They’re not exactly common, but they’re not unheard of, either. This world is a vast place, and while humans have been fairly ambitious in the past, in recent years, one could say we’ve done an excellent job at not colonizing every strip of land we’ve ever come across. That is to say, these sorts of villages do indeed exist in the plural, in the most remote parts of the world. These are places such as the Amazon rainforest or some parts of the Orange Islands that are typically too difficult for a person to reach, even with the assistance of a pokémon.
That is to say, it’s rather impressive that you’ve found these people, anonymous.
Actually bill, there’s an entire region of these people, known as Ransei. As far as I know, they remain undisturbed, and the industrial revolution, for some reason, is only restricted to a single part of the region. Very odd indeed.
Ransei is actually one of the ancient regions of Japan. It hasn’t existed for a number of centuries now, since its borders were redrawn during one of the last imperial ages. The inhabitants of its modern-day counterparts actually do have plenty of access to pokémon centers and poké balls, and some of the former are actually among the most advanced in the world.
To be fair, though, Ransei texts and histories have become rather popular as of late in Unova, and I’m told it’s led to some … rather unfortunate misconceptions about how we live today. (For starters, no, not many of us walk about in kimono, nor do many of us actually own samurai swords … not that a number of us belonged to the right class to own one. But that’s all a different story.)
{Edit: Post edits brought to you by … the mun finding the Ransei post, haha. It’s here, for those curious about the world of this blog. Really need to do a full write up. http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/149066503306/hey-bill-ive-been-doing-a-lot-of-reading-on-the#notes }
The Pokédex According to Bill 