I dunno, its iffy. Terran thing was ruled a non merger by 1 vote and that was essentially because Terran was losing/had lost its war. Farronite had no conflict. They had signed a rather beneficial treaty with Astrum and they got out of the war. Internal political conflict would be a great reason for such actions. An IG source tells me there was a power struggle in the realm. I have not verified it.
The Terran thing involved all of the realms regions. This does not. See the Solaria/Luria Nova realm merger case. This fits into the first allegiance change involved in that, and yes, while it screwed the original realm, it was not ruled a realm merger. The second city joining was, because that consisted of the entire realm moving. You cannot have a realm merger without the entirety of the realm merging. In no way did the Farronite Republic and Asylon become a singular entity on equal terms. A single (albeit powerful) Duchess changed allegiance. The Farronite Republic still exists as a realm, how could a realm merger take place if one of the two realms in question continues to exist?
There is no question in this case.
