Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31621711-20170328225223/@comment-26463535-20170329001432

Atlas could also be seen as Germany, with how its a major source of technology while being more orderly than the others and Vale could be the US.

I could see Ironwood taking over Atlas as a "benevolent" dictator, then Vacuo and any remnents of the other kingdoms might charge in to free Atlas. (Mistral's fall would be the final straw that causes Ironwood to take such drastic action.)