The succubi returned, while he was crafting the ritual, reporting their discoveries. It was a fairly large nation, although control over different regions varied, weakening especially the further from this capital they were. Most were ruled by their own local lord, who paid little more than lip service to the ruler as a whole, and occasionally taxes, when enough of the army could be roused to threaten them into providing it. They compiled a map of the region; quite detailed, including locations of any city with a population of 50 or more, and locations of any armies currently out; most of the larger cities have their own armies, likely to defend against each other moreso than external threat, though they were drafted into the national army, so only skeleton crews remain, currently.