"I know what you’re going to say: I would have noticed if that many Aurors disappeared from the Ministry, dead in battle. Yet, you forget, Granger that wizarding Britain has often gone along with whatever muggles had in mind. Imperialism included. British wizards have set up colonies and abused their positions as much as muggles did, and they still hold that over the head of the governments of their once-colonies, holding on to whatever scrap of power they can manage. The village you’ve seen is just one of the many bases the Ministry has had for centuries in foreign countries, a small presence of Aurors to remind everyone of their power over them. The MACUSA, of course, copied the idea, and they have similar bases in a lot of countries too’