There seems to be another marked city state named “Bukyo” within the country of Hingashi. I believe it’s even mentioned in gatherer levequests, and geomancer lore.

If you go under Kugane, you’ll see a group of people that don’t seem to want to be bothered. They mention that there is something very wrong about Hingashi that’s beginning to happen. I believe it’s a caste issue.

These things lead me to believe that we will be visiting the rest of Hingashi at some point. It would likely be in a future expansion.

I think Kuganes end goal is to set up a neutral state that involves multiple countries, and eventually lead into a conflict of its own much later.