It is not our intention that, over the long run, there be any regions that are truly more trouble to take and keep than they will ever be worth.
We do know about regions like the Desert, and we have some ideas for how to make them less unpalatable. At present, without additional goods to produce, our thinking is that if it can't be a region that's economically valuable, it should be a region that's strategically valuable.
We do not have all the details worked out yet, however.
