And it's easy to quadruple your size when you have just 1 region left. "Imagine if you had been winning?" That's the point, though. You weren't.
When I joined Riombara it was Grehk, Mio and Ardmore. We took over Irombro, Rines and Athol Margos, went from a one-duchy realm to a four-duchy one.
If it's that easy, why don't you do it? We're not fighting any battle in
your lands yet.