Author's note: Just so all of you know in advance, the premise for this fic was thought up mostly after reading 'A Beginner's Guide to Pokémon' by Thanos6, and realising some time later that while people go into heaps of detail about the pokemon and their behaviour no-one really thinks about how the poke-world works as a society and how it became the way it is. This fic is my attempt at trying to work out the details that always bugged me and to act as a background setting for the pokemon world my fanfic ToaNL is set in, and as such will updated mostly on whims or whenever I think up something relevant has to be put up. ...It may be wildly out of order because of this.
Also, for all those reading, I'd like to ask that you please keep an eye out for any inconsistencies or direct violations of canon; I tend to come up with most of this stuff after a lot of thought on how it would work but I may miss details so it would be a huge help if you could point out any errors to me. Thanks~

A Study of Pokémon Training by Celadon University.
Summary: A comprehensive look at the world of Pokémon training within Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh (Asia-pacific region) and the laws, history and beliefs surrounding it. An on-going study by the collective student body of Celadon University.

Introduction

Pokemon training. All of you know what it is and likely all of you have been on a pokemon journey of your own in your youth. Perhaps you're training a pokemon now. Whether it is for battle, business or domestic skills, all of you with little to no exception are sure to know the basic idea behind what pokemon training is.

But what do you actually know about pokemon training?
How did it begin, how has the idea behind it changed over time and how has it affected the society of today?

All these answers and more we, the students of Celadon University as well as our associates from the Violet City Pokemon Academy and the Canalave City research group, wish to answer as well as provide a better understanding of just how important pokemon and our thoughts about them are to our everyday lives.

This book will also cover basic pokemon laws, rights and other legislation in the various regions within the Asia Pacific, as well as contemporary issues currently facing the training world today; many of which are controversial and are heavily debated.
For those who would like to skip subjects that may be controversial, there will be an asterisk(*) placed next to the subject title. Note that any viewpoints shown within the book are not the views of Celadon University as a whole and that readers are encouraged to form their own opinions regarding such topics.

For those wishing to read more about individual species of pokemon, their care and training, we recommend the book, 'A Beginner's Guide to Pokemon' by Professor Kuzdo as well as the many books suggested within it.

*Note: As this book is still being compiled and currently only available on the Celadon University website, a list of contents, index and complete list of references is currently impossible. When they are available they will also be posted on the University's website.

Well, that's the introduction. Not much there of interest, I know, but I wanted to make this sound as realistically as I could~

Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know that updates of this fic will be totally random as another pokemon fic (ToaNL) is my priority right now and will remain that way until I finish it so, sorry about that. ^^;

...Also, I have the next few chapters already in the works, but if anyone out there has any ideas you'd like to give me or any topic you'd like me to discuss, please review/pm me and I'll see what I can do about it.

(Ps, For those who think of an idea I hadn't thought of previously, or come up with something just so awesome I have to put it in, on the chapter where the idea is mentioned, your usernames will be used somewhere in that chapter as a reference, student's name, etc or underlined in the author's notes at the end of the chapter. Hope that's a good incentive to get your thinking caps on, and if it isn't... Well... How about invisible internet cookies..?)