>>96947745
Buddy, their top ninja clan is a bunch of irish dudes. The clans fear the ginja.
Like any state, basically anyone can theoretically become a mechwarrior as long as they can afford to go to academy. The issue is in 3025, for everyone, is federal machines are only about 5% of forces, which means 19/20 mechwarriors are people who own their machines, usually nobility.
Kurita is also known for having the highest percentage of noble mechwarriors even after that changes for most other states in the 3050's. You better be damn good if you are no noble. That doesn't count the commoner plants the ISF puts in classes like Teddy's wife. So you got to compete against that, too.