A good update indeed; not done reading it yet, but it's quite grand. Anyway, rather strange to see the Commonwealth up and running again, but it does ofcourse make geopolitical sense.
EDIT:
IC:
The Sublime Porte is outraged and appaled by the transgressions of the French and Russian emperors, made all the worse by their crass violation of all civilised convention by attacking a sovereign nation without as much as a formal declaration of war or a reasonable casus belli. Likewise, the acitons of the Balkan vassal rulers are nothing other than treason. Nevertheless, in the spirit of amiability, the Porte is willing to negotiate the grievances of the attackers if they agree to withdraw to pre-war borders and offer an apology as well as a reparation for the damage caused.
Barring that the Sublime Porte will be forced to declare war upon the remaining belligerents, and to appeal to the international community for whatever support - moral or material - it could provide against these despicable, senseless attacks that will no doubt cause a downwards spiral in the world if left unchecked by some means or other.