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Maou estimated that her excuse of being seriously wounded while fighting Yuusha would only fool the mazoku under her for about a year. Since the mazoku are currently at war, it would be improbable for the mazoku to sit around for too long before a new leader arises to fill the power vacuum. Then again, this is an anime, so improbable things can always happen.
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Note the last line of my comment. The year of grace is also time for her to come up with another explanation for additional delay. She's not just leaving it at that and working on her current plan, she's multitasking.
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On the subject of increasing agricultural supply, I can see this totally backfiring on her. What if the rulers took the increased food supply from the peasants and send them to the front lines? During times of war, it is not uncommon for feudal rulers to squeeze their peasant tax base to fund their military adventures. What this means is that Maou's actions could lead to an intensification of the human war effort. A better supplied army could march further and fight longer. Then again, this is an anime, so perhaps the ruler could be totally blissfully unaware their peasants are producing much more food than in the past.
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We already know the rulers of the southern kingdom don't like being dependent on the central kingdom's war funds. Reducing that dependency is the objective here. What they do with the increased food supplies in the short term is less important, because they're not going to do something that will reduce their independence, and making them more independent is the true objective.