After the disaster of Gundarlaf imperial forces are pushed further back, troops have to be diverted from the undermanned south to instead reinforce the centre so the coalition doesn’t split imperial lands in half. Imperial morale has collapsed, entire regiments are defecting especially in the south. The UAA has made amazing progress, they capture land extra fast by first letting local Karllengeln drive out imperial forces and then marching in with the official forces. The emperor has already made plans to evacuate to Køngsruhe (our island colony) and use the imperial navy to protect himself.
Every circle is a fleet or army, they are what that faction sees as an army so a Holy Army is going to be a third of the size of a Drenik army. The red star is the capital