Following on from Saffys rule will be hard thought Jon I (The first openly English ruler of Celtia) to himself, he has me embroiled in a war with the rice-eaters to the south, and war is just bad man...
Anyway, the war stalemated, with the city of Hangzhou? unable to be caught, and yet unabled to be rescued. Eventually the Apostolic Council ended that war against Kiddie Fiddler Mao's wishes, and an era of prosperity and happiness was returned to Celtia, however spais were every were from lots of nations, so I setup a counter intelligence group that is weeding these people out, I called it the CIA (Celtia Intelligence Advisory).
While this was going on we entered the Renaissance, hopefully all the god bothers will get out of the palace and let my scientists and artists back in, cannot keep hiding behind the couch when the religious show up can we as a nation?!
We also discovered the Printed word - this is probably a bad thing as the Church is likely to jump on it and use it in the furtherance of its "message".
Following the war, and on advice laid down by my predecessor about our other neigbours, I kept up a program of military expansion in alot of our cities, or made it so that other cities could join our military-industrial complex at a moments notice by building barracks and forges all over the place. Also it seems that despite the war, and our refusals to share with those around us, we are still well liked:
I was walking through - well being carried on a palanquin - the shopping district of Buckie one day when I suddenly thought, that having to take all my gold everywhere even to get a coffee, was just too much, and that a safe house would be needed for it, that maybe others could use to, and if the gold was looked after, maybe it could make more gold. Banking was discovered:
The Apostolic Council thingy named me head too, then didnt tell me how to propose resolutions or anything...
Some numbers, as my predecessors seemed to like them, and I have to admit they were useful, maybe you my successors will find them of use too. I downsized my staff to pay off the war loans, so am unable to interpret them sorry.
Then I went an lived another 50 years, so this information will have been of little use, except as proof I could have employed some statisticians after all.
Pericles, that wonderful like moussaka salesman, traded us Philosophy, which is nice, although, Liberalism and Nationalism, dont sound like Royalty & our Divine Right has a place in those systems:
Still I decided to research Nationalism, it may be something I can play on with the masses, or if not I then my successors. Something to get their blood up maybe, get them angry and those rice-eaters and pasta-eaters...
Im on my deathbed now, and Livy sends me a note. Dumb as history types, what do th... (lots of death throws and wailing of wimmin all over the realm followed)