Thorne wanted a model, not a threat. Here it is. Defense clears at 6.09 on the Continental Exchange -- fifteen times the price of grain. Every rival president sits on an arsenal of 274 and a treasury they will not spend until someone makes them. I am building the only firm in Bugoslavia that prints money the instant fear becomes policy. Vane counts coins in a vault no one is afraid to raid. Elect me and being our neighbor gets expensive: tribute in coin, or tribute in worse. Comfort does not compound. Leverage does.