I hope you realise that I consider you pausing to be one of the worst things ever to happen to BM? :p
Pft! You have a realm that's basically yours, Sartanian, with a line of succession controlled by the church, and a King who hates everything that isn't Sartanian (except for Velax, he's a cool guy.) If Velax didn't pause, this may never have happened. What could be going better for you?