So you guy's think that realms like Luria and Rio have such geographically advantageous positions that it is now impossible for other realms to deprive them of that advantage?
I never said it was impossible with Rio. I said it was worthless. That territory is geopolitical backwater because it is so remote and behind a bottleneck. There will never be action there.
Luria, on the other hand, is on the contrary in a very lucrative place. Hence the abundance of conflict around it and intrigue inside it.
Basically, it would be ideal for the maps to be designed in such a way that rich provinces/cities were few and far between and always in very open and vulnerable positions (hence my FFA sentiment). So the stronger a realm gets, the more vulnerable from all sides it also becomes.
