The number of bonuses smaller realms have is...Kinda astounding to me. Mildly annoying as well, as I think the bonuses combine with the penalties for large realms in a way that is rather unfortunate.
Could you be so kind as to elaborate on exactly what bonuses smaller realms have? And the penalties of the larger ones?
I was in Cathay when they attacked C'thonia. They didn't stand a chance, even with 2 cities. Of course, it might also be a badly run realm and not be related to this at all