User blog comment:Bato of the Heavy Iron Rock Hammer/Effects of the Guild Wars in Fiore/@comment-88.145.190.194-20160806161707/@comment-27337151-20160806204329

Mavis herself said in fairy tail zero, that a guild has as much power as a city in and of itself. Guilds are basically the powerhouse and the heart of a city. The era of guild wars was probably something like that of feudal Japan. Constant infighting between different regions. Low economic conditions of the average class.