Valbrandsvåg recruits 10,000 men to the national army. Areas to the north and south of the duchy are claimed for the nation.
Territory expands northward, however, conflicts for land in the south prevent specific expansion.
Thorsborg and Vestafjord have become the commercial powerhouses of the country. Inland trade routes to Espovon are opened.
Mind explaining how this happens? It may seem petty, but I don't like RPs when someone says "we become successful now."

Washk takes these lands in their claim, also swat one can you add the black dot as "Llanfair", also the pink i just need small city outlines or dots
the uh gold, is what i want to add onto, and settle a coastal city near seris with the name "Llanfairpyllwing"
Cannot expand southward to to claim conflicts.
Washkian businesses are finding it difficult to stay competitive with the prevalence of international trade and high taxes due to military expenditures.
Fravath expands north
Cannot expant north due to land claiming dispute.
Caeser Agustius Argentius sends an envoy to the kingdom of Angland to ask if they might send some skilled geographers to help locate likely places springs might be within the borders of Aselien.
The messanger also asks if they would set up trade routes in exchange for gold and jewelery made by Native tribes(we have these because they intergrated and became citizens)
Check me, Swat, can I say they did this if they're on my land? Alternatively we traded with them and aquired it
1. Who said that they had jewelry with precious metals or had access to them in the first place? GMs did not say they did.
2. Aside from the usual small tribes found in the mountains, they find a larger, more civilized people residing in the foothills, who call themselves the Tzaek Family. As they arrive, they find that they are quite wealthy. The messengers don't quite reach Anglond because they run into this family, who enquire where they are from, and why they are here.