User blog comment:DancePowderer/Erased by Whom?/@comment-3986064-20120222183636

I'm not sure that I would agree to this since from what I understood, you are implying that this ancient kingdom was made out of 20 separate kingdoms, but I simply do not see why Oda would name it itself a kingdom if it was made out of more kingdoms, he'd most certainly call it an Empire. I don't see Oda making such a small mistake, especially with a name which has struck all of us. I am almost certain that Oda would not make such a technical mistake on the subject of one of the most awaited-to-be-solved mysteries from this series.

I think that rather than Jaya, Alabasta and Ryugu being part of the kingdom, they would be more like the allies of the kingdom.

Whether 20 kingdoms that were not part of the ancient kingdom tried erasing it from history or 20 kingdoms formed from the ancient kingdom tried erasing their rebellion from history. The result would be the same and the clues or lack of clues and information would be just as it now.