon line

Chansey line

Kangaskhan

Mr. Mime line

Jynx line

Lapras

Dratini line

Slowpoke line

Cyndaquil line

Totodile line

Togepi line

Wobbuffet line

Snubbull line

Treecko line

Torchic line

Mudkip line

Seedot line

Ralts line

Makuhita line

Sableye

Meditite line

Spoink line

Cacnea line

Milotic

Absol

Chimchar line

Piplup line

Budew line

Buneary line

Gible line

Riolu line

Snivy line

Tepig line

Oshawott line

Elemental monkeys

Audino

Timburr

Throh

Sawk

Petilil line

Sandile line

Zorua line

Minccino line

Gothita line

Chespin line

Fennekin line

Froakie line

Pancham line

Espurr line

Hawlucha

Rowlett line

Litten line

Bounsweet line

Salandit line

Grookey line

Scorbunny line

Sobble line

Impidimp line

Indeedee

Sprigatito line

Quaxly line

Tinkatink line

Prior to colonization, Pokemon shared the continent with several indigenous human groups, the most major being the Jennys and Joys of Kanto and Johto, the Islemen of Almia, Oblivia, Ferrum, the Isle of Armor, and the Sevii and Decolore Islands, the Diamond and Pearl Clans of Sinnoh/Hisui, the Alolans of Alola, and the Vortigern of Paldea. Other smaller groups include the Melcani of Kalos (AZ's people) and the remenants of the Celestica in Sinnoh/Hisui. These groups were never very large and were mostly genocided during colonization because they refused to help the colonials in fighting Pokemon. Most Pokemon societies had been in their iron age since the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, while some, like those in Sinnoh/Hisui, were still in the bronze age at the time of colonization.

My Pokemon world (which takes place on a continent called Jolenea), is around 30,000,000 square miles in total. 7,000,000 square miles are controlled by the Confederation of Western Jolenea (where all the regions and leagues are), the remaining 23,000,000 square miles are controlled by independent Pokemon nations. Pokemon in my world practice agriculture and raise livestock. Most are omnivorous but some are herbivores or derive nutrients from other methods. They don't hunt or eat other Pokemon, as in my rather dark interpretation this is a myth told to Pokemon born and raised in captivity to make them scared of freedom. I initially really wanted to make all Pokemon hunter gatherers, but because of the low population densities of those societies, it would mess up the world I want to make.

Anyway, this means the population can be much more than if they were hunter-gatherers. I haven't yet decided on what population density I want the independent Pokémon lands to be, either between 15 or 35 per square mile (meaning there would be somewhere between 345,000,000 and 805,000,000 Pokemon living outside of the Confederation)

Within the Confederation, I'm a lot more settled with my numbers. There are around 280,000,000 humans and 812,000,000 captive Pokemon. Also within the Confederation are 12,000,000 or so Pokemon whose ancestors survived the "freeing of the frontier." They mostly roam around between the routes living hunter-gatherer lifestyles and avoiding capture. For anyone wandering, Pokemon capture in my world is rarely catching "wild" Pokemon, but instead captive Pokemon are released along the routes and made to live there until caught.

So in total, there are 280,000,000 humans and between 1,169,000,000 and 1,629,000,000 Pokemon, or 1 human for every 4.175 to 5.82 Pokemon.

My Pokemon world (which takes place on a continent called Jolenea), is around 30,000,000 square miles in total. 7,000,000 square miles are controlled by the Confederation of Western Jolenea (where all the regions and leagues are), the remaining 23,000,000 square miles are controlled by independent Pokemon nations. Pokemon in my world practice agriculture and raise livestock. Most are omnivorous but some are herbivores or derive nutrients from other methods. They don't hunt or eat other Pokemon, as in my rather dark interpretation this is a myth told to Pokemon born and raised in captivity to make them scared of freedom. I initially really wanted to make all Pokemon hunter gatherers, but because of the low population densities of those societies, it would mess up the world I want to make.

Anyway, this means the population can be much more than if they were hunter-gatherers. I haven't yet decided on what population density I want the independent Pokémon lands to be, either between 15 or 35 per square mile (meaning there would be somewhere between 345,000,000 and 805,000,000 Pokemon living outside of the Confederation)

Within the Confederation, I'm a lot more settled with my numbers. There are around 280,000,000 humans and 812,000,000 captive Pokemon. Also within the Confederation are 12,000,000 or so Pokemon whose ancestors survived the "freeing of the frontier." They mostly roam around between the routes living hunter-gatherer lifestyles and avoiding capture. For anyone wandering, Pokemon capture in my world is rarely catching "wild" Pokemon, but instead captive Pokemon are released along the routes and made to live there until caught.

So in total, there are 280,000,000 humans and between 1,169,000,000 and 1,629,000,000 Pokemon, or 1 human for every 4.175 to 5.82 Pokemon.

In my world (which is a mash up of Pokemon with various different media and my own stuff, not a crossover but all existing in the same universe), Pokemon-human Hybrids exist and make up around 20% of the population of the Confederation of Western Jolenea (the nation the Pokemon regions are part of in my universe). They are most common along the frontiers.

These Hybrids, when discovered, are treated different based on their percentage of Pokemon ancestry. If they are 1/2 Pokemon, they die, if they are 1/4 Pokemon, they are enslaved, and if they are at most 1/8 Pokemon, they are mostly allowed to be free but are unable to vote, hold political office, or join the military. This is derived from the Claaver (the country that colonized Jolenea) law regarding the treatment of persons of Elven admixture.

As is obvious, the Pokemon world I've imagined (which mostly still just exists in my head as a paracosm because I'm terrible at writing) is a much darker interpretation of the lore.

The fanfic I'm working on is a very dark interpretation of Pokemon where independent Pokemon nations resist capture and incursion.

In my lore, Pokemon initially had a moral code that said they wouldn't fight humans using their moves and powers, so instead they used conventional weapons (Pokemon without human-like hands wield weapons via consuming a substance called Vascul that gives the user telekinesis, but that's not the point right now), but eventually they started using their abilities.

How would humans protect themselves? The Pokemon world in my universe has a very robust and gun-focused militia system, mostly used to suppress Servile revolts (uprisings of captive Pokemon). One thing I was thinking of doing was making it so that a specific Medal nullified Pokemon power and so humans would wear like chainmail of that. Another thing I thought of was maybe the humans using their captive Pokemon to fight the attacking Pokemon. Most captive Pokemon are born in captivity and therefore indoctrinated into absolute loyalty to their trainers.