Time passed quickly to December 1678
The economy of the empire, driven by the constant victories on the frontline, continued to rise.
The empire had long gone past rebuilding after the plague and recovering to a similar level before the economic crisis. It had reached a new level of prosperity with its Gross Domestic Product already projected to over 50 billion Varaha. The growth was driven by, well, the obvious suspect, really, the military manufacturing industry, which blossomed into something amazing with the recovery of trade lines, and even more so with the commencement of the war.
Ordinance was consumed as if there was no tomorrow, and with this came an endless demand for ammunition and weapons.
