Hehe. Well, Barca will be taking Twainville shortly which will mean more mouths to feed. But Gallaecia's food output by Autumn should be impressive, and I doubt that will be the only rural region Barca takes control of this year. D'Hara probably won't be reliant on Madina, but I suspect that doesn't mean D'Hara won't continue to buy food from them. Trading hub, remember? Could get to the point where if any of the Lurian realms want to buy food, they contact D'Hara and a trader arrives through the Giask ferry route
Barca's doing well beyond just the land gains though. We did lose Cedric unexpectedly, which is a genuine shame, but we're getting other nobles with a lot of potential. The election for Twainwood is surprisingly a whole lot more interesting than the election for Gallaecia was. The fact that Barca now fields an army more than capable of dealing with any monster/undead threat is also something of a comfort and milestone. I was talking to another player from Barca in the last day or two and we both were mightily impressed with how positive things are looking there right now. From my own perspective, the new estate and tax systems work quite well. We're still working some things out, more to do with how the changes effect how things like appointments are operated, but Barca is certainly seeing the benefits.
Good times
Finn.
