It's probably the best move overall, and opening borders probably means less time babysitting Machine World overall. I'd recommend setting up some of your attendants to rule in absentia, since you probably don't want to be moving to Machine World.

...Though I guess that's fair, regarding Van Der Aart.

[He stops typing.]

...I can tell, yeah. Do you wanna talk about it? Let's put the politicking aside for a moment.