Quote Originally Posted by VargasVermillion View Post
The empires biggest fault would be their pride. The rule of Ala mhigo for example wouldn't of been so bad if they actually offered any kind of assistance to integrate into their society but the garlean philosophy is built on a pride that originated from the disadvantages they had a long time ago. They had to work hard to get their technological edge with the odds against them so the garlean motto is basically earn your place 'just as we did'. The idea of savagery is born from the atheist mindset the garleans have 'we didn't need gods, only savages need them'.
Pretty much this, they invaded territories and then built a wall between themselves and the native population, it was doomed to fail when the only way a normal citizen could ever dream of being a Garlean citizen was murdering people for their oppressors. Garlemald could have offered the territories a hand, but they chose to show them a fist.