I know Rahz pretty well. He can be damn funny when he wants to. I like him as a person but maybe he should think about letting go of the rank of king, and the title of "Corrupt Shogun" lol..that has been the title for the king of that kingdom for some time.
When Zormite absorbed Samurai for a while, it was mainly because Rahz was fed up with dealing with all of the little issues a king has to deal with, he only enjoyed dealing with war and the military...and so he offered to make Samurai Zormite's military branch, which solved his problem (basically letting me deal with the stuff he didnt want to lol). It was best because, well, if he quit Samurai then it would start to fall apart again for lack of a familiar leadership, and if he continued ruling it..well..look what happened.
But no, being inactive for so long with little or no reason, isnt productive. I hope something is done about this soon, because I would much rather that all the kingdoms are active and contributing to the g2k2 enviornment. I'm also very pleased that Cresent Pirates are picking back up once again.