"Your holiness, may I, present to you today's orders of business?" the timid advisor scooted across the throne room to the throne of the great Tsar Corosphyski, his demure nerverous yet he held the the ledger with firm pride.

"Very well, please leave it here and I shall get to it." the Tsar boomed with his mighty voice as the advisor scampered off.

Looking at both the ledger and his current pile of work, he knew what he was to do. Earlier he had been number crunching with the minister of coin to determine this season's tax rates and surplus money. He needed to know as he planned out gifts for some of the other nations in exchange for an alliance, or simply better relations. He would send each diplomat with exactly 250 pieces of Novgorod gold, two months worth of fine grain and a purebred, Vladstok Stag from the Vladstock Order which the army's female Stag Riders mounted. Each was to be guarded by a full unit of Bear Knights and Mountain Guards, to both escort the diplomats and as a small sign of Imperial power.

The entire purpose of these gifts were to try and bring the people of the north together an end the warmongering Pualirian Empire. The HNI could not be the only nation worried about its borders being met but armies of troops, poised to strike. It would also be the driving force for more recruitment of loyal, pious men and women into the army. The Tsar's eldest son, Vulad had already made his way to the border of the holy imperium and the Pualirians, he had to ensure some degree of safety for his son.

The next pressing matter at hand was national research. Several institutes and universities had come to his throne to wish for his support in matters of importance, all of them claiming their own research was of the highest importance. After some head bashing (both politically and physically), the Tsar managed to get all of them working on some naval ideas, namely increasing hold capacity and ship size. Perhaps after that, more modernizations would take place and with those fancy steam engines and ironclads nations boasted about. But then there was also the military to look after... oh well, seems like his ground forces would have to wait a bit. The knightly orders should still be able to manage themselves however.

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Send diplomats to Duringis, Guradin, Tushienia to bring royal gifts of gold, grain and a pure bred Vladstok Stag for the each of the rulers and ask for an alliance.

[u]Recruitment:[/u]
- 1 x Archers in #22
- 3 x Conscript Horsemen in #23
- 3 x Conscript Infantry in #24

[u]Research Focus:[/u]
- Expanded Holds (Naval)

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[u]#24[/u]
- 50 Conscript Infantry
- 38 Conscript Bowmen
- 60 Conscript Horsemen
- 7 Archers
- 6 Light Cav
- 3 Heavy Cav
- 3 Magi
- 1 War Magi

[u]#23[/u]
- 35 Conscript Infantry
- 22 Conscript Bowmen
- 3 Conscript Horsemen
- 1 Archer
- 0 Light Cav
- 1 Heavy Cav
- 2 Magi
- 0 War Magi

[u]#22[/u]
- 75 Conscript Infantry
- 40 Conscript Bowmen
- 27 Conscript Horsemen
- 5 Archers
- 8 Light Cav
- 2 Heavy Cav
- 3 Magi
- 1 War Magi
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