"They would also have had thousands of years to enter open warfare," Sasarai sighs as he adjusts his leather gloves.

"But the way you speak they are even now mobilizing against each other...Why now?"

If the nations are mobilizing it will mean he has to do something to preserve the peace. Simply speaking to the leaders of each nation won't do it, not with the world in its current state. As Estinien pointed out, if they were amenable to compromise a compromise would have happened by now...

But there are other ways to prevent open warfare. An overwhelming display of power might be in order to bring the other nations to heel.

He will have to think about this.