Oh blodo, you're so funny. The reason Blodo is so funny is he comes in here and lays out his whole scenario explaining how everything is the way he says it in, and look he even says, "All of this is derived from the storyline and infocards." What makes it so funny is that it is quiet easy to use the infocards and storyline to say the exact opposite thing.
Ya see, I can say that it was not the GMG's fighting skills that won the 80 years war for them, but instead the protection of Kusari, who allowed the GMG to use Honshu as a safe haven to attack the Rheinlanders from. The hit and run raids of the GMG were only effective because they could flee back to Honshu, effectively stopping any chance for a Rheinland counter attack. The infocards and lore show me that without the protection of Kusari, the GMG would have quickly lost the 80 years war.
I could really do this with any section of the fanciful scenario that Blodo posted above. The infocards and lore can be used to make a case for just about anything. I think it's funny when people try and make an argument without explaining that.