An Industrial Revolution takes over the Natural Revolution after it was realized that the land in the Empire was unfit for growing profitable crops. The revolution begins to start off with a literal bang as a black-market gunpowder factory explodes in the city of Kgabia. Kgabian County Minister launches an attack on the gunpowder market, called the Gunpowder Trade. Many soldiers invade a large gunpowder factory just south of Kgabia near the border of Kgabia County and kill all men inside. The economy booms as the money from the market flows back into the main economy.
In other news, a tax is placed on goods from Turkey as a way of generating more income. Many people protest, but it is no use. The tax remains, and is in no way an indication of conflict or dislike between the two empires.