"My liege, what are your orders?"

Well it is our primary duty to care for the people of our nation.
At this point Rogue comes back from the brig to announce a large number of citizens seeking parley with the Council.
Let us head to the thronrom.

The first citizen is a Slavlandian Blacksmith, once enthralled by the notion of his nation joining Rai, is now upset at the mistreatment of his people in the extremely brief period of Rai rule. He had hoped that he could provide adequate weapons and armor for the nation in return for the security of his own town, however if the council should not defend his land, he and his village will not donate any supplies to the Kingdom.
He believes some payment and supplies are owed to his people to aid in their recovery after the recent destruction, after which he would be able to go back to making supplies for the Kingdom of Rai.