If there's a kid being particularly annoying, I might just flash my teeth, you know.

[Eat kids. Haha. That's just bunk.]

They can do whatever they want, though, so yes, it's very much fear. They have incredible wealth - each country pays massive tribute to them. Incredible power - the Marines dance to their whim. They can murder and rape and slave without question and they're above all their own laws.

No one, save a very few, will act against them. The consequences tend to be unspeakable.