"You managed to build an independent state, one that keeps out of foreign business and doesn't let anyone inte

"You managed to build an independent state, one that keeps out of foreign business and doesn't let anyone interfere with our own. Naturally, your authority is stronger than ever before. I have a few ideas on how to sustain this momentum. For starters, you could essentially buy even greater love from your subjects. Grant your merchants certain privileges that are unavailable to their foreign colleagues. Of course, those foreign merchants might be offended. – Some of them would even turn their caravans away. Your main duty, however, is to please your own merchants, and keep your subjects happy and well-heeled."