Economoic strength is part of military strength. It is rather idiotic to try to make a comparision in regards to power and dismiss the very base of their power.
As far as I can tell from the current lore taking into account only military size and operational strength:
Gallia > Liberty > Kusari > Rheinland > Bretonia
The Outcasts and Corsairs have very small militaries compared to the houses and would stand zero chance if one of them decided to turn their aggression on them. Same for the Zoners, Colonials, and the Coalition.
In a full on Sector War?
It all depends on who allies with who.
I doubt Kusari would ally with Gallia or Rheinland against Liberty, they stand to gain very little from a war with Liberty in which Gallia wouldn't be able to help Kusari with without considerable help from Kusari. Bretonia is likely going to depend on Liberty for help against Gallia.
Rheinland likely wouldn't survive making war on another house - Liberty is in the front seat in their war and splitting their forces will likely cause all fronts to fail. Remember when they opened a conflict with Bretonia? Oh and then there is the fact that the Hessians would probably take that chance to also strike at the Rheinland government too.
Bretonia isn't in the position to be able to win - only survive if they made smart choices.
Gallia? Their achillies heel is the fact they are unable to support their excessively large military for much longer, much less support it if it advances further into Sirius.
I doubt there'd be much of a winner - such a war would drain the resources of all that participated. Weakening them and making it easier on the smaller factions who wage wars on them daily.
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I believe it's been stated that Gallia has enough warships on reserve to steamroll half of Sirius if they put them into activate duty.
And Liberty hasn't wiped out Rheinland yet, either. Rheinland is low on resources? Rheinland was ALWAYS low on resources. They know how to make them work.
Yes, Gallia does have enough warships to steamroll - the lore also very clearly says Gallia is running despertely low on resources - part of the reason for the invasion starting ahead of schedule.
Liberty hasn't wiped out Rheinland because Liberty's goal isn't to wipe out Rheinland. Lore seems to indicate Liberty is in the war for economic reasons in addition to being after specific things from Rheinland. Not there to destroy them.
Rheinland wasn't always low on resources - Rheinland was the power before the 80 Years war. They wasted their strength in that war because of inept leadership.
' Wrote:While Liberty is a strong house it simply cannot stand up against Gallia on it's own with the war with Rheinland still ongoing, Gallia easily knocked Kusari out of the war and is steam-rolling Bretonia even with aid from Liberty, the Council and it's allies. It's all a matter of time unless something unexpected happens.
Read the lore. Gallia has no resources. How do you win a war when you can no longer field a military?
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