Quote Originally Posted by tokinokanatae View Post
Once ceruleum was "discovered" by Solus, they had the means to do more than eke out a miserable existence for themselves in an inhospitable place without going to war. You're comparing apples to butterscotch pie.
Even if Garlemald went into industrial route by selling ceruleum and magitek advancement, they would still lives in inhospitable place. The other nations won't magically gave them a piece of land for them to live in.

And I won't be 100% sure eorzea won't go into conqueror mode, considering Ala mhigo did try that just few years ago. Eorzea was locked into defensive mode only because their war with Garlemald.