"The Empire" didn't help during Milograd's coup. Biyah and Dali were involved in the "Southern Allied Command." Meanwhile, in 2013, a State of Emergency was declared over the most minor suspicions of Escade actually being Neenee.

Somewhere along the line in these past few weeks and months, the leadership of this region went from knowing what kind threat The Empire is, to not having any kind of coherent thought about it at all. What Belschaft did to Escade was inappropriate, don't get me wrong. But it shows just how much of a threat The Empire (particularly Neenee) has been considered to be over the years.