Who cares if they have 22 nobles and 17,000 gold? Give me 44 nobles and 7,000 gold and I'll kick their ass.
Density is great for driving conflict, and we need that. But anyone who tries to increase their stability and personal income by driving their density down to 1:1 is an idiot. That's a sure death from boredom. Morek is the perfect example of the end result. As someone said, they are a paper tiger. 22 nobles can't protect that much land. Hell, if two 12 noble realms attacked them from opposite directions, they'd implode.
