• For now, please only make a pokan live in a region where their base pokémon has been seen before! This doesn't necessarily mean that they have to have been created from that generation's region. For example, Pikachu is from Kanto, but can also be naturally found in any region. Therefore, your Pikachu pokan can be from any region of your choosing! Please check their region before making a pokan just in case!
• Please do not steal or copy anyone else's gijinka design, even if they are not from this alternate timeline! We encourage creativity and do not support theft!
• You are allowed to make a gijinka of a pokémon that someone else has already made a gijinka for, just as long as you do not steal or heavily reference their design! Multiple pokémon exist, after all!
• Pokans have a much longer lifespan than humans and age very slowly. They could practically be immortal as long as they aren't killed in battle.

This world takes minor inspiration from Toby Fox's Undertale!

• Due to battling becoming illegal, pokans cannot battle each other to gain EXP. As a result, pokans that have evolved or have gained LV are looked down upon, almost outcasted even.
• But battling is not the only way to gain EXP! Rare candy is a pricey but highly sought after commodity that allows pokémon to gain enough levels to evolve without having to battle. It's only socially acceptable to gain levels if you are an evolved pokémon, but gaining more levels past that is suspicious. Because of this, nobody eats rare candy for pure enjoyment or anything, because they can never take back those levels that will ostracize them.
• Just like in regular Pokémon games, depleting a pokeémon's health will only cause them to faint. Once you have fainted, you can be then be taken to a pokémon center for healing. Fainting a pokémon still grants EXP, but the action is still illegal due to its risks. Leaving a pokémon fainted will not directly harm them, but it is unwise to leave them in such a state when there could be nefarious pokémon lurking about, ready to pounce on the bonus EXP from killing them.
• It is regular for pokémon to eat each other in the canon. But, it is kinda considered cannibalism in this AU. So, like battling, eating other pokémon is illegal. This is not a big problem due to the human blood turning all the pokans into omnivores, but pokans will still have their own preferences between eating plant and meat. Fainting a pokémon grants full EXP. Killing them also grants full EXP. Eating them... well, you get the idea. As such, you can get full EXP from a single pokémon three times.
• It is so taboo to eat pokémon that it is almost never even mentioned or considered in towns and cities. However, wild pokémon still exist. These are the pokémon that were wild from the very beginning, who didn't have a trainer to fuse with, and were therefore all forced into the same body as a random passerby human. As a result, wild pokans have significantly less human blood in them as compared to "tame" pokans. These pokans will act on their urges much more often, and typically stay away from cities and towns due to an unknown fear. It is very unusual for these pokans to work a job, and they will most likely live in the wild indefinitely. Even in the wild, cannibalism and murder is extremely rare.
• Every pokan carries a pokéball, even the wild ones. They are very important and so even wild pokans will go out of their way into the nearest civilization to get a pokéball for their child. Pokans can go into and out of their own pokéball at will, much like a turtle and their shell. Pokans cannot move their ball once they are in it, but they are pretty much safe in there. Pokéballs are indestructible and the pokan inside them cannot be forced out. Similarly, a pokan cannot be forced into their ball, either. Up to one held item can be brought into the ball when a pokan goes in, which is why most pokan only carry one held item on them at a time, so as not to drop anything. Pokans cannot share balls.