ala mhigo is supposed to have fallen to the garlean empire, and there really hasn't been word of its liberation. it is usually also considered the 'far east' and will probly come with an expansion and 'eastern' jobs like ninja, blue mage, and samurai. it was also said to have been under unfair political corrupt dictatorship before garlean rule, and that it fell from within due to uprisings, which led to the garlean invasion.

ishgard is home to the 'high' elven society, and they're supposed to be fighting a war with dragons. dragons have somehow found ways to mindcontrol and cast shapeshift illusions. basically dragons are a race, like beastmen, and are mostly fighting ishgard. the only city-states that are supposedly not under garlean rule are the current 3 GC's, ishgard, sharlayan, and the 'new world' where millioncorn comes from.