And, yes, I'm aware I'm using Macronesia again.
Title: Nickel and Diming
The Issue: You agreed to meet with the Prime Minister of Prudenlund, a tiny allied nation that holds close economic ties with @@NAME@@, on a request for assistance. It seems that pirates from Tasmania, a country embroiled in civil war resulting in little ability or care to patrol the high seas, have been raiding merchant ships from Prudenland, causing panic and significant economic disruption along your ally's ports.
Validity: Nautarky; Existent Military
Option 1: "It's not easy for a nation's leader to ask this sort of thing," states the Minister of Prudenlund, sipping tea while adjusting @@HIS@@ spectacles. "The fact of the matter is, we're losing money, and despite our own strength on the waters, we cannot afford to send out ships to protect every single cargo ship out on the high seas. That's where you come in. As a close ally and trading partner, we're humbly asking for your services. We're not talking escorting every last ship — just a few deployments to secure our trade lines with our other partners. In exchange we'll place a substantial discount on several of our goods. So... do we have a deal?"
[effect] the navy spends more time hanging out with friends than defending the nation's coastlines
Option 2: Your Financial Minister fingers you into another room while your secretary offers the Prime Minister another scone. "Look, I know we're all chummy chummy with the Prudes, but we're talking about compromising our security and national budget, here. They are not our responsibility, and I don't think they're going to suddenly stop being our allies if we say no. Tell you what. We'll offer them a small financial package to soothe our relations. Nothing significant. Merely enough to say, 'thanks, but no thanks'."
[effect] @@LEADER@@ has inadvertently subsidized foreign pirates
Option 3: You're about to walk back into the room when a MP catches you. "Why not blow them right out of the water? Hey, I'm just saying, those pirates might be a force to be reckoned with, and they're technically doing nothing illegal on international waters, but if the Tasmanian government is too 'occupied' to keep their problems away from us civilized nations, then we'll take care of them ourselves. Sink one of their ships under the assumption they're pirates; if they don't get the message, sink another one. And another. Not just for Prudenlund's safety, but our own, and everyone else's. Plus, it'd be a good way to project power."
[effect] @@LEADER@@ sunk Tasmania's battleship
Validity: Pirates
Option 4: "YARR!" cries Captain Hookbeard, swashbuckling his way in through an open window, startling everyone aside from the Prime Minister patiently waiting in the other room. "Ye maties are too soft! We oughta be plunderin' the Prudenlundian dabloons for yeselves! Nothin' would make those Tasmanians cry more than losing the booty to @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ might!"
[effect] privateers raid ships hauling goods to @@NAME@@
