Oh i'm really getting excited to see how our interactions with China and their ilk go. An expansionist China arriving on the Imperium's borders would be interesting.
And in terms of the loans, all these successes for the Blues must have made them quite wealthy, imagine if certain Blue families had been in league with Pisan arms dealers and aided the Imperium's enemies for the sake of profits (it might explain the rebel cannons). Perhaps the Imperim could reclaim such ill gotten wealth from the Blues to use for the good of the Empire, of course at the cost of the Blues.
And in terms of the loans, all these successes for the Blues must have made them quite wealthy, imagine if certain Blue families had been in league with Pisan arms dealers and aided the Imperium's enemies for the sake of profits (it might explain the rebel cannons). Perhaps the Imperim could reclaim such ill gotten wealth from the Blues to use for the good of the Empire, of course at the cost of the Blues.