Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
On paper that was sound and financially they were supposed to be broadly supported without too much reliance on any individual group as to maintain their neutral standing.
In retrospect, how was that ever going to work? The only reason the other cities put up with Ul'dah's bullcrap is because Ul'dah has all the money. And that's been the case for a long time now. Without withdrawing money from the GCs or other aspects of the Eorzean Alliance, there isn't enough money to fund. . .anything big, really. If something big is being funded, the bulk of it *has* to be coming from Ul'dah. That means the Syndicate at best, Monetarists at worst.