To: Rheinland Ministry of Foreign Affairs || From: Bretonia

[The Kingdom of Bretonia]

Kingdom of Bretonia - Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Her Grace The Duchess of London

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Good day,

I am sending you this letter with deep and sincere respect, and in hope that it reaches you in good health and favourable astropolitical circumstances.

We are in good health, but Bretonia is not in favourable astropolitical circumstances. Last week we reminded Gallia about the reparations that they owe us according to the Leviathan Accords, but the Gallic ministry of foreign affairs denied any responsibility for damages inflicted to Bretonia during the war and refused to pay any of the promised reparations. In response, Bretonia initiated an embargo, and we were joined by Kusari and Crayter.

At this time, Rheinland is the only entity that still trades with Gallia and where a trade route with Gallia is still open. I must make this clear: Bretonia is NOT asking Rheinland to place an embargo on Gallia. We are aware that you have just fought off the Red Hessians so you could resume trade, and we send you our exuberant congratulations. We admire Rheinland's determination and we respect the Rheinland Military's glorious tradition.

What I am writing you for is to make a suggestion. As I stated, the only trade route that connects Gallia with Sirius now is through Köln, or Cologne, as it is known to us. This means that, at this moment, Rheinland controls ALL trade to and from Gallia. We are aware of the level of expertise in the Rheinland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we believe we have not overestimated you when we assumed that you would see the potential benefit for Rheinland in this. Gallia is desperate and they will do everything to keep this route, so Rheinland can increase the tariffs on Gallic trade as high as you would like. It goes against our expectations that Gallia will increase tariffs on Rheinland trade in return, because they will strive to please you instead, but if they do threaten with this, you can count that we will stand on your side.

In Her Majesty's Service,


Lady Sarah Mountbatten
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary for Foreign & Colonial Affairs

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BRETONIA SUPRA OMNES

NUNQUAM ITERUM

CARINA, REGINA, IMPERATRIX

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