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The Savoyard Royal Court first thought that the news of Cavour and Victorio Emmanuel II finally emerging from their drunken revel was an April Fool's joke, but apparently the Kingdom will once again be put under some sort of governance.
After spending the past three years drinking their kingdom's fine wines and decking themselves with bling, a groggy Camillo and Victorio finally popped from their "man cave" and ordered something for their headaches. When an aid responded that there is nothing to be found, the King shouted back: "Then go get me some coffee from Africa, you fool!" His order became the basis for Italian colonial ambition in the Horn of Africa.
Their second order to business was to get some more stuff to drown/crown their sorrows in/with. After they were informed that the stocks are low, Cavour ordered a complete re-examination of Piedmont's industrial and commerce policy, ensuring that there was plenty of everything, while shutting down those industries that contributed little to the economy. In his enthusiasm, he also halved all national taxes, after one of his buddy industrialists complained that they have no money to produce more "party essentials". The King even decided to try and stop child labour. Thus was born future Italy's economic policy.
Realising that they need to sell what little they had to improve their "prestige", Cavour send out every diplomat they had to neighbouring countries to improve relations (and hopefully get a nice trade agreement in the process).
Some in the diplomatic circles even spoke of a future Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Italian states, but those are nothing but vicious rumours spread around by Austrian agents, Hell bent on delegating Savoy to the dustbin of history.
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I hope that my writing somewhat matches the less serious style espoused by the players of The Great Game. I will also be preparing a short tutorial on the management of your national economies (with an embargo on Austrian students) in the next few days.