'War meant death, death meant there were less people to grow things, to make things, to buy things. War meant that roads and rivers and seas were not as safe to move goods on as they should be. War brought with it uncertainty and when people were uncertain they seldom parted with coin easily, lest they need it and not have it when they did. No for them, stability was their creed.' - The philosophy of the Oracura
Should be up in the next day or two. Slight edits in Crodas Alvendahl as well.