I actually think Kusari is wonderfully balanced at the moment--as a stand alone house system--but that's the problem. There is no compelling reason to go there or leave. You can ignore it with no consequences really.
No disrespect to bd or any other faction (I have never been in-game with you so no valuation at all here) but self-contained rp between buddy factions doesn't go much farther into the server most times.
I've been rping in Kusari for the past month and KNF/KSP are the only ones who's rp has publicly intersected with mine there. In fact, massive kudos to the KSP officer who stopped me and confiscated only the single hynotainment band my Hogosha had to "personally study to dtermine for himself if it was illegal". Made me laugh.
