No realm in the 'moot is strongly in favor of one side over the other. They all have mixed feelings.
Very
passionately mixed feelings. We yell at each other all the time about obscure treaty points an nuances of neutrality, and make veiled accusations against each others' commitment to the Moot. Then we donate gold to each other and clear each others' monsters out. It's like a family.
Seriously, you should be loving this war and hope it goes on forever. If one side or the other wins out, you'll have an awful lot of eggs in one basket as far as trading partners go. The victor would have serious leverage to either raise prices or simply cut off food exports and watch you starve if you displease them. At least, that is the impression you've given me. Maybe Aurvandil and Madina are less important as trading partners then I've been led to believe by reading this thread, but it sure sounds like you wouldn't be able to make do without their food.
Great minds think alike. Except you're wrong about how necessary they are. They are necessary
only until new supplies are found. Those in Astroist realms may remember a certain dispute over the region of Demyansk. What does the region of Demyansk provide? Food. Lavendrow and Faithhill do too... but not as much. Students of the Moot's foreign affairs should also note the rapid expansion of Barca, and the growing rural population there.
All D'Hara has to do is secure food supplies
until Barcan and Terran production is stabilized. At that point, the Moot should only need occasional exports, and, needing less food overall, should be able to find good prices.
Really, I predict that Barca alone will probably be able to feed D'Hara. Now, with the new estates, they are growing much more rapidly. All D'Hara needs is to make sure that Barca grows fast enough, then it won't really matter what goes on down south.
Ditto. Even once Twainville and Rettleville grow, they're small cities, and Barca has TONS of rurals and woodlands that should all be running food surpluses once productivity is up.