So, uh, a lot of changes happened, most of them pretty bad.
Let's start with the positives:
Cities still exist, and with that city infrastructure also still exists. This means that the Ironworks and Academies are still semi functional, and some of the expertise involved with them are not lost.
Most of the knowledge is preserved, so whenever we do get an Renaissance, it will likely be huge.
Still have a semi-functioning army and can sustain ourselves, even if not in the most optimal way.
People are starting to debate that hey, maybe we are assholes and we should try to be less so?
Now, onto the bad:
Most of the priests are dead, especially those who favored the long view.
They also were killed for "treason" which basically means that Justice in gone in any sort of positive fashion.
Everything is run on coin, with autocrats oppressing the commoners and the military being made almost solely of mercenaries. The Culture investment didn't seem to be good for much, huh?
Slavery, and in general turning everyone into serfs with no citizenship, becoming just as big or even bigger assholes to both other civs as well as the Ymar people.
Ymaryn have become full on Arms dealers, keeping all their neighbors in constant conflict.
I really hate basically all of this, but this is after everything else a game, and I am still going to try and enjoy myself regardless of how I currently feel about the situation.
With that in mind:
[X] Deepen diplomatic ties to ensure that the foreign traders aren't going to get the deals they expect
Best way to prevent foreign trade from supplementing us is to have a more active approach with nearby nations.
I'm hoping this means playing nice and actually talking to others instead of trying to convince them to attack the foreigners, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised with the latter option
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