If that was the case, I would happily go home to Windurst and try and rouse support to conquer as much of Vana'diel as possible, and RIGHT NOW. Kind of, like, c'mon, boys and girls, we've got Ronfaure, we've got Sarutabaruta, and we've got Gustaberg. Let's go get Qufim.
But, no. Sigh.