The Viator, Autochthon's will to live, was banished for playing Endbringer to the Eight Nations.
The emergency backup system for forcing gremlins into working to reverse gremlin syndrome was shut down because none of the Ministers trusted it.
I seem to recall some manner of mechanical wyrm that got corrupted by gremlins and is roving the landscape destroying vital systems.
The Ministers don't trust each other, and spend entirely too many resources guarding against the 'inevitable' betrayal and working to coopt the other's resources in order to mitigate it.