What are you even talking about? I stopped any attempt from my own realm to try to control Nivemus. I am actually a fond supporter of what Neji is trying to do :p
Why thank you!
However, I agree with Draco on this one. Nivemus is less independent than Westmoor, if only because we are weaker and therefore do not have as much lee-way power wise. Also, our diplomatic ties are very centered around our relationship with Sirion currently.
Nivemus, though, has never been a puppet. In fact, because of that, there is a small minority who wish that Sirion would alienate themselves from Nivemus, or wipe them off the map. I think that is crazy talk, as the worst we have ever done was keep a guy they deemed a war criminal and try to get the infiltrator that kept attacking him fined. Neji as judge though never banned Celine(even though he had the opportunity to, I pretended she slipped through my fingers), and eventually banned the noble Sirion didn't like.
So, we are very pro-Sirion. But we aren't Sirion controlled. We are Nivemus, not Sirion Lesser.