No, I imagine they wouldn't be though their existence likely exacerbates all other issues. [ As Empires often did. Komarr had been on track to be an Imperial conquest of one Empire or another -- he still holds to the idea that Cetaganda would not have left his planet alone had they won this invasion -- and Barrayar had been the lesser of two evils. At least with Imperial funding real work was being done on terraforming and made a priority. One day future generations of Komarrans might be able to breathe on the damn planet without a mask on. ]

Is 50 years the entire life of the empire?