The subterraiain outposts within the moutan are starting to become horribly overcrowded. So the ministry has decided to approve of the cities to expand eastward into the moutans. Not only are old cities expanding into the moutan range, New settlements are popping up on the higher reaches of the moutan. And so when the entire moutan and its surrounding area was occupied by skimtari settlements. The ministry ahs decided to formally annex the land into the republic.