wow surrounding the peaceful nations with npc's so they have to conquer them, and leaving no npcs around the nations which do have army
mikoyan you glorious bastard
A meeting between the advisors and the queen is organized. The point of the discussion is the two surrounding 'nations', which have refused to unite under our flag, and instead chose independence. Fortunately, this decision was poor for them, as Varansk has to moderate and legalize all trade between them - all transports pass through our country, and all ships, by our coasts.
A type of cloth with somewhat higher tensile strenght than the one currently used for sails is being researched. This should allow us to make ships that are slighly bigger, allowing more cargo, as well as reaching a bit further out from the simple coasts that we now sail.