Wrong. All the southern realms were scheming against each other, but we had the problem of Magnus trusting Starfall utterly. We learned that Starfall was plotting with Minas Nova against us while telling us to plot against Nova, and after the rebellion Selenia confronted Starfall who denied it and we declared annexation of Alara due to their incompetence. Alara and MN allied, then jointly declared hated, and that's that. We definitely were not bullying poor weak Alara and Nova who decided to rise up against us.
Not to mention they harbored a noble who had attempted to assassinate the Xerarch...
