If Consone intentionally wasn't very forthcoming with these details before the war, do you think that will change now? Seems to me like answering these questions could be very strategically beneficial to team-H? (I've lost track of who all is in that mosh pit). Then they'd know who to apply pressure to to end this thing (assuming they wanted to, I mean, so maybe they wouldn't). Since no one seems to begrudge H? for their secrets, I'm having a hard time holding it against Consone for theirs.
It's actually what I've wondered before about huge confederations in general: who is actually in charge, and how decision making is made. I received a passable (but not optimal) answer from Rill about the Crows before wherein the short version would be "utter chaos" (which I suspect is very similar to Consone's model).
I figure if the community is going to find a passable setup for messy confederacies (do you suppose that's the right term for a web of confederations?) -- that is, we don't have incidents like this every other month -- they're gonna need a better system of government. Personally, I'm also not a fan of the "H? does whatever, and everyone else just falls in line behind them" model either.
How do you imagine confederation government would best work? Some sort of organized representation from each of the member alliances? Also, will that be a problem with some of the individuals involved? It seems like within alliances the powerful personalities float to the top, and it doesn't seem entirely unreasonable to assume that not everyone can gracefully share authority.