'If only'... if only. Does it go the other way? Is that what people mean, 'only if'? Only if it had transpired thusly, things would have been better... but so many other factors could have improved them; they just didn't.
What's a good name for a distant kingdom? What's a good name for the frontier lands that the distant kingdom technically owns, but has no actual ability to control? And what are some fun names for gods and what could their domains be? Because right now my document is called 'Steamboat Rotten's Wild River Ride'.