How many legions are left and what is the status of them?

[MrThinker]

IIRC, I remember reading a very, very long time ago that Nero is basically the acting commander of the XIVth Legion now? Although this could just be fan hearsay and not something actually mentioned in-game or in any of the lore books. Of course, Nero would much rather go on adventures with Cid. If he actually -is- officially recognized as leader of the XIVth Legion, it could be another possible explanation as to why nothing is really happening there. Nero clearly doesn't give a damn anymore, and Eorzea has no reason to possibly antagonize an ally by attacking his people now.

So in the event of the death of an army's leader, the 2nd-in-command would usually be the one put in charge until: they were promoted to the leader's position, or a new one was appointed by the government. Nero being the acting commander sounds like an assumption (a reasonable one btw) that would have been made back in the post 2.0 days, when we didn't know that Gaius went AWOL with the XIVth, we assumed he was dead, and Nero wasn't put into the Crystal Tower story. Now we know he abandoned the XIVth and assume the few pilus that remain were in charge.