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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3714232" data-attributes="member: 3448">When the Council informed Countess Westreach of her appointment, it triggered rejoicing throughout the Westmarch family.  Her parents were ecstatic, and her husband was floored by the shock-- he had expected that they would never hold titles loftier than “lord” and “lady.”  In addition to the appointment, the Council informed her that she would be expected to provide a briefing promptly.  Her predecessor had been less thoughtful than some of the royal officers about giving a significant time before suicide, and thus the files and records were in a certain amount of disarray.  The Countess spent a day or two studying before coming to the Council with her predecessor’s privy secretary.“Your Grace, honored counselors.  May I ask what sort of information you will be wanting from my office?”“On an ongoing basis, we’ll need regular updates and assessments,” replied Alistair.  “Regular briefings, perhaps once a fortnight, should do for most of it, along with additional meetings when something urgent arises.  For now, we simply need an overview of the current situation.”“Of course, Your Grace.  Starting with our immediate region:  nothing is stable south of the Barrier Mountains, except for us, Singing Leaves, and the Silent Wood.  None of the other realms are large enough to be able to weather serious problems.  The most serious threats of disruptions to Canberry are in the South:  the refugee crisis, the appearance of war in the southwest, and the fact that the economics of the kingdoms that previously bordered Confederacy have been severely disrupted.  My assessment of the gathering conflicts around the refugees and the Spice Lands are bleak:  there will be war, regardless of what anyone does.  Nonetheless, the long term seems bright for us.  Twenty years from now, we will likely rule an Archduchy twice this size.”“Did your predecessor consider the possibility of using our resources to stabilize the economies of some of the neighboring realms?”“Yes, Your Grace.  He did not believe that the amount of money we have in the treasury is enough to reverse the financial damage.”Alistair whistled softly while Kit boggled.  Dame Brionna alone remained impassive.  Canberry had an enormous amount of treasure in the royal accounts--the problems in neighboring realms had to be deep indeed for Canberry to be unable to help.</blockquote>

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