There's a big difference between saying "we want realms to have more than 15 nobles" and saying "we want to destroy realms with 15 or fewer nobles."
There's also a big difference between "realms with 15-30 nobles" and "large bloated realms."
If 15 becomes the new minimum then it serves to reason average will be something more like 30 or 40, unless the goal is for realms to become homogeneous with all roughly having the same number of nobles and regions, which would also not be beneficial.
These specifics aren't the point anyway. The more pertinent question is what analytics if any support the idea that this will improve retention?
