And if that's the case, then as I've said repeatedly, the glaciers will just keep moving.
Is a ton of painful moves better than a single painful move? I don't know about you, but when I get my teeth pulled out, I'd rather they all get pulled at the same time.
BT didn't "lose" very many regions, considering we also won some back from the blight. I would also posit that any player decay there could also be attributed to the post-war lull.
Look at your projection map for AT. How many cities and strongholds is that, just completely gone? Five? That's, to quote Joe Biden, a big !@#$in' deal.
True, some regions got unblighted.
As for AT, that's 2 forts and 3 tiny cities, and a bunch of badlands. They look like the least meaningful regions on the continent.