Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-31113156-20170212105313/@comment-31113156-20170215015127

Not sure if your example of Yugoslavia really applies though, the current situation isn't soley due to the OZL causing problems, the implication is quite strongly that the Divine Claw sabotaging things behind the scenes is causing issues, while the OZL as far as we can see isn't really doing anything particularly wrong. That said you may also be completely right here, a scenario where that King of Zirantia dies could well lead to exactly the situation you described, but in that case it's really doesn't matter what option you picked and the alternative of decades of failing stablity is ultimately Zirantia's problem and not Simon's. I doubt the goal here is for Simon to go around the world fixing every country's political mess like some politician version of Ginasta.

As for real life comparisons I'd sooner draw a parrallel to pre-WW2 France, where the rise of newer ideals and rampant factionism fractured the country and left them helpless during the following conflict. I'd much rather they be ready for war against Aram and the Incubus King.

The NUP is still much smaller and weaker than the OZL is even now, so collapsing the OZL would only likely lead to the more extremist and nationalist parties to take control.

What this also means is that if Aram invades, a nationalist Zirantia is much more likely to side with Aram over Yhilin, while supporting the OZL means they're invested somewhat in our well-beeing. Regardless of how it plays out, I assume the supporting the OZL implies having their support during conflict with Aram, whereas a destablized Zirantia would do nothing (at best)

It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out though, to say the least ;)