Objectively speaking
When looking at:
>Game-i.daa.jp revenue
>SensorTower revenue
>TikTok hours
>QQ music hours
>Greenspace revenue
>Bilibili views and engagements
>YouTube views and engagements
>Weibo trends
>Twitter trends
>Google trends
>Collab picks
>Lofter entries
>Suki kira rankings
>level of quality and quantity of the areas released
>flagship events length and quality
>Merchandise releases
>general powercreep vibe
>repetitiveness of character kits
>constellation-baiting approach
>/gig/ activity
>player interest and willingness to play
>attitude of content creators towards the game
>paimon.moe submissions
>akasha.cv submissions
>yshelper data
>fan artists count
>fan art count
>fan art quality
>doujin count
>sales-to-5* count ratio
>HoyoFair submissions count
>HoyoFair submissions quality
>HoyoFair views
The answer is obvious. Niglan flopped harder than fontaine or any other nation. Shartlan flopped, utterly, horribly.