Lookshy could pretty much run the Scavenger Lands through military force if they wanted to, but they don't have the cultural or administrative resources to do so efficiently without spreading their forces too thin and getting smacked down by the realm.  Nobody in the world really has a counter for Lookshy's army, except for the Mask of Winter's army at Thorns, the First and Forsaken Lion's army, the Celesial Lions of heaven, and a high end attack by the Realm.<br/><br/>The Lintha and Skullstone navies are also more than a match for Lookshy, but they're in another terrestrial direction so they aren't too much of a threat.  Presumably a large demon army or fair folk crusade could also threaten the security of Lookshy, though things like that would take more doing.  In the next 50 years or so, the Bull of the North, the Haslanti League, and possibly Paragon could grow powerful enough to challenge Lookshy, though that would be dependent mostly on those nations getting their hands on solars.