The fee is just to “challenge” the gym master for your badge. You still have to pay the subscription to even get into the door.

The earth nation exists with a whole theme about being the great stagnant central state empire getting overshadowed by an upstart nation going through industrial revolution first doesn’t give you any hints? Not even the queues and qibao?

that’s just console first UI design school Bethesda have subscribed to since Skyrim.

Even if they break the rule and blatantly steal from open source licensed projects, there are not enough recourse to punish them for it. It’s a win win win situation for them.