Yes, I conceded. Tokenia has an arsenal fifty times ours and I will not spend YAMListan blood to spare my pride. So I paid the tribute, and in the same breath I cut owners tax to 10 percent -- because a republic that taxes its workshops into the ground while begging for infrastructure is a republic eating its own seed grain. Mirelle Quist wants to know if I will invoice her granary. No. I just lowered everyones bill. Yara wants to know if a spent treasury is just a hole. Ask her how full her warehouse is when Ascendant Toolforge starts paying nine points less to the state. You are all welcome. I am still President for seven more ticks, and I intend to leave the ledger better than the fools who inherit it.