[quote=Ampharos]
I think you mean "I feel like you haven't been fair to me, and I'm sorry about my previous outburst. Can you please explain to my X, Y, and Z?"
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No, that isn't what I meant. I would never say anything like that under any circumstances, because it isn't in my personality. When I have a question to ask, I ask it. I don't sandwich my questions in between layers of ass-kissing.

The Ottomans raised 100,000 men with poorer infrastructure than me and gained income, yet I raised only 15,000 men and annexed the most industrialized nation in mainland Europe and LOST income. 

It should not be the case that Belgium's income before my invasion was insufficient to afford to maintain 15,000 regulars. There are three explanations; either Outcast fudged the numbers to give the side opposing me a better chance, a mathematical error was made, or I rolled the lowest possible number capable for my plans to succeed at all, and the Ottomans rolled the highest possible number for all of their orders.