Compared to the Magair Middle Zone, the Krakatoa Middle Zone was at least several years behind in terms of development.
This was because the latter was situated closer to the center of the Red Ocean and was therefore conquered a bit later.
The result of this was that the established power blocs were still in the build-up process. While they already claimed their own patches of turf, as long as they began to expand their territory, they would eventually bump into each other!