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-Has flash back to another NRP-

I'll accept the fact that Yamatai Pirate raise hell on high waters for other nations, but they aren't privateer or hired by the Domain. It could be that Yamatai lacks the resources to deal with them or simply doesn't care. Also, given the time period, I would think that pirates have very little influence in this age since Yamatai would also have created some rule during/while modernization that prohibited most people from carrying weapons on them. :l
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I debate the opposite, piracy could be massively influential. Especially in a time period when international trade would be picking up and every nut and bolt is valuable.