Garlemald is quite clearly inspired by a combination of the Romans and the Russians, just with a technological twist thrown in for good measure. The attempts to try and tie them to a certain era in Germany's history are misguided and deceptive - usually based around taking one or two specific elements, greatly exaggerating them and presenting them as something completely different to what is actually being portrayed.

(To say nothing of the constant issue of the English localisation using some strange phrasing choices that are not present in the other languages!)

Though as I have said before in the past, a common trend for certain posters from the lore forum is to insinuate awful things about people who like the antagonists in the game over a lengthy period of time. They push and push until, finally, someone will crack a joke at their expense and then they'll point to that as the worst thing ever and make it seem like it's 'both sides' to blame.

That isn't the case at all - and Endwalker revealed that such concerns are disingenuous in the first place given that certain posters went from 'genocide is never okay' to 'genocide is perfectly acceptable when mommy hydaelyn partakes of it'.

I don't particularly care if some of you dislike the Garleans or the Ancients. I've frequently stated a desire to agree to disagree where differences of opinion are to be found.