User blog comment:Bato of the Heavy Iron Rock Hammer/What happens to the Alvarez Empire after FT's ending?/@comment-30230931-20170715185104/@comment-7418318-20170716201950

Agreed, hence my comment about a "common threat", which would be either Ishgar or Fiore as a whole or Fairy Tail in particular, which could counteract the splintering of the country, because the more you are the saver you feel against outside threats.