I presume it is exactly as we dreamed or worse. The Witches there value power and I believe that angle is best leveraged to encourage change. They are not reaching the full potential of their Bonds, nor can they know mutual love. They waste their energy subjugating their citizen's, both monsters and witches whom dissent, rather than building them up.

[Everett doesn't think they stand a chance in a conflict. Which brings him back around to his thoughts regarding the Cwyld...]

Such strong walls will do little good against the Cwyld if they are opening them to descend their armies upon us. I have no basis on this for truth, but with so many Monsters lacking any willpower of their own? That strikes me as s vulnerable population for such a curse to spread through.