Give them
Sources for money to buy crab meat:
1. Search the light house ( may not be enough )
2. Secret rooms if you hadn't gotten all the cash out yet. I didn't clean the treasure earlier so I could save some for later
3. When using Marine's group to look for the healer, sell some stuff there. The cash is a 3 way split. Just make sure you have enough for each team later.
I have used both Mom's group and Salome's times to beat the Nation.
Using Mom's,
Make sure you get Hirado first. You can just back out of the cave. Buy enough mandragores and treatments for side effects. Give Dee the sorcerer's wand and use the powerful spell )can't remember the name) to keep wiping them out. Alternate her attacking spells with healing. She is really powerful. Have someone else keep throwing boxes of bugs to induce bleeding of the big one and wipe out the little mussels. Best if Mom can treat status effects. It is not hard. If Dee dies, just revive her
Using Salome's group: yeah! They are kind of weak, and hitting did not seem to be very effective. It is important that you keep
, or you would be overwhelmed really quickly. If you have completed the Bluey quest, you would get
sticky sand for the little girl. Sticky sand can paralyze. Although I never could paralyze the mother mussel, I did make it bleed.
Again, get enough supplies for revival and treating status effects before you go.