It actually wasn't. We started at year 0 AD, and the "first" year was year 0. 2000 is the first year of the new millenium both technically and popularly. Nice try though guys.

I think an important inconsistency in the economy needs to be touched on here. You can see it by just looking at the flow of money in the flow chart. At what point is the population of trainers making money? Obviously some individuals can bleed the others dry through trainer battles as demonstrated in the chart, but…