User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/WoR In Depth - Kingdoms/@comment-67.1.149.6-20140924222927/@comment-24994749-20140925022640

Well, I have suggested in the past that, die to the contemptuous tone of the narrator, maybe the disappearances of entire tribes and villages outside of the kingdoms are being caused by the kingdoms themselves.

I mean, the kingdoms could either:

- look the other way and not send help when large Grimm oars are threatening the nomads so they are wiped out to keep the citizens scared of the outside, thankful of their "oh so protecful councils" and unwilling to question their authority or decisions.

- wipe out villages themselves and blame it on the Grimms for the same reasons as stated above.

- wiping out nomad communities for commercial reasons. We know Atlas' army has an arrangement with the SDC, which is the largest manufacturer of Dust in all the world. Dust is not only used to fight the Grimm but it's the primary fuel source for all other industries, so it's the base of all of Remnant's economies. I wouldn't want to be a tribe living over a large Dust mine, or have my village built over a place the SDC wants to build a railway.