And a hell of a two years it has been. Avalon, France, and Transylvania have been the only countries to have any semblance of peace in the past two years. While we had plenty of trouble ourselves; constant riots in the first year and the rising force that wanted to challenge my rule to name a few.  Many of them were handled with a bit of diplomacy and ensuring their needs were met. Countless times they were surprised that I was actually being a nice and not some tyrant. It was a slow process, but they were finally realizing that.