Idk, Cilia just seems hellbent on making Garlemald out to be irredeemable villains, hence the long-winded rants to defend this narrative at all points, as if it will make one whit of difference what the developers eventually do.

I will await with bated breath her rationalisations for how Ala Mhigo does not qualify as an irredeemable villain, in spite of maintaining equally bad relations with its neighbours prior to Garlean conquest, and with Ala Mhigans apparently having learnt nothing from it since then, to the point that none of their hosts like them very much.

As I've explored before that is a questionable thing to do, but the consequences of doing nothing instead are far too dire.
"Explored"? Seriously? Are you writing a PHD on the topic?