Actaea

I'm more interested in what you feed the soldiers at your military bases in Champignon.

If the entire statehood depended solely on such water, that would be strange. There is a powerful system of propaganda and other things, and military discipline, so those soldiers walk around like they're on cloud nine, even without water.

It won't provide. The states are different, and the prodigal son is different too. So let's assume that everything is fine and New Arconia has been successfully occupied by us!

This goes back to one of the philosophical problems about God. "Can God create a stone that He Himself cannot lift?" I don't remember how theologians solve this problem, but philosophers came up with the concept of God's transcendence. In simpler terms, God created the world and then withdrew.
In relation to old Arconia, I believe that it should also be transcendental. That is, it exists, but it cannot influence anything. There is no trade with it, it does not help with the army, and it does not appoint a monarch to the throne.
After all, each player should have one country, and its characteristics are recorded in the nationstates. This is what constitutes the "balance."

p.s. don't ban cruelty in computer games. everything has decreased (including compassion -2), and nothing has increased. I took a risk and tested this option, as the others don't suit me at all.