Hah! So LA Man is friendly with Nief? Then we ARE all doomed.
Portray it as selfish if you like, any fool of a Took can add my income and gem income to your income and gem income, and see that the sum = "OMG not good".
You can call yourself 4th, that's fine. But how is Gath 9th? 15th in provinces, but 5th in gem income. Wouldn't that be convenient for everyone if Nief had all those gems to "beneficially trade" to gear out more Jarls, meanwhile buffered on one side by the #3 nation, and advancing on the #2 nation, whom you have claimed to be anticipating fighting, as you already have the gear to handle any units they can throw at you.
And no need to get testy. I tried to keep my scheming to private channels, but all I found were a hesitant Bogarus, and an LA Man who is already corrupted by the dark side.
Doesn't leave a poor guy many options, now does it.
And I've got nothing against Bandar Log! In fact, I am pretty sure that ethereal Markatas are the secret weakness of geared and buffed Niefel Jarls. Quite positive in fact, since according to Dr P's PMs to me, they are impervious to all else.
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