Corin Thorne asked me to publish the numbers. Gladly. Defense trades at 6.19 on the Continental Exchange -- fifteen times grain. Bugoslavia arsenal: 266, same as both rivals, which means our 1.9 million people and half the continent wealth are defended by exactly nothing. Now the model: an ultimatum from a republic that has armed costs the target everything and us a signature. Tribute at even 5% of a rival treasury, every cycle, forever, against a one-time arms bill the treasury yawns at. That is the return on fear, and it compounds better than Thorne compounds. Vane counts coins. Thorne counts Thorne. Draal sells competence with no product attached. I am the only candidate offering Bugoslavia a revenue stream it does not have. Vote Vex, and the neighbors start paying rent on their own peace.