What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[MikkoAkure]

My dream Garlemald expansion would have us not fundamentally altering their political system; I want to send a message that the whole system isn’t broken just because of corrupt people who abuse it. I also want to honor that some things are intrinsic to a nation’s heritage, and it’s not my business as an outsider to change that.

When we’ve already been told that the political system was purposefully created by an Ascian to be broken, the idea of keeping it doesn’t exactly hold as much weight. It was made that way on purpose to cause a mess when Solus made his exit and it worked, twice.

The empire is the way it is by the end of Endwalker because of how it was built. Both the Lemures and the Populares saw that things weren’t quite right and tried to change it in their own way while keeping the pride of the empire intact and it didn’t work out for either of them.

I also wouldn’t call a 60 year period where they were the tool of an Ascian, conquering lands on false premises, and committing war crimes “intrinsic to the nation’s heritage”.

[anhaato]

When we’ve already been told that the political system was purposefully created by an Ascian to be broken, the idea of keeping it doesn’t exactly hold as much weight. It was made that way on purpose to cause a mess when Solus made his exit and it worked, twice.

The empire is the way it is by the end of Endwalker because of how it was built. Both the Lemures and the Populares saw that things weren’t quite right and tried to change it in their own way while keeping the pride of the empire intact and it didn’t work out for either of them.

I also wouldn’t call a 60 year period where they were the tool of an Ascian, conquering lands on false premises, and committing war crimes “intrinsic to the nation’s heritage”.

I know I've replied with these words a lot these past few days, but I really don't care. Doesn't matter who founded it, the nation's makeup is its heritage. An empire or a monarchy is not inherently broken, even if the ascians wanted it to fail eventually. The Garlean people can reclaim it for themselves.