"it would decrease realms efficienty"
precisely! hooray!
" being able to defend it self if needed when their nobles are spread out all over continent"
not if the council actually share information with nobles, so they realized tensions were heating up with a neighboring realm.
Everyone always talks about the slightest loosening of control as if it would instantly spin into chaos.
We have a similar situation in Talerium. Hardly anyone wants to leave the two major cities. The fact is, nobles don't "spread out all over continent" as a rule. A few who like to role play go have adventures, is about all that happens.
