Summerdale was allied with astrum so I don't think that really valid. Also @daycryn I think that aurvandil compared to CE as a realm is a good comparison but not the CE power bloc. 3/5 of the most powerful realms on dwilight are all in that astroists federation. As opposed to aurvandil asylum and falkirk. The only truly powerful realm out of those 3 is aurvandil
Astrum, Morek, and...?
2/5 are thocracies. #2 in ranking is Aurvandil, and then there's Luria Nova (part of its own bloc) and Terran (part of the 'moot) in the top 5.
Heck, the 3rd ranking astrocracy is #9, Corsanctum (close to #10 being your precious Asylon).
The SA block really isn't as overwhelmingly powerful as you make them to be. There are just two big players, the rest are rather insignificant players, and the bunch of it is clustered into the far north of Dwilight. If it weren't for the 'moot, all of SA united could never even hope to dent Aurvandil.