Bandle City and the Glade?

So in nearly all the yordles lore we currently have it seems to reference Bandle city as any other metropolis in Valoran, maybe a bit more quaint but still its not a Utopian society. I know the lore had been retconed but what ever happened to the ancient "Space Ship" that the yordles organised around. Why would demacia need an ambassador to an unknown place, and why does this unknown city have an organised military with corki, trist, teemo. Also yordles cant be fey and have roots in evolutionary traits, can they? I mean it seems fairly (heh FAIRlY) bizarre a race like gnar went all fairy like then also became hyper intelligent, idk a lot going on.

Over all the new lore for Bandle City sounds an awful lot like the Glade which was an interesting place in and of itself (one which Id love to see a entire fairy champion come from) and helps explain Lulu and her prevalence over other yordles.

if Bandle city itself is pretty much the Glade then what makes Lulu special, pretty much her entire character is based around her being allied with Pix and learning the ways of the Glade and fae

I feel Bandle City should still be a tangible place since it seems to have contributed a lot to runeterra, and the actual fae like Pix are from the Glade, the mystical realm hidden in plain sight.

side note, where is Kumungu? I feel a lore event coming on XD