I'm sure you'll excuse us if we don't take the word of a person directly benefiting from this.
Fact is, you've got a person in there well known for running a clan. The same person was in Thulsoma and in Arcachon (a realm who also increased their CS far beyond what would normally be possible for a poor, tiny realm and had extraordinarily reliable movement). And the fact is you've got a 7-region realm with a combined mobile and militia CS of more than 30,000. That rings alarm bells.
