Actually, for some time, the West was completely colonized, save for the Zuma lands.
And back in the early frontier days of Dwilight, hell yeah, people complained about it.
But we mostly ignored them, because it was quite clear people were having fun with it.
I mean, since all realms are losing nobles as time goes on.
That's no longer true.
The decline stopped around the time we sunk Atamara and the FEI. We've been holding fairly steady since then.
If Tom can get the activation email issue sorted out, we might even start gaining again.