I know utopia start to merge smaller kingdom together.

Every Age, i see that the top5 kd usually are way way too big for the rest.
Maybe they are just too good or too active etc. They should help to guide the rest of utopia to that stage.

It is good to make the race balanced. But should we also make the kingdom balanced as well.
Last age, top2 kd nw is almost twice the kingdom in 6th place.

My suggestions is :
1) Split the top kingdoms into half and merge with smaller kd.

Benefit :
-hope the good players can guide the lesser players
-the lesser player can adopt and learn good practise of the top kd
- 13 hardcore players + 10 average player. i guess that is a good mixture.

Cons
- the top players might not want to teach the weaker players
-the top player might left utopia.
- no motivation to get the crown and get split in the end.