And yes Perdan is at a very bad place atm, that's certainly true. And well there are other realms who've used rape and murder as well, not that often prob though.
Although I've only been playing a few years, I have never seen it used as much. Isolated incidents here and there that are immediately quashed, but that's it. Gives real teeth to the Xavax vs AlaraNova hatreds though. The whole region is like the South side of Chicago