Things in this show are epic and world-shattering, mainly because of who our main characters are, and this leaves little room for casual flirtations and petty grudges.
The narrow focus on a powerless girl during world-shattering events does run the risk of making the story too personal at the expense of larger events.
A tiny fraction of the population controls the vast majority of the wealth and no matter how it fluctuates or what world-shattering events come and go, that will never change.