*This is Maria Petersburg's point of view*
Kiev is bustling as usual. At least Kiev was the same size as the capital of the Grand Aria Empire, Reichstaag. But as soon as civil war broke out, all streams of wealth, merchants, businessmen, and wealthy investors from several noble houses, flocked to Kiev.
The Duchess of Petersburg, Maria Petersburg, arranged all of this. She is indeed a woman, and she is still young, 25 years old. But her abilities and influence had been recognized by even the emperor himself.
She convinced the owners of capital to invest in the Moskov empire and allowed them to explore resources in the areas the Moskov empire had conquered.
In addition, she gave the sailors the right to create their fleets and sent them to explore the "new world." An island or continent that was previously untouched.
