The fact that Madina still refuses to promise not to go to war to "reclaim" D'Hara's current capital, Paisly, indeed doesn't work in their favour.
Lies. That idea went the way of Nightlings characters - the last one who left just after the Rebellion. Especially since our Capital in in the Tower now - Madina is barely close enough for us to reasonably hold onto, never mind Paisly.
Though, lets be honest - back in the day it was the only excuse for a good war we got
I doubt anyone left in Madina cares about Paisly as anything except a wonderful place to sell our food
(plus I'm sure Halicos would have a FIT if we tried to take away his trade route. Dude controls a lot of the food trade in Madina, no doubt hes got some influence there.)
