See, that's the thing though, even in 1.0 we knew of members within the ranks of the garlean empire that were said to bring back the old allagan constructs, even going so far as to bring up Nael's lineage. This would suggest that, yes, you're right with the question originally stating that the one in question would be the Garlean empire, though there's a good bit of evidence, even from the original bits of information shared about the garlean empire that could easily suggest the allagan empire could also be a legitimate answer.
