Here's a theory, but with not really any proof or stuff to back it up.
I was reading through the gory stuff in Wayward Pains and the stuff about how all the crew members and captains are miniature humanoid thingies, and I got to thinking, 'I wonder if humans eventually evolved to be so insanely small they couldn't be caught by the workers of Wayward Pains?' Like if Wayward Pains was associated with the Capital like
@Sifa mentioned, then perhaps the workers there were trying to catch humans to shrink them or do something to them? Perhaps the factory/company/whatever you want to call it was founded with the intention of shrinking humanity due to lack of resources, like someone mentioned above. However, it was corrupted or something but maybe the Capital didn't know and started doing evil stuff to people, but because the Capital didn't know, they continued to help and enforce the needs of Wayward Pains and helped them catch humans.
If eventually Wayward Pains did catch all the humans, or close to all of them, maybe the few survivors were actually the successful shrunken humans and are what we know today as crew members. If they didn't catch all the humans on the run, then perhaps humanity evolved to be very tiny so that they could hide better. Next, let's supposed the Capital did eventually find out about Wayward Pains and what they were doing to people. There would probably be war, and I'd say from how things are in the bay now, they probably destroyed each other, leaving nothing but ruins and the miniature people that avoided combat.
Naturally, I'd guess the mini people would've evolved to be very distrusting and aggressive so that explains why they want to blow each other up for sugar lmao
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And I'd also like to show you all a picture I found of what might be the Capital city based on
@Sifa 's findings,
and it's right here. Look right under the countdown, specifically underneath the second A.
See those buildings? Ofc they're most likely ruins, but still it's something. I personally doubt there are people living there. I'd have thought they would have gone extinct because the capital and wayward pains fought each other and blah blah blah and if either of them survived they would have probably been more influential in today's battle bay, but no the only people that know about this stuff are the nerds who go deep into lore, like me, not the general public.
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