The truth is that Nothoi can feed all of its regions.
Just not at 100%. Basically, the cities are stuck at 50% rations until we can get more farmlands. There is no reason to starve any region in Nothoi, unless the goal is to drive regions into rebellion so they leave Nothoi.
Nothoi is well above the 3 characters per region number that the mods say should be the goal and should trigger a lessening of rogue swarms targeting them.
Not that I've seen a major drop. Reeds continues to be hit by monster and undead swarms on a daily basis in sufficient numbers to keep me from repairing the walls.
