Speaking from the perspective of the Voksfront, it is often difficult to find anything to do. As it has been previously noted, where traders gather - so do pirates - and so does the law. A lack of traders in Rheinland often kills the player activity. This makes it tedious to log on, often only to be drawn into heckling members of the law (Boring!). A large portion of the VF resides in PST (GMT-8) making it difficult sometimes for event participation. We've all been extremely busy of late, and hopefully will be on more. Before, the RRA skype channel used to enable cross-faction organization, but it's become an outlet of flood.
As Ben noted, Rheinland is indeed the crappiest of all the houses for JH's. The Bundschuh have 3 bases, Bruschal, Cloppenfail, and Failmann. As you may have percieved, we only use one. The size, design, and location of JH's make Rheinland an awkward place.
All in all, I'd recommend maybe a couple smaller runs to be placed, as well as a serious revision of the maps.