Pronoia, Elysium
January 5th, 1736
King Aurelian Galatinus looked at the report. He knew he needed to be up to date with this. All the countries in the world, how they related. And, most importantly, how to – if possible – exploit them for the benefit of Elysium. But then he looked to the beautiful woman sitting playing with their dog, and he
decidedly did not want to read boring reports.
Oh well, there were always dinner. And…other activities waiting later on. A king needed to secure the linage, after all. But not now. Not yet.
He furrowed his brow. Vinland. Nordhafsvedr. Belonging to the North Sea Empire. An empire that seemed to be slowly losing the independence war of the Anglo-Saxons in England, surprisingly enough. Weakness, yes. But Elysium was no match for them, if they came knocking. Thus, he had sent diplomats to both Vinland and Denmark.
Then there were the other part of the sandwich; Louisiana. Well protected by the Holy Roman Empire, who were
decidedly winning their war in Europe. Cue diplomat to both courts. Elysium needed security more than anything.
Especially if the reports of unrest against his colonial plans were to be trusted. Half of Elysium was under the risk of rising in rebellion if the dynatoi got too angry. But he needed to do this. For Elysium.
Swallowing a yawn, he looked at the report again. Anahuac was mighty, but far away. Hardly a concern. Same with the Chinese colony of Jiazhou. Wasn’t China in a civil war between the reigning Yuan and the upstart Ming? It was somewhere in here… Yes. The Yuan Ghengisids were on the retreat.
Well, and then they became more distant, and less of a concern. One by one. New Granada was a colony of Al-Andalus, of course. Far away. The Venetians and their colony Atlantica was in a conflict with Rome. Not a concern, for now.
The Japanese colony of Shinsekai Shokuminchi was also far away. The South American continent, with the Tawantinsuyu – not a concern. Not the other, smaller, colonial nations either.
Europe. Europe was powerful. But apart from the aforementioned empires, not a concern. The Commonwealth, Hungary, the Papal States. Not a concern.
Rome. A friend of course. Yet distant. And with its own problems. Persia and the Abbasids loomed, Aegyptus and the other exarchates wanted even more independence. He did not envy the Basileus.
Up north of Rome, there was the huge state of Tartaria, lead by the descendant of Ghengis Khan himself. Controlling the Russian statelets. Yet – again – not a concern of his.
And, lastly, Australia. Half controlled by Roman colonies – de facto independent, just like Elysium. Half Dutch and Chinese colonies. Not a concern.
Aurelius swallowed another yawn. Then, he felt a kiss in his neck. A whisper. His muse. Yes, it was time to let the reports lie.
