Talk:Overlord Volume 9/@comment-49.149.164.83-20151022065109/@comment-210.187.237.227-20151117055200

it wasn't a mistake making nazarick a country at this point.

early on they were already operating in black ops (they still do even now). Ainz/demiurge/albedo is just bringing them to the next level so they now have a country and can expand more options to use. Things i can think of, generating more revenue (taxation, or any resources in locality likes Mines or something), a bigger information network, solidifying momon's dark hero persona as an important character in the NW (he can use momon as a trap for people who get in touch with him that planning to use momon to attack ainz for example).

The NW were already becoming aware of the existence of Ainz ...... so it was natural that AOG would take measures to place nazarick in a good strategic position before country's like the empire baited the adventurers guild in the kingdom to attack nazarick.... by leaking out info about their existence, thus warring against nazarick via third party.

And this show of force was a demonstration to the world of Nazaricks power, so the other countries would not dare cause issue with them. If they didn't do so, it would just be a repeat of the kingdom forming an army and attacking nazarick, because they did not realize the power nazarick had ......

You could validly argue that now the theocracy blackscripture know who to target with their mind control world item, because they now know who and where....... but that said this can bait them out so aog can counter them. they tried this before during blackops, but it didn't work.....