I would strongly urge you to partner with Westgard for western expansion, rather than Madina. Given their strong foothold, it makes it much easier to gain critical mass.
Yea. When given actions, it's always better to join the more lively and promising, and not try to give a new life to a hollowed out corpse.
Westgard has a lot of nobles, some rich regions, and experience with dealing with the rogues.
Any group that would want to expand west would be better off starting from there.
any group that would want to expand west would also be better off killing Madina off to increase global density beforehand too, though.
