In 2004:
Eponllyn is exactly on the lands of Itorunt (+ Betholm. 
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Perleone is exactly on the lands of Ibladesg (- Betholm).
Fallangard is about to become Yssaria again.
Ubent is gone yes, the only realm missing in the south.
And well Caligus...we will see.
Perdan is +6 actually. And those regions are the poorest.
You're going 2 years farther back than I go. That was far enough back that the game was still small, before it got big. There's gotta be, what, 10 players that could remember that? And I bet several of them don't remember that, because they didn't/don't play on EC. The region borders ow are much different than they were when I started in '06.
But like I said, realm counts don't tell the whole story. Nowhere near. The north may be short a few realms, but several of those that you are quoting were one or two region realms that were mostly powerless, and didn't last very long because of it. There were only one or two (Rancagua and Avamar maybe?) that really lasted.
