Blackbeard (and Whitebeard) both use (or used) a division system, where they act as a Don, essentially ruling over 10 or 13 pirate crews in addition to their own ship.
Shanks‘ crew is like a guerilla unit, a bunch of strong fighters that can come and go as they please.
Big Mom‘s crew is like a eusocial insect, one queen reproduces a bunch of soldiers who make up the infrastructure of her crew.
It’s surprising that pretty much none of the children are like Spandam, failchildren that shouldn’t be in their position. Brulee is weak yes, but she sets traps and manages the Mirror World.
Kaido‘s crew is the most disorganized of the bunch.
His raw power and that of the three men below him cause people to gravitate towards him. His Underworld connections were through Doflamingo and his leadership of his territory is through Orochi.
His Headliners are mostly fodder and those who aren’t joined the crew out of fear. The 3 Calamities manage their regions, which is to say they just take the money and resources from there. The only one that seems to do anything is Queen, who looks to be in charge of the prison labor camps and factory production given the mechanical arm fiddling with the gear.
*by Kusokuso69
