[X] A Layered Proposal
-[X] Established Fact #1: Currently there is considerable profit that Vialesk and the rest of Water are missing out on, contracts they are unable to negotiate for in order to exploit their own resources and trade factors to their fullest. Thus far, you being the arbitrator of any large-scale trade favors you, Viserys Targaryen, the most out of anyone in this arrangement, as you have full control over which goods get shipped in bulk quantities AND control most of the sources for them, either through economic primacy of your own companies and contacts, military supremacy in an area that determines who can ship what and where, or outright exerting your authority on those areas.
-[X] Established Fact #2: Luckily this one-sided arrangement isn't to your liking, neither for your hopes of bringing the scale of trade up to a level which eclipses your own throughput or even interest in enriching yourself through exploiting this market, being perfectly happy to trade more quick wealth for House Targaryen for more influence (and still not inconsiderable wealth). The problem presented is thus...
-[X] Established Fact #3: Whoever be so the first to gain a Trade Terminus will thereby wield immense influence among their neighbors and be able to use that influence to purchase favor in any number of things, military, economic or industrial. The ways their diplomats could exploit possession of this asset to help their allies exploit their own resources to the fullest, or hinder their rivals, can not be understated, and won't be, seeing as how you are trying to convince them of the merits of the proposal.
-[X] Established Fact #4: While the fears of you exerting military power through the Terminus was cited as a concern, that is the least of your plans for the very reason that you also possess trade terminals with allies who you would in turn be one to hold concern about unwarranted breaches of Imperial sovereignty being imposed through use of force. Viserys Targaryen has no intention of violating the sovereignty of Vialesk, for the mutual prosperity of the Imperium's friends and contacts is borne through the use of economic stimulus, negotiation and cultural exchanges, not violence borne of greed or malice. To violate this ethos would be the same as inviting it in turn on his own lands by those who might have instead come in peace.
-[X] Established Fact #5: Not to say you would be opposed to military alliance, with Vialesk or other Maridar realms, by virtue of the fact that at any time, the wealth and benefits from this trade web could collapse if it is predated upon by unholy powers such as the Deep Ones, or others who would like to see such relations crash and burn. Moreover, it is obvious that Vialesk is equally benefited by their destruction and equally threatened should we fail to make progress against them in turn. The understatement of the Deep Ones' power projection capabilities is to the detriment of Vialesk's safety and security. They are completely capable of waging full-scale war even now, and will return, possibly within those on this current Council's lifetime.
-[X] "In short, I propose that surveyors and diplomats sent by this august body come to my realm, to ascertain that the numbers in the reports which I have provided to you are both accurate and that the stated benefits would come to pass. Furthermore, I invite you to join a defense pact with the Crown and their allies against specific threats which we all share, ones that threaten not only the livelihood and safety of our citizens, but our very ways of life."
