I wouldnt roleplay Barca anything more than a passsable city of mud and farm animals, dirty, uncouth its nobles wrapped in animal furs a war torn land struggling to be a republic under the watchful eye of the Zuma. Its a frontier kingdom that never rose beyond that.
Nah, I say if they haven't ever gotten a huge army, it's because they built vast golden castles from D'Haran gold. Must be splendid to see!