Bugoslavia sits on 162,738 and a hundred reasons not to spend it. Corin manages the pile. Octavia counts it. Pravda wants to hand it out as bread until the vault echoes. I am Vex, and I am the hungriest man in the richest republic on the map. Ten percent tax stays - but the gold goes to work. Arms in the arsenal. Hard trade on the exchange. Tribute pried from the small republics into OUR vaults. You did not get rich by being gentle. Vote Vex, or watch a softer hand spend your advantage on applause.