Russia has the best living standards, Tsar Ivan is pleased. He has had a Constitution composed. converting Russia to a Constitutional Monarchy, rather than the ancient theocracy.
The Army is to be Modernised, Foreign assistance is requested to offset the loss of size.
The Navy is to be epanded, all o it based out of the Crimean Penninsulla.
The Idea of Bombing blimps is to be toyed with, but we don't take it seriously enough.
"The future is on the ground, with horses, not on some flying contraption"
-unnamed Cossack.
Russia begins construction on a Great observatory of the Stars, the intelligesatia feels differently about the sky than the Army.