Surprise surprise, but this was mainly their own mistake. They had 33% more forces but couldn't use it properly.
Also, Highmarch is way cooler, newer and hip, but then again, yeah go to Vix 
Sue Elric for that. Still he's good. Just not to Ryu or Daniel level. I miss Ryu
So this is an exploitation of the mechanics... like leaving rogue regions rogue to avoid taxes while the realm continues taking other regions in the front.
Even worse.
Sound like a problem. The much defined problem is: Everyone who take the frontline region, know they are adding a few more regions away from their heartlands from being threaten. Now what is Sea Travel implemented on EC? There will be total chaos!
