I thought the most fun part for you was always winning.
Yeah, I wish I had more "Oh shit, it's working!" moments, lol.
By the way, I can be persuaded to build more temples, or smash more Ashdod temples, for the donation of gems.
Building temples will kill Ry'leh off quicker, and keep the miasma of C'tis contained.
Smashing more Ashdod temples will keep Ry'leh alive longer, as Ry'leh borders Ashdod.
Of course, these are counter-intuitive. They also both require me to deviate from my "Super Secret Master Plan", which doesn't focuses resources elsewhere.
I'd even be so mercenary as to take everyone's gems, and alternate actions every season! Yay sleaziness! Or, if the high bidders don't like this, I'll chose one option.
Interested parties can donate 3 gems of any time in order to get a "gem list" for comparison of the value my nation will place on each gem type for this contest. I appologize for the need to accept gems prior to the disclosure of this list, but the information is classified, and I need to be compensated for giving out valuable personal information.
Actually, I see that items and gold are also tradable. I'd be more than happy to accept gold or items. Items will be valued based on the gems used to make them, and tripled if my mages can't make the item.
Ry'leh, feel free to make an offer towards your survival. Why die when you can just buy some help from the mainland?
Long story short, I can either greatly help Ry'leh's survival, or kill them. What do you chose?