Montis stood firm as he gazed at the border, his brow furrowed and his lip curled in displeasure. He was right on the border Veria which was now basically a pariah state. Their so-called allies to the west have abandoned them. Veria in their infinite stupidity has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Volerian Protectorate and has branded it an illegal occupation. So that ant that they refused to maintain diplomatic relations, which by extension branded themselves as a hostile power to the Averlonian Empire.
The Empress did not go as far to blockade their sea routes but she did cut off all land trade to Veria. However, despite all that the problems were nurous and quite dangerous. First of all, Veria was only barely self-sufficient for food, so their food supply was not stable by any ans. One bad harvest and they would have to import food.
Recently there was a blight that struck the region, the druids said it most likely ca from the wave of rain that suddenly ca a month prior. The druids have dubbed it “Fall Rot” because that was exactly what it did. It fell down from the sky and it caused the crops to rot. The worst part of this blight was that since it ca with the rain and water, it even ended up getting into the food stores. Luckily for the Volerian Protectorate the druids sent over from the Empire were quick to detect the issue. They managed to save about two-thirds of the harvest but the food stores were mostly lost. This would have normally required strict rationing but the Empress simply ordered more food be sent over to Voleria to address the problem. So now the food stores were filled to the brim once again.
The other Volerian states were not so lucky, those within the Empire were struck with a mild inconvenience with the clerks and labourers grumbling slightly at having extra work. The other states however were facing famine. Vororia and Boria managed to trade with the Zarimans and the northern border states who were not affected by the Fall Rot.
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