Toupellon was formed from two washed up realms on their last legs: old Cathay and Ohnar West. There was never really a common cause for it other than 'it looks better over there' and even had Anatole stayed around I don't think he could've changed that.
Anatole wasn't planning to. It just needed to hold together long enough, and then Taylin or someone was going to split off as part of the larger campaign. Unfortunately, he took off, and it proved impossible to colonize Enlod, and then I had to pause, and everything fell apart.
