Why is Elbaf not part of the World Government? What are the effects of that? Apart from Wano, which others do we know aren't?

[Warmmedown]

Why are they not in the WG? What effect does that have on them? Does it mean they're at more risk of being attacked by pirates? How come the WG doesn't try to force them to join?

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[SSJ2]

The amount of resources required to conquer Elbaf would surely be very high. We don't know the specifics of the country yet but the old giant pirates were capable of fighting the Gorosei. Not to mention they are close friends of Shanks, so the government would have to go through Shanks plus an entire nation of giants to conquer it.