User blog comment:Bato of the Heavy Iron Rock Hammer/Effects of the Guild Wars in Fiore/@comment-24784846-20160806203549

Speaking of Nations... (off-topic)

I don't think people realize how bad it is (or could be) that Fiore has a King or even Royalty, for that matter. If Toma is the King of Fiore, then does that mean the other countries like Bosco or Seven are ruled by a different King/Queen? In the war between continents, in contrast to Alakitasia, Ishgar is not even a unified front. It's just Fiore that's battling against Alvarez.

Makarov stated that there were 500 guilds in Ishgar while Alakitasia has 730. And from what we know, Emperor Spriggan/Zeref is actually the leader of the entire continent. In a Militaristic PoV, Alakitasia seems better than Ishgar just based on their numbers and level of unity.

(on-topic)

That being said, nice analysis, Bato. I would imagine that the economy during those times, before the Magic Council stepped in, was quite unstable.