Two things I think people are also missing about this:
- Most importantly, it's not like this wasn't prepared. BoM and Darka were already aware and willing to sign. It's also not strictly a bunch of allied realms like the League... The individual realms can still fight so long as they join together for foes outside the Empire. Right now, Coria can't just up and fight Tara for a few pieces of land. The Empire, however, has provisions for this.
- The CE is actually surprisingly receptive to this, likely due to the OOC notion that is really is a brilliant way to prevent total stagnation of Atamara. Sure, it is pretty much the polar opposite of what they've been apparently trying to accomplish, but that also assumes they'd thought of alternatives. To my knowledge, the CE method is the standard obvious method. It's the option the game gives you up front. Who's to say they just didn't realize there could be such an elegant solution? (Would be funnier if Jason came up with it.)
