[quote=Skylar]
Okay, working on putting up my nation. A rich kingdom based upon rich ocean-trade and purveyance of luxuries and pleasure, now trying to keep up in an industrializing world despite its shortages of coal and ore and dependency on mercenary forces to fill out its army, navy, and sky-fleet.So who wants to trade with me? Or take loans from my banks?
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Perhaps The Arkil Federation could be helping to modernize Nordamark's airship fleet, like transferring from helium to Kavuria, allowing them to build airships that don't need to dedicate so much space and weight to the limits of helium. Or something like that. With a cheap supply of Kavuria available from the Federation, it would benefit both nations, with Nordamark saving money on helium along with having a much more modern, easily managed airships fleet and the Arkil Federation having another trading partner. Not to mention a lot of the private industry of Arkil is gonna want to store some of their money somewhere secure! XD