Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-44248215-20191113060242/@comment-27745396-20191115093529

I don't think Vale starting to build on the Mountain Glenn was an aggressive move. We know that it is next to the City of Vale, meaning it's inside the Kingdom of Vale. Those are two different things. Mountain Glenn was more like... Taking that unused patch of land behind your parents' house that they own and building your own house there with their permission.

We also don't have any proof that Vale had colonies outside their Kingdoms borders. The only mention is of this are the islands that they fought over with Mistral but since those were closer to Vale, in normal situation they had more rights to claim those unused lands. The situation is a bit similar to how Sweden and Finland used to fight over the Åland Island.

In other words, as far as it has been shown in the show, Mistral and Atlas are the only Kingdoms with attempts to colonize or strong presences outside their own borders.